Let’s put it this way, you can never have enough handbags! Especially when it’s so trendy to be ‘Madagascar’ this season.

Giraffe Print Drawstring Boardwalk Purse - $ 55.00
Retail Price: 67.00
You Save: $12.00

Oh yummy, I love the red accents on this, don’t you? It’s so hip I’m sure your girl friends won’t stop raving. And check this out. This is so classy it would go great with any outfit, even a semi-formal one.

Giraffe Print Braided Shopper - $ 55.00
Retail Price: 73.00
You Save: $18.00

If you want one of these, you’d better move it, move it!! From now through December 15, 2008, you can save an additional $5 off the already discounted price.

Go here and check out all the other cool designs. Just remember to use the coupon code - GP5OFF - during checkout.

Don’t dally now or your favorite design may be sold out. Stocks are limited and they go quick because giraffes are in, so you gotta mov’it, mov’it !

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If you love shopping for holiday cards (like me), well, the deal just got sweeter, much sweeter!

I’ve got a great offer here where you can get these beautiful holiday card kits at 40% off !

Well, this is just one of many designs you can choose from. It’s nice to know they’re eco-friendly too.

But you have to hurry!! This offer expires tonight, at 11:59pm December 9, 2008. Remember to use the coupon code - SAVE40 - at checkout to save big!

Go take a look at the other designs quick (you’ll love them ) and grab them before they’re all gone!

Call us wierd, when we three girls go shopping, you just never know what we end up buying!! Well, we got ourselves these boxer shorts, in size S, of course.

They make them really huge for the guys so we had to get the smallest size. They still look big in the picture, don’t they? Which is okay because we girls have more meat on our butts so it all works out nicely.

Believe it or not, boxers are the most comfortable things in the world and they’re great for wearing around the house like shorts. But most of the ones we have are either plain or plain boring .

Unlike these designs here. Cute!! How could we resist?! Yes, even though the salesgirls were whispering to each other and giggling at us. Grrr!

Okay, the green one is a hot dog print, the white one has adorable red chillies and the blue is a starry red, white and blue theme. Guess which pair of boxers is mine?

If you’re not one to get out there in the shopping frenzy today, I’ve got some amazing deals that won’t burn a hole in your pocket. Be sure you check out these amazing Black Friday and Cyber Monday coupons here.

Are you someone who jumps straight into bed with your makeup on? I wish I could do that but I feel icky with all that goo on my face so I just have to go through the motions of removing my makeup and putting on my night cream, no matter how tired I am.

As we grow older, I guess we have no choice but to get onto some sort of skincare routine to play for time, so to speak . My girl friend in the US uses Clarins Bright Plus Intensive Age Control Brightening Program and she looks like she hasn’t aged a day since I saw her ten years ago.

So I’m pretty sure it works. And right now, they’ve got these pretty Christmas gift sets. Nice, eh? And in red too!

Wonder if she’ll send me one of these now that Clarins is offering free shipping on all gifts and sets during the Black Friday/Cyber Monday promotional period from now through December 31, 2008. You can use the coupon code - HOLIDAYFS - to take advantage of this offer.

Also check out their other coupon offer of a free gift as well as free shipping on another range of their products. After you buy this, there’s no more excuse to jump into bed with your makeup on !

Gone are the days when I had to make my own holiday cards with photos to show friends and family how big my kids have grown . It just takes too much time when there’s a much easier way.

With a few clicks, you can order personalized photo cards like this, and also unique corporate holiday and Christmas party invitations from Tiny Prints.

If you’re quick, you can still catch the Tiny Prints’ promotions that end today (November 26, 2008). Just go here and use the coupon code - 10FREE - to save $10 off holiday cards plus free shipping on orders above $99.

Or go here and use the coupon code - 15FREE - to save $15 off holiday cards plus free shipping on orders above $149.

If you miss today’s promo, you can go here and use the coupon code - AFLHOL - to save 5% off your entire order from now through January 15, 2009.

I’ll be the first to admit I can’t live without my nice strong cup of morning coffee. I’m getting tired of those 3-in-1’s. I only drink them because I’m too sleepy to brew up a real cup of coffee!

I’m sure you have coffee freak friends like me. Who doesn’t indeed?

Well, then the perfect gift for them this holiday season is the Shock Coffee gift set. Shock Coffee’s energy coffee blends come from 100% Arabica coffee beans.

The gift set contains ground coffee, canned latte and cappuccino, a travel mug, a ceramic mug, and a matching “Sleep is Overrated” t-shirt and hat. Pretty neat, huh!

It’s got a bit of everything that a coffee freak will definitely appreciate! They have whole beans and ground coffee in ‘energy’ and ‘organic’ blends, powdered instant cappuccino and something I find very interesting - chocolate-covered coffee beans.

From now thru December 31, 2008, use their Black Friday/Cyber Monday coupon code - 5OFFSHOCK - to get 5% off all Shock Coffee products and give your coffee lover friends a pleasant ’shock’ of a gift for Christmas.

When my friend invited me to join her yoga class, I instantly agreed without a second thought. How was I to know it was not a real class, that it was a practice session organized by one of the ladies for her group of friends?

The moment the ladies started strolling in with their own personal yoga mats was the moment I realized I was the only noob in the room! Haiz! Good thing I don’t blush easily or I’d have turned into a tomato and rolled out of the room right that minute!

Okay, so I fell behind, wa-ay behind! and by that I mean I couldn’t get my limbs to bend over backwards for me, no matter how hard I tried. I would’ve thought since I’m such a gym freak that I would have no problem with the moves ! Uh-huh, yoga and gym are two different animals. There was just no way I could get my limbs or my butt to go anywhere !

I’ve since dropped out of the class. Didn’t want to make a fool of myself any more in front of that roomful of yoga guru types whose bodies are like rubber bands. That said, I definitely plan on taking it up again. I find the torturous routines very challenging and the after-effect makes me feel really great.

Next class I join, it’ll be the noob beginner’s class where they teach your limbs to obey and do as you say. Next class I join, I’m going to bring one of these, my own personal yoga mat so I won’t look like such a complete idiot .

Come to think of it, this would make a great gift for someone like me. Such nice colors and they’re non-slip too so I won’t go sailng across the room when I try to bend and flip over backwards. Duh!

If you have a yoga enthusiast on your gift list, you’ve found the perfect gift. YogaAccessories.com has a really good selection of high quality yoga accessories at unbeatable prices. You can save 10% off any order above $75 by using the Black Friday coupon code - SAVEAS10 - between November 26 thru 30, 2008.

We always feel a bit uncomfortable when our friends ask Steev “so what books are you reading now?” and Steev would just shrug the question off with an inaudible mumble under his breath, an answer I always hope our friends won’t hear .

Truth is we’ve been trying to get him to read without much success, or so we thought. Steev and Raine were both early readers. Before age 3, they were able to read simple Peter & Jane books and were progressing nicely up the number series and onto Enid Blyton books.

Skye started late because I was so busy with the two older ones and she always being the ‘baby’, I didn’t realize she was already 3 and still couldn’t read a word!

Today, Raine and Skye are my two bookworms always reading, always hungry for more books. Steev, on the other hand, has probably read all of two books in his entire school life.

I only realized recently that we’ve probably wrongly accused him of not reading when all this while, he’s been soaking up technical and technology articles on the internet. Okay lah, bad mommy thought he was only playing games!

Today I read in The Star that many of our schoolkids read only two books a year! It’s a shame, too many distractions competing for their attention these days. The trick is to start them young and consistently build on their interest from there (how to get kids to start reading?).

I did it the hard way but it really doesn’t have to be that hard. Funetics actually has a phonics-based Early Reading Program that’s not only a great place to start but also lots of fun for both parent and child.

It also makes a valued Christmas gift, or anytime gift, for friends with kids. It contains 81 lessons from early letter recognition to preschool concepts to reading and writing.

Like I always say, each child is different and this kit contains lots of interesting games and activities to suit your child’s learning style and allows you to pace the lessons according to your schedule and his/hers.

The printed version comes with a free audio CD of the program. You can try out 3 lessons for free. Shipping is available worldwide and it’s free for those living in the US.

Many working parents don’t have time to figure out how to get their kids interested in books and a guided program like Funetics is just the thing to get started.

Saturday morning, DH was off at 5:00am to line up for the Playstation 3. Even getting there that early, he was number 70+ in line. Some of the early birds had been camping there for days, wth!

I was happy to be fast asleep in a cozy bed rather than sitting out in the darkness on the cold, hard floor outside 1 Utama. Seems DH is the only one who’s excited about the Playstation 3. My three teens think “it’s lame and overrated”, in their words.

But the least we could do was to bring the man his long-awaited breakfast from McD. We didn’t hang around there very long. The place was smoky and there was nothing happening. I don’t have much patience for geeky events, I’d rather be shopping .

I can’t believe they make people pay the full price for something that’s two years old. That tiny discount is nothing after you factor in all the proprietary stuff the Playstation 3 needs in order to work.

I expect the man will play with it for two weeks tops, then it’ll end up in the storeroom with all the other white elephants *sigh*.