Category: Shopping
Gifts For Mothers’ Day
All right, moms, your day is coming up soon! This year, Mothers’ Day is observed on May 13, and your kids will be falling all over themselves making you handprint cards, giving you flowers and serving you breakfast in bed. While it’s likely that your child’s teacher or your partner will assist young ones with […]
New Stroller Brands Coming to the U.S.
Most of us are familiar with stand-by brands that have been around for generations such as Graco or Maclaren. With the stroller market seemingly saturated with brands from mass market economical up to the highest-end luxury, it’s a wonder if any new brands can make a go of it with some success. Well they can! […]
Tips for Buying Birthday Presents
Certain times of the school year tend to bring out a ton of birthday party invites for my kids. Is it just our family? I feel like there is a huge rush of birthday parties in August, another in January and a third in April and May. Although I don’t see any rhyme or reason […]
Our Favorite Home Organization Apps
Cooking, cleaning and home organizing is not the same animal that your grandma contended with! Where Grandma spent most of her time actually in the home, you most likely do not. While in some ways, keeping house was simpler in the “good old days,” you have lots of tools and gadgets that your grandmother didn’t […]
Keeping a Spending Journal
Our family is planning a big vacation next summer, so we’re trying to cut back and start saving now. Sometimes it can seem like there’s just nothing extra to squeeze from the budget! This trip is really important to us, though, so we’ve been looking into ways to save. Sometimes it’s frustrating, because it’s difficult […]
Bicycle Shopping Guide for Families
The other day, we talked about how to choose the right size bike for your kids in “How to choose the right bicycle“. With spring just around the corner, it’s the time of year to think about buying a new bicycle if your child has outgrown his old one. Easter is only a couple of […]
Maclaren Stroller News Updates for 2012
Maclaren’s famous umbrella strollers are freshened-up for 2012 and a bit of a mysterious news story lurks in the background.
I was quite pleased to see the updates that Maclaren had made to their strollers this past week. I was worried because I had heard late last month that the company was filing for bankrupcy! If […]
Spring has Sprung New TOMS Styles
You know that all of us at Shopaholic Mommy love TOMS Shoes. The designs are cute, the materials are durable and (my personal favorite) every time you buy, you’re helping someone in need. I was browsing the site today and found a bunch of new-for-spring styles that I just love! I’m going to be using […]
What to Shop for in March
It’s been a couple of months since the December holidays, and by now you’re probably back on track, financially speaking, and read to get back to shopping the sales. You already know that school supplies go on sale in July, and that whites go on sale in January. What can you look for this time […]
Tips for Returning Gifts after the holidays
The holiday shopping has now come and gone but we have a pile of things that need to be returned. We do not like rushing out right away after the holidays because the crowds are just are big as before the holidays. Holiday shopping can be a joyous event, but there comes a time when […]
