About six months ago I decided to shop for running shoes online. It was nearing my thirtieth birthday, and I decided I wanted to run in a 5K to celebrate. I’m sure thirty doesn’t seem old to many people, but to me it seemed overwhelming. How could my twenties have gone so quickly?! So, needless to say, I knew if I would be doing a lot of running, I was going to need a good running shoe. The first thing I decided to do was a little online research for the best running shoes for women. I found that...

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Shopping for men’s shoes online is process that is both simple and efficient. If your husband is anything like mine, he hates going to the mall. Shopping is a foreign word to him. Instead, he likes to get in, see what he wants, buy it, and get out as quickly as possible. It’s a quick hunt for him, not a shopping experience like it would be for me. And shoes are the worst item of all, in his opinion. Until he discovered shopping for men’s shoes online. Now it is a quick, easy hunt, and he loves it. When...

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Have you ever shopped for baby gifts online? I’ve lived away from home for about three years now. And while I enjoy being away sometimes, there are certainly other times when I wish I was back there. One of those times when I’m homesick has been when friends of mine have gotten married or had babies. It would be nice to be able to be at every shower in person, but that’s not always possible. Thank goodness for the internet! I have gotten really good at shopping for baby gifts online. So for the latest shower, I needed to...

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My employer had just given birth to a baby boy, and after all the excitement and congratulations had died down, I started looking through baby gifts books and magazines to try and get some idea as to what to buy as a special gift. Buying for a new baby is not really difficult, as baby stores are full of wonderful baby toys, clothes and other accessories. My employer has also become my friend over the years, so I know the family quite well. In many ways this helped me to look for something I knew would be both appreciated...

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When I became pregnant a friend of mine persuaded me to create my baby registry as it would make life easier for me, and would also be extremely useful for family and friends to look through when choosing gifts. I knew my unborn child was a girl, and by creating my own registry I was able to pinpoint all the areas within multiple stores that would be useful for me. I already had a small boy so had learned how important it was to look for clothes that are not just pretty but also practical. Trying to dress and...

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One of the most important decisions I will make for my child is his school. I suppose there was a time when there were not really any choices to be made. For example, when my parents were growing up, once they were of school age, they just got on the school bus that took them to the nearest school. There was no pre-school for them. I attended a pre-school, but there weren’t a lot of choices of schools so the decision was simple. Now that my son is nearing pre-school age, I realize I have a tough decision to...

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Our son has been traveling from the time he was two-weeks-old, when we took him home for Christmas. Most of our travels with him had been easy since they were road-trips. It was easy when you could pack your car full of everything you thought you might possibly need, such as loads of diapers, every burp cloth we owned, a dozen bottles, and baby detergent. It was when we decided to take our one-year-old on vacation overseas that the complications of traveling multiplied. Because we were going to a foreign country, before we left, I did a little investigating...

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Every summer I do a little traveling with my family. The family members who went were my mom, dad, and younger sister Margaret. In the past we had visited San Francisco, Chicago, and Washington DC. But late last year I had a momentous change in my life, with Corey being born and consuming most of my time. Yet I did not want to break from this fun and exciting family tradition, so I decided to bring him along. For this year’s summer vacation, my dad thought a trip to New York City would be fantastic. So he wrote up...

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