When looking for an interesting gift for you better half, corsets and bustiers probably aren’t the first thing to come to mind. But if you are the woman, you may want one to help your figure. So how does a woman get what she wants without the man getting in trouble? You return the gift they DO get you and pick out what you want later (thank them for their effort but say it more nicely than that).

What’s the moral of this story? Keep the receipt.

You know you’ve got to do it – buy clothing for the man in your life. But where do you go for mens designer clothes? You could look in catalogues or take him with you, but that’s no fun for him or for you. Maybe find someone of similar size and build and take that person along and play dress-up with him. Actually that could get you in some real trouble, so don’t do that. Instead get what you think would look nice on him and keep the receipt. He can go pick out something he likes then.

Right now is the time to look into buying Rocawear.    They have a lot of men’s clothing for winter.  Yes, winter.  Summer is the best time to buy winter clothes because that’s when you get the best price.  If you wait for the cold to actually roll in, you’ll see that everybody else has waited too and you’ll have to pay more.  Plan ahead for the winter and buy your heavy coat now.

Just when I thought I’d gotten rid of all my maternity clothing, I dared to enter my closet and pull out one of my favorite skirts. And then I remembered that this particular skirt was a maternity skirt. Tell me, do I wear it anyway or do I get rid of it? While I wait for your response, I think I’ll wear it.

If you’re like me and have a few kids, you probably also have a stash of baby clothes somewhere. Sure your kids don’t fit into them anymore, but there aren’t too many people who would just throw these things out. I’m one of them.

When my collection starts to take up more room than I’m willing to spare, I go through the clothes and pull out the ones that I want to keep forever (even though I know I’m never going to use them again) and donate the others – if they aren’t stained. The stained ones get thrown in the rag pile (I cut them up so that I don’t mix them back in with the rest of the clothes). They’re super soft most of the time so they’re great for washing the car.

My own recycling options.

Some of the best sales of the Christmas shopping season are already starting to crop up.  For example, Dereon clothes are up to 65% off in some locations.  If you are a fan of this line, you should certainly look into doing some early shopping for yourself or some of the people on your shopping list this year.  Your wallet will thank you.

Is it bad that I don’t seperate my clothes?  I mean, not for the fabric – I know the problems that can happen there.  I’ve lived through whites turning pink more than once.

But I’m talking about from a moral stand point.  Should I feel guilty about turning clothes pink in ways that prevent them from being worn or should I be proud that I’m not wasting water by running half a load?  Which is more important – not filling landfills  or conserving water?

I don’t bother trying to bleach them so I don’t need to worry about that.  My husband’s the only one who uses bleach.  Probably because pink’s not his color.

My sister in law let me know about a great sale at a department store last week and I had the best time shopping.  I got a nice shirt and a pair of shorts and spent less than $10.

My husband had a better time.  I’ve never seen him buy so much men’s clothing in one trip.  And believe me, he needed to freshen his wardrobe.  He got 8 polo shirts and a couple pairs of shorts and only spent about $40.  It was one of those legendary sales you only hear about from you parents.

Truly, a once in a lifetime shopping experience

Someone I know, who will remain anonymous, is in need of some new lingerie.  There’s a wire sticking out somewhere and it’s killing me – I mean this anonymous person.  But the question is, “Where should I shop?”  Of course the cheaper the better.  I actually spent quite a bit on this murderous wire and it didn’t mean that it stayed put so I figure, less money for them means I can get more bras for me.

It turns out you can’t let a jelly and cheese puff stain sit for 2 months and expect it to come out with just cold water on a wash cloth.  I realize that I’m not that good at this whole washing clothes in standard ways thing (what do you mean by ‘separate your colors?)’, but I would have expected a bit more grease resistance on kid’s clothing.  I have to give the manufacturers a pass since there is a time issue here that I didn’t pay any attention to.  And to top it all off, I just dangled my participle.

If you’re really going to spend more on shoes than you spend on a week’s worth of groceries, then you might as well get a good deal on them. A good pair of shoes is going to cost a little bit of money, but saving 50% or more is the way to go if you know what you’re looking for. The perfect complement for your wonderful taste in shoes is the smarts to know how to save money on your next pair of Cole Haan shoes.

It turns out going shopping with my kids helps me make decisions faster.  It also results in my spending more money and buying a green pair of jeans.  Fortunately, I was able to resist their desire for me to let them dress entirely in camo for school.

I guess quick decision making does result in more errors of judgement but it also meant that they REALLY have enough clothes for the school year.  For my oldest it was a necessity.  I went through his clothes and tossed the torn and worn out stuff.  Then he had no pants. At all. None.

With Valentine’s Day still having a few more hours left, there is still time to find something fancy and nice for your lady, even if she doesn’t fit into the sizes that they usually have available from the fancy catalogs or in the corner department store. For plus size lingerie shop around online, order something nice and then you both get something that you want for Valentine’s Day.

The 80′s were an astounding period of interesting styles from the classic to the bizarre, especially in sunglasses design. No costume for the period is complete without at least some style sunglasses, preferably Wayfarer sunglasses. “Sixteen Candles” provides the ultimate example of the variety of sunglasses in the opening credits of the movie. The high school kids are wearing weird and wacky styles. I even saw one of the options on this site for sale with Christmas decorations on big angled frames.

Is this the first time I’ve mentioned Halloween this year?  That’s only because by making my husband go to the store, I’ve managed to keep the kids away from the aisles and aisles of $40 costumes and had almost forgotten about that little problem.

Today, we went to a store.  They saw costumes and I decided now was as good a time as any.  My oldest has clearly grown out of last years Halloween costume and he and my second oldest already have ideas of what they want to be.  They’ve already been told by the school that they can’t wear it to school and they’ve already decided how they will great people giving them candy (a pause for a Darth Vader breath and then ‘Trick or Treat’ in unison).

As a side note, I had the great joy of informing them that R.I.P. does not mean someone tore their shirt off.

Good times.

No matter the outfit or the other accessories that complete the outfit, the perfect shoes are absolutely necessary for any woman to feel beautiful. Hence the online catalog of Beautifeel shoes. These high class shoes from absolutely every conceivable women’s shoe style are also available in many locations in California. From the tiniest sandle to many different types of boots. They make them all in many popular sizes and widths.