White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Royal Wedding Tea Caddy – Anything with the Royal wedding is awesome. I'm sure a poster, book or other Royal Wedding souvenir would work well too. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
White Elephant Gift Idea: Instant Underpants — Just add water!
White Elephant Gift Every year, on Christmas Eve, our family has a White Elephant gift exchange. Everyone has their own version of how they play but in our family we purchase new gifts under $10 aimed at providing tons of laughs. Here is one of my favorites: Instant underpants -- I bought these last year. Best. Gift. Ever. We laughed for hours over this one. I think I won big points for creativity. Find more White Elephant Gift Ideas here. Looking for more gift ideas? Check out our Christmas Gift Guides. Keep Reading
French Rolling Pin (one of our favorite kitchen tools)
I have never been a fan of rolling out dough. It can feel so time consuming and labor intensive. I love the end product, but I hate the tedious process. I kind of move around my kitchen like a small hurricane, lots of speed and multi-tasking, very little finesse and fuss. Then my sister bought me this French Rolling Pin a year ago, and I absolutely love it. Something about it makes rolling out dough a pleasure instead of a pain. It's smooth, lightweight, and easy to use: the perfect rolling pin. It is definitely one of those kitchen tools that I now look forward pulling out of the drawer and putting to use. The simple design is both beautiful and Keep Reading
Canned Unicorn Meat (Hilarious reviews and good gag gift idea)
This is so gross and hilarious all at the same time. Amazon is selling Canned Unicorn Meat. Not really but it gives the impression that it's real. Read the reviews for some added humor to your day. Or just pick one of up this year's White Elephant party. Find more Amazon deals here. Keep Reading
Monster list of the best Amazon Christmas deals
This list will remain at the top of the site for the time being. Scroll down for more recent posts. Friday (12/21) at 4 pm Pacific is the deadline to order items in time for Christmas with FREE Amazon Prime shipping (remember to have them shipped to where you will be on Christmas Eve just in case). You can sign up for a FREE one-month trial of Amazon Prime and enjoy FREE two-day shipping for the next 30 days. Here's a list of the best deals we've found over the last few days (we will be updating this list over the next two days, so be sure to bookmark it for future reference!): TOYS FOR TODDLERS & PRESCHOOLERS *NEW* Fisher-Price Dora The Keep Reading
A compilation of Our Favorite Things for Christmas 2012
We've been posting a bunch of Christmas gift ideas over the past couple of weeks. As the shopping season winds down, I thought it would be fun to highlight some the Frugal Living NW's favorite things. Mini Kick and Maxi Kick Scooters Settlers of Catan Board Game 10 Must-Have Kitchen Utensils What's in the Bible? DVDs for Kids Hobo Lauren Wallet Top 10 Cookbooks Buff Original Headwear French Rolling Pin OK to Wake! Children's Alarm Clocks Breville Juice Fountain Plus Richard Scarry Busytown Game Scarves: The Perfect Accessory Giro Me2 Infant Toddler Bike Keep Reading
The Settlers of Catan Board Game
Some friends introduced us to The Settlers of Catan. Have you played this board game yet? Oh, you should. I am totally hooked. And trust me, I am not a big gamer so don't think this is just for the hardcore strategy game types. My husband and I have played it with friends or just the two of us. It is easy to learn, interesting to play, and honestly the most fun I've ever had playing a board game. Because you can set up the board differently each time, no two games are alike. It doesn't stretch into eternity (Oh, Monopoly, how I hate you), just an evening's worth of fun. Big bonus. Whether you enjoy strategy games (like my husband) or just a Keep Reading