Inspired by Timothy Green to Write About our Family’s Magical Moment

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Recently I watch The Odd Life Of Timothy Green at a screening. I had seen the trailer before and honestly wasn’t sure if I was going to like it or not. I slowly fell in love with this movie. It’s a tearjerker that makes you think about your own family so below I’m going to [...]

Guest Blog Post: How To Make a Paper Snowflake

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I’m Penelope from Penelope’s Oasis, a site where I write about family life, delicious recipes, and more. I’m a mom of one son and a lover of crafts. Today I’m going to share a fun craft you can do with your children on my friend Kas’ blog, and it’s a great way to decorate your [...]

Why an Engagement Ring Doesn’t Have to Be Diamond

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Receiving an engagement ring is one of the happiest moments in any girl’s life. She finally gets the chance to start preparing for the wedding she has dreamed of for years, and gets to think about it and her soon-to-be while flashing a gorgeous piece of jewelry around. However, those expecting to be proposed to [...]

Review of the POTC Foam Pirate Ship 3D Activity Set

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This is such a great toy for mommies everywhere. With the new Pirates of the Caribbean 4 coming out, both children and adults alike will surely love to play with this foam ship. What’s so neat about it is that the ship came with all the piece to build the ship except for the glue. [...]

Grandparents: Driving moms and dads nuts since – well forever

I’ve been a member of Amazon for several years now, and what I see on there never really ceases to amaze me.  There are times I look at product listings and think… “What in the WORLD?“, and there are other times, I think “Did someone really spend money on that?”  Then of course, I occasionally stumble on [...]

Frugal Pantry Staple

I post a lot of store deals on Momondealz and I also try to add frugal recipes at least once a week. I thought it may be beneficial to you to know what “staple foods” I ALWAYS have in my pantry. These items are ones that I know I can make into a variety of [...]

Thrifty Thursday: How To Save On Meat

I received a great question asking how to save on fresh meat and produce. I started writing down ideas and realized this should be a short series. I’ll post several ideas on how you can save money on meat and produce over the next couple of weeks. Saving money on meat at the grocery store [...]

Starting a Business When a Lot of Pieces of Your Life Suck

I started Wickedly Chic in June of 2006 with no business or marketing background. I’d spent the last 18 years as a stay-at-home mom and while I was still a stay-at-home mom, I needed a change. I really didn’t know anyone who had ever embarked on a crazy endeavor such as starting up a website [...]

Medication VS Gluten Free Diet

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As a grandmother, I have a really hard time sometimes keeping my nose out of my grown children’s business where their children are concerned.  It is really hard to sit back and watch as they decide to put my grandsons on medication rather than try an elimination diet to determine if what they are eating [...]

$10 off $50 Harris Teeter Coupon at Recycle Bank

Right now at RecycleBank.com, you can get a $10 off $50 purchase at Harris Teeter!! I’ve used this coupon before and it’s awesome. It takes the $10 off post coupons. So, as long as your total was $50 before you started deducting coupons then you’re good! Get this reward for 100 points! If you’re not [...]

Premature Babies

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By Eirian Hallinan There have been modern developments in caring for babies who are born prematurely. However, in terms of fixing the problem of premature birth (preterm labour) there has not been very much improvement. It is not fully understood why some women break their waters or go into labour too early. A premature baby [...]

Pajama Clad – Is That Bad?

What has become of me? I find I’m in my pajamas more than out of them anymore. With my newly emptied nest I have no reason to go anywhere. No football games. No pom performances. No band competitions. No award nights. Nothing. Nada. Zilch. Oh, I get up every morning under the illusion that the [...]

Harajuku Perfume by Gwen Stefani DEAL up to 57% off

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I collect perfume bottles.  Primarily old perfume bottles.  But I was recently introduced to the Harajuku Perfume collection by Gwen Stefani and I think I’m in love.  Actually I have no idea how they smell because as a perfume collector, we don’t actually Open the bottles … funny huh ?  I know.  I am just [...]