Articles by Emily
Shopping & Saving At Marks & Spencer
When shopping online, have you ever seen a website offer an area to input voucher codes? For a long time, I thought voucher code was the same thing as a gift card code. Then one day I was shopping online and saw one area that allowed for a voucher code with a different section for a gift card code.
Most of the time, voucher code refers to something similar to a gift certificate - a pre-paid value that can be spent at a given store which is usually put on a piece of paper instead of a plastic card. Read more [...]
Holiday Hohoho Hop Minnesota Workwear Dickies Jacket Giveaway (12/7)
Welcome to the Holiday HoHoHo Giveaway Hop hosted by The Review Wire! With Christmas being only a few shorts weeks away, we decided that a Hop to help you get ready was in order! This event will run from December 23 through December 7, that gives you enough time to hop on down the list and enter all the Giveaways! Each blogger is giving away prizes valued $25 or more. The Review Wire is hosting the GRAND PRIZE: An Autographed Copy of Jeff Kinney's newest book, Diary of a Wimpy Kid: The Third Wheel, Read more [...]
Disney Epic Mickey 2 & Club Penguin Review & Giveaway (12/6)
I remember being a kid and walking into the video game aisle and seeing one of my favorite cartoon characters on a game only to discover that the game wasn't available in the game system that I owned so I couldn't get it. Mickey fans will be thrilled to hear that Disney Epic Mickey 2 is available for Wii, Wii U, xbox 360, PS3, pc and 3DS! The game include characters that kids are already familiar with as well as a few new ones. Oswald runs around being controlled by a computer if you're playing Read more [...]
HGG: Safari Ltd Animal Toys Review & Giveaway (12/5)
While taking high school and college level early childhood development classes, I spent a lot of time learning about how children learn. The most basic answer is "through play!". If not through play, then through hands on experience. Our last resort for learning is book based learning because it's just not as engaging and they aren't likely to pull as much from it. For example, if you want your children to learn about animals, letting them see the animals in real life is an amazing way to do that. Read more [...]
Shopping Small With Brilliant Sky Toys
You know that feeling of walking into a small store downtown that you'd never been in before. You're greeted with a smile and notice that the store is calm and quiet. The cashier makes small conversation with you about the weather, your children - upcoming holidays. You look over a product that you are uncertain of, so you ask the store worker if she happens to know the answer. You aren't really expecting her to know but she answers you and even goes above and beyond about making you familiar with Read more [...]
