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Spring Fashions: Window Shopping For Warmer Weather

While most of the country is being hit with one snow storm after another, my heart has already started to dream of Spring – mainly Spring fashions. It started when the Hanna Andersson catalog came in the mail. All that color and cuteness had me picturing my infant daughter in their latest styles in a [...]



Jewelry They Can Chew On!

My daughter is cutting her first tooth! A milestone that is both exciting and tormenting. She is, needless to say, chewing on everything – whether I like it or not. So I was really excited to get my hands on some of the cool teething jewelry on the market to review with her. I recently [...]



Gift Idea: Bot Tots 100% organic apparel & 100% recycled books for kids

Give your kids something cute and comfortable to snuggle up in – and something cute and fun to read! Bot Tots is an online boutique that prides itself on being an environmentally and socially conscious company. They sell 100% organic apparel for your kids and books that are printed on 100% recycled paper – all featuring [...]



Gift Idea: Pamper Those Tiny Toes with Robeez Baby and Toddler Shoes

The best ideas, I think, are inspired by the things and people that we love. Fifteen years ago, in 1994, a woman named Sandra Wilson lost her job at an airline and decided to try to start her own home-based business, which would allow her to spend more time with her then eighteen month old [...]



Gift Idea: Lands’ End Canvas

For the fashionable giftees on your list, be sure to check out the Lands’ End Canvas line, a new line from Lands’ End that looks so comfortably chic. Lands’ End wanted to create a collection that was rooted in their heritage but with a modern yet timeless twist that offers a lot of possibilities. My [...]



Aloha Friday: Halloween Costumes

It’s time for Aloha Friday, the day that you take it easy and look forward to the weekend, in Hawaii and blog land anyway. Over at An Island Life, Kailani decided that on Fridays she would take it easy on posting and ask a simple question for you to answer. Nothing that requires a lengthy [...]



Back to School – Marshall’s $25 Giveaway

Enter to win $25 gift card for TJ Maxx at Eighty MPH Mom!

One of my favorite things to do is go to my local shopping center, Blackstone Valley Shoppes, and perusing the stores there.  It is filled with “brand” name stores that have expensive prices. And then cozied in the corner of the shopping center [...]



ShoeBuy.com Review and Giveaway

For another chance to win a Shoe Buy $50 gift certificate visit Eighty MPH Mom starting July 24th..

Brand names? Check.
Great deals? Check.
Free shipping? Check.
ShoeBuy.com has all of the above qualities. They have a wide selection of well know brands that are well priced with free shipping and even a visible site coupon.
They were kind enough [...]



Giveaway: Pocket Dots – They Grip So Pants Don’t Slip!

I’m getting to that point in my pregnancy – even my longest of maternity shirts are no match for my bulging expectant belly and I find myself constantly pulling my shirts down. Another strange phenomenon? As my belly gets larger, the rest of me seems to be getting smaller. I know, to have such problems. [...]



Giveaway: Uneaks – Custom Kids’ Sneakers That Will Match ALL Their Outfits

I love shoe shopping – I am a woman after all. And while I have little to no qualms with buying myself an assortment of shoes to match an assortment of outfits, with kids… You kind of can’t help but think, “They’re going to outgrow these in less than a year.” Do I really want [...]