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    Let It Snow – Baffin Boots Has You Covered

    December 1, 2015 - By 

    If there’s one predictable thing about the winter in Canada, it’s that there will be snow. It might not be a white Christmas. In fact I can count on my one hand the number of times in the last decade that we have had a white Christmas. But by February when the snow is flying and you start to wonder if it will ever let up, you better have a reliable pair of Baffin Boots on hand. In fact here’s my little public service message to you. Go ahead and buy two pairs of boots this year for each of your…

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    Christina Knows Best – On Maternity Wear and What Not to Do

    August 7, 2015 - By 

    Alrighty Christina is getting so close to having this baby girl it’s officially super exciting! I can’t wait for everyone to meet her. But in the meantime she’s talking about maternity wear. Follow her advice. It just makes sense. Save money with maternity wear? Um, yes please because babies are expensive and by the way so are teenagers. Just saying. Have you seen Christina’s first video for Thrifty Momma’s Tips? Here it is again in case you want something else to watch because maternity wear is fabulous and all but Christina makes me laugh out loud at this review of…

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    Three Brands That Got Social Media Right This Week

    May 17, 2015 - By 

      I haven’t done one of these in several months. But today I am all ideas and scattered creativity and I can’t seem to focus on what I need to get done, so I felt like reflecting instead. Sometimes getting these things out of my head helps me organize my brain. Anyhoo…I have seen a lot of great outreach this week and that makes me happy. But I wanted to take a minute reflecting on just a select few brands who hit the right note on Mother’s Day. These are my social media wins this week. Carter’s:  Sometimes it’s the…

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    Tween Clothing Brands For Sports and #Travel

    May 10, 2015 - By 

    I am a Mom who loves children’s clothing that is versatile. Limeapple Asana pants and the first place zip up jacket go from the playground to the airport to the basketball court to horseback riding and gym class making changes effortless for athletic girls. Limeapple has a fabulous range of girl’s athletic clothing that is perfect for kids like mine. I have really active girls who participate in half a dozen sports. Swimming, martial arts, horseback riding and basketball are just a few of the sports they take part in. There was a point when they were little that I…

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    Limeapple Active Girls Clothing for Teens and Tweens Who Play Hard.

    December 20, 2014 - By 

    Active girls clothing makes a huge difference to sporty girls on the go. Ainsley is wearing one of the Limeapple active T-Shirts under her karate uniform. The material is soft and wicks away moisture (important for sporty tweens.) Have you met my sporty girls? Well, this one is a tween crime fighter. In her head anyways. Just kidding. She is a junior black belt. So is my older daughter. Together the dynamic duo dance, sing, act, ride horses, kick butt at martial arts and sparring and they also swim and run track. Occasionally they play soccer and do diving lessons…

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    Limeapple Love and Girls Clothing – Bubble Jackets #TMMGG2014

    December 11, 2014 - By 

    We are in love with the cute and warm girls clothing fashions from Limeapple. Limeapple makes great, and age appropriate, girls clothing. That’s important to me. I don’t like to see little girls wearing grownup clothing. Limeapple seems to understand that. They make clothing that moves and works hard with active girls. Payton received this bubble jacket last week and she’s worn it several times. See the feature on the hands that makes it look a little but like a really expensive Lulu jacket? My kids are all over that. This bubble jacket cost half the price of comparable other active…

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    Best UV Protective Sunwear for Families #giveaways

    July 23, 2014 - By 

    UV Protective Sunwear is extremely important if your family spends any time outdoors at this time of year. There are a few great options for UV protective sunwear. This is one of my favourites. In the summer time, when the weather is hot, and even when the weather is not, we spend a ton of time outdoors. This year we have a pool and we are swimming almost daily. There isn’t a lot of shade out by our pool and naturally, in this beautiful summer weather, skin protection and sun safety rank extremely high as priorities. The kids know the…

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    Blundstone Boots Review

    June 15, 2013 - By 

    Still searching out that perfect Father’s Day gift? Is your spouse an outdoorsy type? Does your Dad like to hike? Does he appreciate a well constructed pair of shoes? There’s still time to buy him a pair of Blundstone boots. Blundstone partnered with thriftymommastips.com and provided us with a pair of boots for review. Next week we plan to put these to the test hiking while on a blogging trip to Blue Mountain in Collingwood.    Blundstone is a name I had heard often but never really had a chance to inspect up close until this week. There are numerous…