Last year’s holiday fad of Snuggies and singing Elmos has passed, and it is already time to start prepping for this year’s holiday season. Many of the hot 2010 gifts are still sizzling hot at the end of 2011. There are plenty of As Seen On TV gifts that will leave your family with a lackluster empty feeling. Getting a gift that the whole family loves is tough. Dad isn’t in high school football shape anymore and can’t twist for Twister. Mom is too busy worrying about the in-laws coming over to sit down and play Monopoly. The kids don’t know how to play Gin Rummy or Canasta. Here's a list of sure-fire gifts that will please at least one member of the family! Xbox Kinect or Wii: The XBox 360 has always been a hot item since its release in 2005 and the same with the Nintendo Wii, the first motion detecting video game. I have good news about both, the Wii is at an all time low price of $149 and you don’t need to go out and re-buy a brand new XBox, you just to buy the Kinect, … [Read more...]
T-Shirts, Posters, and IMDb
This post is sponsored by the fine, fine folks at CafePress You've heard of CafePress, right? It's the site where you design your own custom t-shirts with whatever sayings or graphics you want, then set your own price above the base price for the shirt, and keep the profit from your sales. Some people do it to make money, some do it because they want to make a t-shirt that says exactly what they've always wanted on a shirt. I have a store on CafePress, have I mentioned that? I came up with a shirt idea wayyyy back in 2006 thinking people would buy them and I'd make money to go to BlogHer. I was the only person who bought a shirt. Maybe it was only clever to me? Get it? The song? "I might like you better if we slept together"? Except I substituted blogged for slept? Is clever, yes? It might just be me :P Ahem. ANYWAY, you can put your clever saying on all kinds of stuff on CafePress, like film posters and canvas art prints, coffee mugs and water bottles and beer … [Read more...]
Mother’s Day Gift Guide
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 … [Read more...]
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