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Use the decorative shopping bags you accumulate for your Christmas gift-wrapping paper!

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As you do your Christmas shopping this year you’ll likely accumulate a collection of decorative paper shopping bags.

You know what I’m talking about. The bags the stores place your purchased items in after you pay for them.

Some of those shopping bags are probably quite nicely decorated with a variety of festive designs, making them a wonderful substitution for store-bought wrapping paper!

There are several advantages to using decorative shopping bags to wrap your gifts instead of wrapping paper: [Read more…]

Is that ‘Black Friday’ deal really a good deal? Here’s how to find out.

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If you’re excited about “Black Friday”, you certainly aren’t alone.

Soon after the Thanksgiving turkey has been devoured and the dishes are all washed up, people all across the country will make a beeline to their favorite store to take advantage of this year’s “Deal of a Lifetime”!

While it’s true that this annual “save big” shopping day can help stretch your Christmas shopping dollars, if you aren’t careful it can also end up costing you, in one of two ways: [Read more…]