Every year I pick my kids up a cheap little advent calendar with mediocre chocolates. I usually try to find them for about $3. The kids like the chocolate, and it’s a fun way to count down the days until Christmas. So I was thinking….why shouldn’t adults get an advent calendar as well so that […]
Santa Video In Your Home (and Contest!)
A couple of years ago one of my daughters (who was about 8 at the time) started expressing some doubt over the existence of Santa Clause. Naturally my husband and I were in a panic because we didn’t know what to do. It was pretty clear that she was still wanting to believe, so we […]
Finding Cheap Ugly Christmas Sweaters
It’s ugly Christmas sweater time! There are some AMAZING sweaters at places like Tipsy Elves (as seen on Shark Tank). They have them in just about every pattern you could want. And of course there are the Ugly NFL Sweaters that I wrote about recently. I have to admit that the “ugly Christmas sweater” everyone […]
Ugly Christmas Sweaters for Sports Teams
Every year someone in my house ends up needing an “Ugly Christmas Sweater” either for theme day at school or a party. Sadly, we now often wear sweaters that I actually wore for REAL not too many years ago (and even had our family picture taken while wearing). Ugly Christmas sweaters have become a novelty […]
Why This Christmas Is Going to Be Different
This Christmas is going to be different for me and my family. Not because we’ll be spending part of it in a different house or with different family members (although that will certainly be a change!). Not because we’ll be seeing more sand than snow. And not because certain Santa secrets are secrets no more […]