A million-dollar “dancing” water fountain might sound like an excessive gift to our peasanty, poor-person ears, but for shoppers of the Neiman Marcus Christmas Book, the notoriously... Read more >>

Since the federal government implemented the national “Do Not Call List” a few years ago, I have happily seen a decrease in the number of solicitation calls that I receive. The... Read more >>

Catalogs fascinate me. Particularly the time of the year when the Christmas marketing machine has already swung into high gear, having first started rolling in October. Companies spend the most... Read more >>

We may have to play the office part and be a bit more buttoned-up than we’d like all week. Luckily, there are now a number of work totes and laptop cases on the market that allow us to infuse... Read more >>

Every fall, as the leaves redden and fall off the branches and pile up on my lawn, the magazines pile up in my mailbox, each whispering and begging me to open them, hoping I’ll add their goodies... Read more >>

Whenever I see my mother I come home with a little bag of goodies: Sunday coupons, magazines, and any other items she thinks might be of interest to me or my girls. One of her latest goody bags... Read more >>