Black Friday Shopping Fiasco

The boys wanted to go Black Friday Shopping. It was music to my ears. I had spent the last decade bribing them to shop with me (soft pretzels, Hot Wheels, you know the gig) but had never really made any headway with them. After growing up shopping with my mother, then losing her, I was […]

It’s a wrap: Christmas wrapping

Our dad once estimated that our mother purchased 250 gifts at Christmas. This was for us three girls with a few aunts, uncles, grandparents and friends thrown in (who were lucky to net one each). We think he was a little shy of the actual number. While we can see our father’s point that this […]

Mom’s Handwriting

I just had my friend Barb mail me a Christmas card my mother sent her years ago. It’s a TREASURE! If you have an old card or letter my mom sent you and would like to pass it back to me, I would treasure it. Please let me know. Seeing her handwriting and her thoughts […]

GTW Editorial: Shopping Strategy

With the holiday season here, it’s safe to say most of these buys are done exclusively by women: The Emergency BuyThis occurs sometime before midnight Christmas Eve, but not much. It’s when you realize one of your children has one more toy than the others. You can’t bear to think of taking away a toy, […]