Always make sure you have sufficient check books available on hand. I usually place my check books order when I am opening the last box of my checks. Nowadays, I order checks online. It is much easier and faster that way. And if I do use VistaPrint, I can add some personal touches to it. […]

We welcomed the arrival of this hardboard book titled My Mommy’s Tote to our toddler books collection. This is not any normal hardboard book but one with a lot of fun and surprises. My little boy is 2.5 years and he loves to go through ‘my purse’ and takes out all the credit cards, my […]

I’ve been wanting to open a separate checking account for my blogging income and expenses. There are many free checking accounts offer by different banks. I will have to spend some time in this to find out which bank I want to give my business to. Some banks offer a small interest for the checking […]

When Best Buy was having a sale on this Targus Groove Laptop Backpack a few weeks ago, I bought 1. I had wanted to get one for my brother when he was around town three four months ago, but there wasn’t any sale on Laptop Backpack back then. He has just bought himself […]

When your child is in pre-school, it is highly recommended by the expert to label your child’s name on everything he/she brings to school including his/her tee-shirts, jackets, caps, shoes, and everything else that you can put a label on. If there happens to be a mixed up, you have the teacher referring to label on […]

This is a good buy. A Targus Groove Laptop Backpack (model CVR600) for only $9.99 at BestBuy with no rebate needed. At only $9.99, it is cheap! Regular price on this is $31.99. The sale is from 7/27 to 8/2/2008.
This is a basic laptop backpack. There are not many compartments/pockets but enough for basic needs. […]

I only started having checking accounts when I came to USA. Back where I came from, people only have checking account when they started working.  When I came to USA, I was still a student. I opened a saving and checking account with Bank of America. They gave me free trial checks when I signed up […]

Have you ever receive promotional items such as a calendar magnet or similar? I think they are rather useful, especially the calendar magnet. Every year the realtor in our neighborhood will drop off a calendar magnet at our door. I will usually stick it next to my kitchen on the refrigerator. So whenever I need […]

This is a book and a toy for my boy which I recently bought from Amazon for $5.99.  The promotion that is going on at Amazon is the 4 for 3 where you buy 4 books included in the promotion and pay only the three highest prices, the lowest price book is free.  Of course I […]

Sometimes it occurs to me to let people know why I am taking pictures of their shops or restaurants. I have been thinking about getting some business cards for my blogging business. It is not much of a big thing but I love reviewing shops, restaurants, any stores or such. It would be more appropriate […]

Another price increase is coming up soon.  The first class mail is going up 1 cents to 42 cents on May 12th 2008. 
Other postal services price changes are the following:

27 cents – Postcard rate stamp
72 cents – Mexico/Canada letter rate
94 cents – International letter rate

We are getting some Forever stamps at current rate so that […]

Wedding is a wonderful celebration. But it is a lot of work preparing for this big event, unless of course you hire a wedding planner. It is an experience that will make you remember your big day a little better if you get through the planning yourself. It is not difficult as you might think. […]

Went to Walmart one evening and was walking along the aisles looking for party favors and when I came across this book of Bravo Stickers. It was selling for $1.74 plus sales tax for a book with 1000 stickers. Great deal rite? I bought a book and they come in three pages of different sizes […]

The last time when I was at the USPS office, I saw them featuring different theme stamps on their bulletin board including Disney characters, special Valentine’s day collection, and others. Another of them is the above Marvel Super Heroes Stamps collection which I bought.
There are 20 stamps in this sheet. It cost $8.20. I find […]

My little boy loves vehicles, especially helicopter. I was browsing for helicopter books in Borders several weeks ago and I came across this Magnetic Board Book “On The Move”. I think it is fun to read and play with the wonderful magnets and try to make your own story out of them. It […]