Archive for the ‘Holiday Gift Ideas’ Category

  • Mother’s Day Gift Guide

    Thursday, May 7th, 2009

    Still looking for the perfect Mother’s Day gift for your Mom? Is your husband scratching his head claiming he has no idea what to get you? Here’s a list of products and sites that could be the perfect gift!

    1. Give the gift of financial organization with Mint.com, and it’s free!

    • Easy to use: It takes less than 5 minutes to get up and running.
    • Safe and Secure: Not to worry. Mint.com provides bank–level data security and industry–leading identity protection validated by VeriSign and TRUSTe.
    • Convenient: Mint.com provides visibility into virtually all your financial accounts in one place.
    • Visual: Mint.com lets you setup a budget and downloads, categorizes and graphs all of your finances automatically every day, so you know where you’re spending.
    • Constantly working to find you savings: Mint.com typically finds users hundreds in savings opportunities in their first session. And it keeps on working to find new ways for you to save every day.
    • Available anywhere: You’re automatically notified of upcoming bills, low balances, and any unusual activity in any of your accounts from any computer or your mobile phone.

    2. Download a free copy of national life balance expert Renee Trudeau’s award winningThe Mother’s Guide to Self-Renewal: How to Reclaim, Rejuvenate and Re-Balance Your Life for 48 hours: May 8th-May 10th at www.mothersguidetoselfrenewal.com

    3. LOVE, MOM: Poignant, Goofy, Brilliant Messages from Home is a collection of around 250 emails, IMs, and text messages sent from Mothers to their Daughters.  From the authors of the hilarious Postcards From Yo Momma blog.  Funny, sweet, and entertaining, LOVE, MOM is the ideal Mother’s Day gift for Moms with a good sense of humor!

    4. Bedtime Stories on DVD or Blu-Ray (DVD has a single disc package or a two-disc set with digital copy for eight bucks more).  Adam Sandler stars as a man who makes up bedtime stories for his niece and nephew only to find out they came true the next day. Rated PG.

    5. SoftHands and Deep Moisture from Softress- soothe Mom’s dry hands and skin with luxurious blends of plant oils and antioxidants, no added fragrances, so gentle they are edible!

    6. For Moms that love candles, Febreze has come out with their Exotic Destinations collection, with three candles whose scent is reminiscent of Brazil, Hawaii, or Morocco. They look pretty, smell great, last a long time, and aren’t expensive- score!

    7. Blogger Dawn Meehan, who I met at the Campbell’s event earlier this year, wrote a really funny book titled “Because I Said So“. Dawn and her husband have six kids and there’s never a dull moment! Her book would make a great gift for Moms who like to read funny, irreverent parenting stories.

    8. Does your Mom/Wife like to cook?  Give her  one-year subscription to online meal-planning site emealsforyou. Use code MOMCKS-23 to get a 12-month subscription for only $29.00!

    9.  Let Mom spend a day relaxing and escaping into romantic 19th century England with Pride & Prejudice on Blu-Ray or DVD. Three discs contain all five hours of the original miniseries plus a retrospective documentary with the actors looking back on the filming (alas, Colin Firth does not appear), a walking tour of the shooting locations, and an A&E Biography episode about Jane Austen. Available in stores and on Amazon.

    10. Speaking of relaxing, show your Mom you know she deserves “Me Time” with a Me Time t-shirt.  Whether it’s her own box of chocolates to savor, time for a long bath, or even uninterrupted computer time, let your Mom/Wife know that you understand the importance of her having balance in her life.

    These are just a few of the terrific products I’ve come across for Mother’s Day gifts. Or for buying any time of the year!

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  • Eight Groovy Girls plus five Groovy Pets equals a whole lot of Grooviness

    Sunday, December 28th, 2008

    Are you familiar with Groovy Girls? They are a line of soft-bodied, yarn-haired, adorable dolls that are sold at Target as well as at bookstores and other retailers.  Lia from Exponent P.R.  sent Kaitlyn a collection of both the dolls and their Groovy Pets, in exchange for a mention here. Groovy Girls RSVP line of dolls and pets was developed by Manhattan Toy to provide a safe way for young girls to experience fun, fashion-filled doll play while promoting age-appropriate values and attitudes.The RSVP in the title stands for Respect, Self-Expression, Values, and Play.

    Each doll or pet comes with a code that can be used to access special activities on the Groovy Girls RSVP Web site, www.groovygirls.com. There’s even a special place for moms, too, at moms.groovygirls.com! On the site you can dress your doll, customize her mod pod and attend online parties, all while accumulating points towards a doll donation for a girl in need.

    It was extremely generous of Lia to send us eight dolls and five pets, and Kaitlyn is having fun playing with them:

    groovy-girls-pets

    Until I can find a place for them all to live in her room, the dolls and pets are hanging out in the box they came in, which conveniently has a handle for carrying.  I like how the dolls have different colored streaks in their hair, and are fashionably dressed but also DRESSED-bellies and booties are covered,  thank goodness.

    The dolls come in two sizes- 13 inches high is the size of most of the dolls you see in the photo. If you look right in the middle of the photo, there’s a smaller Groovy Girl with copper colored hair, she’s smaller than the rest and has a small pet attached, that’s Libbi and Louie, Libbi is 8 inches high.

    Each doll and pet come with a code that you enter at www.groovygirls.com. When you create an account, you only get one virtual girl for the site, but each additional code you enter gives you more points for unlocking clothes, accessories, furniture, and other fun things to do in the virtual groovy girl world. I can see girls ages, say, six and up really having fun playing with this website. I’ve been entering the codes from the dolls and the pets and I’m having fun playing on the site!

    If you need a birthday gift or gift for another occasion for a little girl, and you want to give them a fun doll that teaches Respect, Self-Expression, Values, and having fun while Playing, I hope you’ll consider getting a Groovy Girl!

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