My preferred way to shop is by giving my business to stores and brands that stand behind their products. This often comes to life with a lifetime guarantee or a limited lifetime warranty. Whatever it is called, it is smart to spend money when the company offers to fix or replace something that goes wrong….
I’ve just updated this lifetime warranty article. It includes more than two dozen brands that provide a warranty for life or lifetime protection on their products, or something similar. This is a great guide when buying gifts for the holidays or all year round. Why? Because these are products that last. And if they don’t,…
I first started writing about tax free days aka sales tax holidays a decade ago. That was when my own daughters were still in school and we needed to find ways to save on back to school shopping. Turns out the summer months are when most states let you shop tax free for back to…
I know that I’m not alone in being stumped about which anniversary theme goes with which year of marriage. I mean, the first few years after your wedding, the gift choices are easy. Most people know that the gift for your first year of marriage is paper. But, then it gets tricky from there. Another…
Until I had children, I didn’t appreciate the value behind buying luggage, backpacks and books bags with a lifetime warranty. You see, kids can be hard on stuff. So, you want to spend your hard-earned money on products that will hold up. When my daughters were little, we only bought backpacks and bookbags from L.L….
Hello, I’m glad you’re here! My name is Leah Ingram, a professional journalist by training and author of 15 books. Years ago, I became suddenly frugal. You may have read my blog or book of the same name. These days I’m writing about products and services that provide the most value for your time and money…
I’ve written about a lot of national holidays, but until 2022, I’d never heard of National Outlet Shopping Day. As someone who loves to shop at outlet stores, I was intrigued. What is National Outlet Shopping Day Not surprisingly, someone who owns outlet malls started National Outlet Shopping Day. And that would be the folks…
As I predicted in this article about Amazon Prime Day, other retailers are offering their own shopping holidays. At one point we had Wayfair Way Day and then Target joined the fray with Target Deal Days shopping holiday in October. Then in 2023 Target introduced Circle Week. And it’s only grown since then, especially with…
Have you ever wondered who makes private label store brands? And did you wonder if these non-name brands were worth buying? For example, I never have a problem buying Kirkland brand products, which are the private label from Costco. I’ve discovered that Kirkland, the Costco store brand, makes better strawberry preserves than Smuckers. In addition,…
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…
I wrote this article about how to compare Uggs kids sizes with adult sizes for a simple reason: I wanted to provide information and resource to help you with your shopping. Therefore, while educating you on how you might save money on Uggs by buying children’s sizes — if you have small feet — I’m…
You know how I know how impossible it is to find the best wide width shoes for women? Because I have double wide feet. Do you have wide or double wide width feet like I do? Are you looking for double wide shoes for ladies? Maybe you even call your feet fat because they are…
Do you know the difference between Super Target vs Target stores? Turns out all of these iterations of Target are both different and the same. Yeah, I know that sounds oxymoronic. But stick with me as I explain the differences between Super Target vs Target. I learned so much in researching this article. What is…
When I first wrote a version of this article in February for Food Drink Life, asking why size-inclusive fashion doesn’t include women with wide feet, I had no idea that other writers were tracking the lack of inclusivity, too. Not so much from a shoe perspective but from a runway perspective. For example, Glamour UK…
It totally makes sense for Target to name its rewards and loyalty program Target Circle. Why? Think about the iconic Target logo. It is two red circles. I’ll be honest–at first I didn’t “get” the whole circle thing. But then I started researching this article–because people were asking me questions about what Target Circle is…
Today, I got an email from Bombas warning about dupes or fake socks that people might be selling online. I guess copycat Bombas socks have shown up on Amazon and in other places. And if people were looking to give Bombas items as gifts, the company wanted to tell customers like me to know what…
As someone who came of age in the 1980s, it is both fun and sad to reminisce about the defunct stores that no longer exist. I’m talking about the retailers where my friends and I would visit while hanging out at the mall sometime in the 80s decade. Also, this could be the old department…
Recently, in my yoga practice at a local studio, the instructor suggested we work on side crow. As he demonstrated it, I thought, OK, that seems simple enough. However, once I tried it on my mat, my big boobs got in the way. Yes, that is the curse of practicing yoga when you’re a busty…