Twice a year, you can usually count on the Target Car Seat trade-in event. This is a great opportunity if you have an old car seat that you’d like to have recycled. Honestly, I can’t even remember what we did with our old car seats once my daughters grew out of them. We probably handed…
When I first heard of the notion of a Target salvage store, I wondered if there were any near me. My research led me to Marden’s Surplus and Salvage in Maine. (We moved to Maine from Pennsylvania in mid-2023.) In case you didn’t know, a salvage store is where retailers send their excess inventory that…
Target is having its first denim recycling event, which it is calling the Denim Take Back Event. It runs this year August 4-10, 2024 — the height of back-to-school shopping season and during a few tax-free weekends aka sales tax holidays. Target Denim Recycling Event Explained What is the Target Denim Recycling Event? It is…
I’ve written so much about Target that I just assumed readers knew how Target Drive Up works. However, then I started getting questions from people that told me the exact opposite. Some of those questions included: These are all very good questions. So, I knew it was time to write an article entirely devoted to…
I was so excited to learn about Ulta Beauty at Target. That is, you’ll now find Ulta stores, if you will, inside Target locations. Talk about combining two of my favorite places to shop. No offense, Nordstrom and Costco. I still love you two, too. Ulta Beauty at Target locations This Ulta Beauty store within…
Before we sent our youngest off to college–and before she even graduated from high school–we decided to sign her up for the Target college dorm registry. Why? Well, one, we needed to buy supplies for her college dorm. And, two, if friends and family wanted an easy way to buy graduation gifts or going away…
When you hear the phrase Target recycling, you may think about buying recycling bins and other supplies at Target. And you would be right–sort of. I mean, of course Target sells recycling bins and things made from recycled materials. However, what I’m referring to here is the recycling that you can do for free at…
Target Deal Days are back this October. And even though we haven’t gotten through Halloween yet (as I write this article), retailers definitely want you to be thinking about holiday shopping already. For example, recently we shopped at Costco. As soon as we walked into our local warehouse, I saw Christmas trees lined up next…
When I first wrote about private label store brands, it was all about getting to know the name brand that are specific to certain retailers, such as the companies behind the Kirkland Signature store brand at Costco. However, since then I’ve learned how popular it has become for people to shop a store brand as…
The notion of giving a mom experience gifts, for Mother’s Day or another occasion, is you’re creating a memory through an experience versus something that she will end up putting on a shelf or cluttering up her house. For the person who seemingly has everything or for a mom living in a small space, an…
As the author of 15 books, many on money-saving topics, I’m always trying to find ways to help my readers get the most bang for their buck, including with State Sales Tax Shopping Holidays. For example, in my book about paying for college, I suggest using state sales tax free weekends to shop and legally…
There’s no denying that the price of everything has gone up. However, you still might want to eat well and you’re not quite ready to start a vegetable garden. That’s why I wanted to write this article on cheap healthy foods to stock up on. This advice can help you feed yourself and your family…
What would you say if I told you that there are things in your home that could take centuries or even longer to decompose in the trash? As Earth Day approaches or even at any time during the year, it’s something to consider. And that is what you throw out and how long it takes…
A few years ago, after Trunk Club shut down, the Nordstrom Personal Shopper department reached out to let me know that they could set me up with a personal stylist near me. Since I was already an established customer at the Pittsburgh Nordstrom department store, I could work with one of their stylists at any…
Now that I’ve used the Wisdom Panel Essential Dog DNA test on four of my pups, I figured it was high time to write a review. I mean, I have written about this topic on this blog before albeit briefly. For example, I put something about my experience in this blog post about giving experience…
You probably know that Mother’s Day is the second Sunday in May, but when is Mother’s Day around the world in different countries? Turns out that Americans are the only ones that celebrate Mother’s Day. However, the one thing that makes the American Mother’s Day celebration different from others around the world is this: the…
If you are a woman who spends most days paralyzed about what to wear, you may need a capsule wardrobe. This kind of clothing collection helps cut down on decision fatigue and makes it easier to get dressed in the morning. Best of all, there are ways to create a closet that makes getting dressed…
When it comes to food expiration dates, I drive my husband mad. That is, he doesn’t believe in expiration dates — you know, what doesn’t kill you makes you stronger. However, as we learned on our cooking blog Bagels and Lasagna, if you try to bake bread with expired baking powder, your bread will not…