Nobody get little kids like Melissa & Doug

by Mir | May 2, 2017 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!

Man, I miss the days of going to Target and picking up Melissa & Doug Sunny Patch stuff on clearance and watching my kids lose their minds to receive a bucket or a shovel with a bug face on it. Now they’re all “I need a new iPhone” and...

Friends & Family time at Eddie

by Mir | Apr 26, 2017 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

I’m all over the discounts at Eddie Bauer, anyway, but when they have some great markdowns and a big coupon? I can’t resist. Right now shop anything and everything and take an additional 40% off with coupon code FAMILY40. It even works on the Clearance and...

Today’s a good day for Vera

by Mir | Apr 25, 2017 | Hot Hot Hot!

Lovely reader Renee recently asked me if she’d “missed” some sort of clearance at Vera Bradley, as she remembered a sale around this time last year that didn’t seem to be happening now. This prompted me to actually pay attention to what’s...

Tons o’ deals if you have the time

by Mir | Apr 25, 2017 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear

This site is new to me (maybe I’ve been living under a rock…?), but right now there are literally tens of thousands of clearance deals at Spring right now, all name-brand goodies from Gymboree to Land of Nod to Sur la Table to Abercrombie & Fitch and...

Time for a new backpack?

by Mir | Apr 24, 2017 | Hot Hot Hot!

Hello! I realize I left you hanging there, last week. As I shared on Facebook, I had a rather nasty… something (probably food poisoning)… that had me out of commission for a while. But I’m back! Sipping tea! Eating dry, gluten-free toast! Living the...