Here’s the truth about teacher gifts: your child’s teacher has approximately 47 mugs. They have a drawer full of “#1 Teacher” keychains. They have received more apple-themed candles than they can count, and they are too polite to tell you. Spring has sprung, the end of the school year is rapidly approaching, and everyone is…
Did you know you can get paid to shop at stores you’re already shopping at? Not points. Not “rewards dollars.” Actual cash, deposited into your PayPal or mailed to you as a check. I’ve been doing this since 2009, and I’ve earned over $900 in cash back through a free app called Rakuten. That’s not…
You know that sinking feeling when you find out your friend paid $14 for pretty much the exact same thing you paid $65 for — and hers works just as well? That’s what this post is about. I’ve spent way too many hours down the Amazon rabbit hole so you don’t have to. What I…
Paying full price and finding it on sale three days later is maddening — but it doesn’t have to cost you a cent. A price adjustment refund after purchase can be an option. You just have to know how to ask. Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. As an Amazon Associate, we earn from qualifying…
I’m a zone 7 gardener, which means I get the best of both worlds — a long growing season with just enough cold weather to keep things interesting. But honestly, most of what I reach for out in the yard works just as well whether you’re in zone 4 or zone 10. These are the…
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We need to talk about Crocs. Specifically, the Classic Clog — the original, the icon, the shoe that launched a thousand “wait, actually these are amazing” confessions. They’ve been a punchline for years. They’ve also been Amazon’s #1 bestseller in Clothing, Shoes & Jewelry basically forever. Funny how that works. Made from Croslite foam —…
Work from home sounded great until you realized your dining chair is destroying your back, your Zoom background is a pile of laundry, and you have exactly one outlet within reach of your desk. Sound familiar? We rounded up 10 upgrades that remote workers swear by — all available on Amazon with Prime shipping. Your…
Let me tell you about 3am. Our cat — who has approximately forty dollars worth of plush mice, crinkle balls, and feather wands scattered around this house — carries one toy and one toy only into our bedroom in the middle of the night. He drops it on the bed. He waits. If we don’t…
Every parent has a story about a random toy that somehow becomes the most important object in their child’s life. For us, that toy is brought to you by NeeDoh. My daughter discovered these at school. She came home, talking about her friend’s gumdrop squishy, announced it was her new favorite thing, and has been…