Being my frugal self, there’s a part of me that hates throwing away Mylar balloons after a party.  They sadly float around the room, each day hovering lower and lower, until finally they’re just too sad and flimsy to tolerate and I throw them away. 

Making your gift look like a towering, tiered wedding cake is an adorable way to present a gift for a bridal shower, but you could do this for a birthday or another fun event or holiday!

This article is for all you romantics that may be short on money, or just plain frugal.

Merry Christmas to all of our readers. Our gift to you is the gift of simplicity.

Stores continue to bombard us with sales and deals to keep spending and buying more than we need. The government is laying the guilt trip on us to spend and spend more to get the economy back on track. See past the gifts and sparkle, and revisit what is really important…your family, your friends, being loved and needed.

Love to all!

~Carol & Geri

Geri and I love to go Black Friday and After-Christmas shopping to get the best deals on holiday gifts. Sometimes we give them right away, sometimes we stash it away for next year’s giving.  We’ve all done it, buy the perfect gift on sale to give following year, then buy something else during the year, and something else, until we have a collection of these perfect gifts in our basement.  And there they sit.