Teach your kids about tradition - and that television commercials are for suckers. If your kids have a gift list a mile long of all store-bought stuff, it's time to curl up by the fire and tell everyone the modern day holiday story: How Retailers Hijacked Christmas: The Myth About Debt Being Normal and Presents Mandatory. Because the only thing normal and mandatory at holiday time, people, [...]
Here are homemade holiday gift ideas teachers will value. Your kids are probably right now talking about what they'll give their teachers for the holidays and if not, well, you'd better get busy. Otherwise you'll be the only parent who doesn't bribe - ahem - bestow holiday cheer upon these people. (Unless our kids [...]
Government Names a Winner in the Mommy Wars We are ending the mommy wars, which will certainly make things less exciting around here. Because when it comes to the stand off between Working Moms and Stay Homes, we at this website are double agents. The stress over work deadlines distracts us from sending in our field trip [...]
It's simple to share money with your husband, buy what you want, and keep everyone happy. Problem with joint bank accounts is that we open them with husbands, a group of people who historically have not shared our passion for new dining room chairs or updated window treatments. Sometimes they have the nerve to [...]
Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard dressing contains milk - regardless of what the bottle reads. People who are severely intolerant to milk beware: Newman's Own Lite Honey Mustard salad dressing is made with milk but many of the bottles don't contain that ingredient. If you bought that dressing and it doesn't list 'contains milk' [...]
Families of four spend $756 each year on cereal and families of five spend $833. We're going to do something really nice here and not - in this post anyway - include how much money couples withoutkids spend on movies and vacations. It's too late for us to turn back and be carefree with our cash so [...]
Rich people spend a lot more money at restaurants. We're sick of seeing Kardashian-sized mansions and Real Housewive wardrobes. We want to know what the rich among us are buying - from booze to schools - and beyond. We pulled some of the luxuries - from dinners to education - on which we all [...]
The holiday shopping season is upon us and that means that thanks to a few generous husbands some of us will next week be strutting around new designer bags or draped with sparkling diamonds. And while the rest of us will for sure be admiring your loot, it won't do us any good to be lusting after your relationships. Scientists are [...]
As apple pie season approaches, prices for the fruit are heading sky high. Thanks to the smallest apple crop since the Apple prices are sky high. 1980s - whether was cold in Michigan and on the East Coast last spring, when those apple buds are supposed to appear - prices for all varieties are [...]
Certain canisters of Nesquick are being recalled. Nestlé USA announced it's recalling NESQUIK® Chocolate Powder in canisters that are 10.9 ounces, 21.8 ounces and 40.7 ounces. The recall is limited to only NESQUIK Chocolate Powder, which was distributed nationally. All affected products have an expiration date of BEST BEFORE Oct 2014.The company says it's removing the canisters from [...]