Archive for November, 2010
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6 quick last-minute tips for Black Friday shopping
It's the last minutes of the day before Thanksgiving and you're already begun preparing the Thanksgiving meal, and you never got around to planning for Black Friday shopping. Tomorrow you'll have no time between meal preparation, eating, clean up and
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Holiday road trip
If you plan on driving to visit friends and family during the holidays it is not too late to rent a car. There are a lot of benefits of renting a vehicle. For instance, depending on how far you're traveling if you rent a car you don't have to put the
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Thank goodness for sales
I know there are a few old folks out there that remember when there weren't any sales around the holidays. Retailers believed that they would make more money if they raised prices or didn't mark anything down. Well, those times are over. Retailers ha
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Planning for Black Friday shopping
You have just six days to make your plan for Black Friday shopping. (You know, the day that officially marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season.) I've been browsing around the blogosphere and found that the serious holiday shoppers have s
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Sweet deal
If you know anything about "sweet" (old school slang for fabulous!) shoe lines then you know about the oh-so-popular Pastry Shoes by Vanessa and Angela Simmons. They're the daughters of the notorious Run DMC, now known as Reverend Run. The very popul
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Sounds a little nutty
There are always the standard snacks around Thanksgiving Day. You know the ones that are meant to keep the hungry family and dinner guests out of the kitchen? Peanuts, chips, peppermint, candy canes and the like. Those snacks will often keep the h
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What are you eating for Thanksgiving?
Every year, about a month before Thanksgiving Day, my oldest daughter and I start planning the Thanksgiving meal. She's 19 now and she's been preparing the meal herself since she was about 15 or 16 years old. About five years ago she asked to prepare
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13 days ’til Black Friday
Shopaholics and deal seekers alike are all awaiting Black Friday, which is the Friday after Thanksgiving in the U.S. that marks the beginning of the Christmas shopping season. Retailers everywhere decorate for the holiday season, offer deals and sale
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Make an appointment for 2011
Is it just me or did this year zoom by? I didn't realize how fast it was passing until I went to write a future appointment on my calendar and I didn't have the appropriate month or year. I sighed and immediately started surfing online stores to fi
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Finding flavorable fruit
One of the things I don't like when the winter season approaches is that a lot of the fruit I like are out of season. In the "regular" grocery stores, if I do find what I want it is often overpriced or sub-quality. That's why it's good to have other
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