Free Date Night Ideas for this week in Alpharetta

Living in Alpharetta presents people with lots of things to do on date night.  We have a rule in our house that date night must occur at least once a month.  If we get lucky then date night will happen more than once and if we get super lucky then it’ll be a free date night!  This week in Alpharetta presents frugal couples with multiple options to get their date on, while saving a bit of cash. 

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Is it wrong that I’m glad our oldest son likes blue and not pink?

The other day we were shopping and I asked our 4 year old what bubble bath he wanted.  I showed him two bottles.  “The pink one is for girls”, he said.  I agreed with him, but didn’t say anything because pink is for girls, as we walked towards the feminine product to purchase tampons for my wife. Continue reading Is it wrong that I’m glad our oldest son likes blue and not pink?

Need a #PersonalShopper this Halloween, Thanksgiving or Christmas? #Ad

This is a sponsored post.  I’m a Sears blogger and all thoughts are my own. Oh my, we are right on the cusp of the gift giving season aren’t we?  Time is a finite commodity and it seems to be in even shorter supply during the last three months of the year.  What if you had a #PersonalShopper that could suggest things, do the research and compare the prices for you?  They’re not going to buy them for you, don’t get delusional; but it’s free advice on the products that you need and are going to purchase.

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In defense of a hot mom on Facebook and fat children in England

The other day I read this great article in The Daily Mail.  It was written by a health professional at a weight management center, or centre as he would write.  This morning I was greeted with the obvious bait link of a headline, “Hot Mom on Facebook Defends Herself”.  That story was not what I thought it would be, but it was also a great read about motivation, exercise and parenting.  I simply combined the two stories in my head to come up with the train wreck of a headline: In Defense of a hot mom on Facebook and fat children in England.

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The #KmartHalloween twitter party on 10/16, 1 PM ET, $200 in possibly spooky prizes

Kids have it lucky nowadays.  Their toys are smarter than mine were and their holidays just seem bigger, witness Halloween.  In our neighborhood most of the neighbors have at least one Halloween decoration in the yard and the kids know what they’re dressing up as weeks before the big night.  Enter the #KmartHalloween twitter party on 10/16 at 1PM ET where we’ll be scaring up tweets on Halloween, the cool candy, the costumes and giving away $200 in Kmart gift cards.

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Pacific Rim Blu ray giveaway-great popcorn flick

Sometimes movie reviews get in the way of a movie being good.  That was almost the case for Pacific Rim, which came out this summer.  We loved the movie when it came out and it’s so much better than you might have heard.  It’s a big, loud, fun, ride with monsters, robots and the detail that you’ve come to enjoy (and expect) from a Gulliermo del Toro movie.  You can win this Pacific Rim Blu ray giveaway for one of the best movies of the summer.

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Fall talk and more with the #PersonalShopper twitter party from @Sears, Thursday, 10/10 at 1PM ET

Stuck inside the office while looking at the beautiful fall foliage?  Here is your escape plan, join the #PersonalShopper twitter party with Sears at 1 PM ET on Thursday the tenth of October.  Open the window, smell the fresh fall air and get some groovy ideas on things you need.

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Lloyd and The Bear is a perfect all ages comic book

I gave our 4 YO son an ‘all ages’ comic the other day.  While the characters were appropriate for any age, they used phrases like “shut up”, “stupid” or “idiot”.  Kudos to my wife for catching that.  What a relief Llyod and The Bear is, it truly is an all ages comic book that is funny, sharply drawn and creative- everything you’re looking for in a comic book that is OK for young children.

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