Archive for November, 2009

Looking to provide safe toys this holiday season? Shopping for an environmentally conscious friend or relative? Before you buy a toy, check out Good Guide, a consumer rating web site still in its beta phase. While you can investigate the safety of your food, how green a product is, and even where a garment was [...]

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Tickle Me Elmo. Furbies. Tamagotchi. While these toy fads have come and gone, there’s always a new one to replace it the following year. Christmas is still seven weeks away, but parents are already having a tough time finding the season’s most popular toys. Value seems to be on the minds of most Christmas shoppers, [...]

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Now that Halloween has come and gone, it’s already time to start thinking about holiday and late fall birthday shopping (don’t worry, I won’t post pictures of Santa and Frosty the Snowman just yet).  And, if nothing else, now is a great time to start thinking about gifts and finding the best prices before you [...]

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