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Mommy Alert! Sales

LilSugar — Wed, 26 Dec 2007 15:06:35 -0800

If you haven't already spent a fortune on your children over the holidays, there are some great deals to be found right now.

Pottery Barn Kids is offering 30–65 percent on select, bedding, clothing, and more. Amazon has savings of up to 70 percent and Crazy 8 has up to 60 percent on cute clothes for the kids. Since no mom needs another trip to the mall, stay home and take advantage of these steals online!

Velour Hooded Towel ($15)

Disney Princess Tea Time With Me Little Belle ($18)

Velour Skirt ($5)

Sale Alert: Cost Plus World Market Year End Sale

CasaSugar — Wed, 31 Dec 2008 10:00:29 -0800

Ahhh year-end sales! Just when you've spent all of your money on holiday gifts, the world comes to you with bigger and better deals. How can you resist when the goodies are so fabulous? Cost Plus World Market is currently holding its year-end clearance sale, slashing prices on fab fab furniture, kitchen, and tabletop items in store and online. There's a lot to tempt you, like these wide-lipped Pear Shaped Vases ($17.48), but also plenty of smart basics to buy now if they're on your list.
Here are a few things I wouldn't mind taking home from the sale:

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Title Nine Sports End of Year Sale

FitSugar — Wed, 10 Jan 2007 03:00:00 -0800

Title Nine carries a great selection of fitness gear for women even though it is named after a piece of legislation. The clothing line's namesake, Title IX is an education amendment, "requires schools that receive federal funds to provide girls and women with equal opportunity to compete in sports."

Here's a stunning statistic before Title IX became law in 1972, only 1 in 27 high school girls played a sport. Today, 1 of every 2.5 high school girls competes in sports. Woo hoo - you go girls.

Of course, I think the catalog, and online models for Title Nine are awesome too. They are all real people just like you and me. Title Nine also has some of the best sports bras out there and one of the largest selections. They are also having a great end of year sale, so if you are in the market for some new fitness gear or just some cute sporty clothes, you should check them out.

RIP: Donald Fisher, Co-Founder of the Gap

FabSugar — Mon, 28 Sep 2009 11:48:31 -0700

Our hearts go out to the friends and family of Donald Fisher, co-founder of the Gap, who died on Sunday, in San Francisco. Donald founded the American casual label we all know (and love), with his wife Doris in 1969. The company just celebrated its 40th anniversary.

Named for the “generation gap” between Baby Boomers and their parents, the Gap revolutionized retail - the Fishers were inspired by a frustrating shopping experience. The couple had difficulty exchanging an ill-fitting pair of jeans and couldn't find the right denim size with the assortment at local department stores. They opened the first Gap store in the foggy city, sales reached $2 million the following year, and the rest is retail history.

I just found out my dad met Don circa '72 - they did some business together. Don was wearing a denim Levi's suit that my dad coveted and ended up hunting down and buying for himself. The apple doesn't fall far from the tree, eh?

With Creative Director Patrick Robinson creating new heat for the established brand, the Gap, and Don's denim doings, live on.

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Daily Tech: Wii Fit Plus to Be Available In the US on Oct.4

GeekSugar — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 13:11:55 -0700

Economy Causes Parents to Cut Costs While Potty Training

LilSugar — Mon, 03 Aug 2009 04:00:35 -0700

Prepare for some potty emergencies. Parents are willing to try most anything to toilet train their children quickly. Since the economy is sagging, some mothers are even cutting costs by taking their tots straight from diapers to underwear. Disposable training pants like Huggies Pull-Ups and Pampers Easy-Ups can set a family back up to $100 per month.

According to The Nielsen Co., "Sales of disposable training pants declined 3.2 percent to $731.2 million for the 52 weeks ending June 13 and the number of training pants sold is down 10 percent." This is the first time in the 20 years since the diaper-like pants were introduced that sales have declined, leading many industry experts to blame the economy.

Katie Spends Sunny Day Shopping With Sister and Mum

PopSugarUK — Sat, 01 Aug 2009 03:30:00 -0700

Following her trip to a bridal wear shop, Katie Price relaxed with her mum Amy and sister Sophie with yet more retail therapy in Brighton at the end of this week. Kate continues to receive criticism, with Loose Women's Carol McGiffin making her feelings known, but Kate still has plenty fans who dream of meeting her. Kate herself is apparently dreaming of giving her new love interest Alex Reid a £100,000 cosmetic makeover including Botox, collagen for his nose and surgery on his ears. She spoke about men on Radio 2 yesterday, saying:

"I like a man with a talent. They have to have some kind of drive. It's very unattractive for a man to be none of those things... I never wanted to split up with [Peter]. The reasons he split up with me were so stupid - it was all to do with the Andrew guy. It was us working together and that was a big issue for him... When anyone gets married, you have to change a bit to compromise. But there's changing someone and completely changing someone. I love him as the father of my children but in the last two years we had marriage counselling. It's as if a weight has been lifted off my shoulders now."

We'll continue to hear about their split, as Peter's side of the story is on sale tomorrow.

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Get the Look: The Tipi Field at Glastonbury Festival

CasaSugar — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 08:00:40 -0700

Friends of mine who've attended the Glastonbury Festival have raved about the experience and the music. Located at Worthy Farm in England, Glastonbury Festival attracts over 14,000 music fans, making it one of Europe's largest music festivals.

I'm really loving the cool Summer style of the festival's Tipi Field. Here, festival goers can participate in activities such as storytelling, tai chi, and a sweat lodge. Next door to the field are tipis that are available for hire (but not this year, they're all booked). I'd much rather attend the festival if I had a tipi to return to at the end of the evening, instead of a one-person backpacking tent. They just look so much more roomy, breezy, and, well, stylish, than your basic North Face dome tent.

You don't have to head to England to revel in tipi goodness, though. To get the tipi look at your casa, read more.

Here are some ways you can re-create the look in your backyard.

Try DIYing your own tipi with directions from eHow, which makes an adult-sized tipi, or this one from FamilyFun, for a pint-sized version.
Take a tip from Jennifer Carpenter and construct your tipi from cool, modern fabric.
If you've got the cash, Design Within Reach's Tipi is now on sale for $1,760.
If you're feeling even more flush, you can buy a Gandia Blasco Tipi Gigante, which starts at $6,000. Spendy, yes, but stunning, as you can see from this photo.

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Cameron Confirms Her Views on Children in Cosmopolitan

PopSugarUK — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 07:00:00 -0700

With My Sister's Keeper out on 26 June, newly single Cameron Diaz is quite the cover star this month. She's on the front of Cosmopolitan UK's special Naked Centrefolds issue, and chatted with the magazine about children, sex education and the after life. Here are the highlights:

On women not wanting children: "I think women are afraid to say that they don’t want children because they’re going to get shunned. But I think that’s changing too now. I have more girlfriends who don’t have kids than those that do. And honestly? We don’t need any more kids. We have plenty of people on this planet."
On whether she wants children: "I never say never. I don’t know what’s going to happen. I could end up adopting half a dozen kids, or I could end up being the next ‘octomum’ – who fricking knows!"

To find out what Cameron looks for in a boyfriend, and her views on the after life, just read more.

On sex education: "I was in England recently and I caught this programme [The Sex Education Show on C4] about women going to schools and showing kids 25 sets of real boobs and one set of fake ones, and vaginas. The whole lot was on TV. It was amazing. And I was, like, that’s what we need to do. We need to inform kids that it’s not real for everyone to look a certain way … Boys expect girls to look like what they see, and vice versa. We’re so inundated with images of what we should look like. I think there should be a disclaimer the same way there is on a pack of smokes – these people do not really look this way."
On body confidence: "I think we have to be confident and accept ourselves for who we are. I think the biggest power a woman has is over her body … being able to control what you put in it. I mean, look at a car – it runs on gasoline, so you’re not going to go and fill it up with Jell-O. Our bodies are machines too – we just haven’t been taught that. We need to teach kids early on how to exercise and take care of their bodies, physically, mentally and spiritually."
On feeling sexy: "It’s incredibly important [to feel sexy]. It’s part of being an animal, it’s part of being human. You have to feel sexy – and I mean in the way that you feel sexy. Not in the images you see that say, ‘This is what sexy is – you have to look like this to be sexy,’ or ‘You have to fit into this dress or this lingerie.’ Sexy can be anything. If more women embraced their own sexuality and their own sexiness, then men would pick up on that."
On what she looks for in a boyfriend: "What’s changed from 10 years ago is that now I want a man who knows who he is. Someone who understands himself, has already dealt with his issues and who can say, 'I see where I’ve been foolish before and I’m not going to be like that again.'"
On her belief in an after life: "I believe we have many lives and that our spirits are everlasting. I know I have many guardian angels with me all the time – I’ve always been aware of that since I was a child, and I’m very grateful. They’re there with you, you know? They guide you."

It sounds like Cameron is feeling positive, thanks to her costars and her strong sense of self. The full interview appears in the July issue of Cosmopolitan magazine, on sale today.

Maxed Out: Couple Spends Three Times Their Monthly Income

SavvySugar — Mon, 01 Jun 2009 12:00:29 -0700

This episode of Maxed Out features Julia, 28, and Mike, 30, a couple on the fast track to losing everything. All the big financial moments arrived at once for Mike and Julia - they have two mortgages and a baby, plus a ton of unmanageable debt. They're living in the townhouse they purchased before their condo sold, on the assumption that the condo would sell immediately.

It has been on the market for almost three months, and they're depleting their savings by covering both mortgages. Mike and Julia only have another month before they run out of savings and face foreclosure. Find out more about their messy financial situation when you read more.

Julia and Mike currently bring in about $50,000 a year - she has a sales job that's 100 percent commission, so Mike took paternity leave and is earning a reduced salary during his time at home. Mike's dad took out a $65,000 credit line to help them, but they're still in deep trouble, and financial guru Allison Griffiths takes a deeper look at their story.

The couple is shocked when Allison announces they're spending three times their monthly income. Their monthly expenditures average $15,400 a month, which means they're ending with a $10,000 shortfall every month. After going through their paperwork and learning more about their habits, Allison finds that it's not the condo that got them into trouble; it's their spending. The condo is just digging a deeper hole.

If Allison can't knock some spending sense into them, Mike and Julia's $90,000 debt (without their mortgages) will balloon into $160,000 within one year. With her guidance, the couple is able to knock out their shortfall (not too unmanageable when you see they were spending $1,500 a month on entertainment) and they're finally able to pay back Mike's dad with the sale of their condo. Mike and Julia are on the road to a more stable future, with only one mortgage and a realistic approach to spending.

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