by Mir | Dec 9, 2015 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Many thanks to alert (and pretty!) reader Liza for pointing out that one of this season’s hottest gifts, the Anki OVERDRIVE Starter Kit is currently just $120 at Amazon (when the cheapest I can find it anywhere else is around $150). Fun for the entire family,...
by Mir | Dec 9, 2015 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear
I don’t know what your approach to Christmas gifts is (assuming you do Christmas gifts, or some approximation thereof), but for years we did the whole “Jesus got three gifts and so do you” thing. Then we transitioned to the somewhat pithy...
by Mir | Dec 8, 2015 | For the kids, Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk
Okay, so, my kids are now teenagers and I no longer get to give them lectures about how they’re going to ruin their hearing with headphones turned up too loud, I guess. (I suppose I could still do it, but they’re too busy listening to other stuff, they...
by Mir | Dec 7, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear
I’m not really sure when the whole “ugly Christmas sweater chic” thing began—perhaps it came on the coattails of mustache wax and man-buns—but for whatever reason, it’s definitely A Thing. My oldest has been begging for one. Of...
by Mir | Dec 3, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, Product Talk, Quick Tips
You know those fancy “space bags” you hook up to your vacuum cleaner and they do things like make all your spare pillows and blankets shrink down to the size of a pancake? Those are kind of cool, but they tend to be expensive, and I’ll tell you a...
by Mir | Dec 2, 2015 | Hot Hot Hot!, What to Wear
If you forgot to hit up Aeropostale last Friday or even Monday, that’s okay—their Cyber Monday sale is still going on, because… reasons. (Hey, I don’t ask questions when I’m being offered extra savings.) Right now everything is up to 70%...