Leeann is a cute, rather impish looking doll of the vinyl variety.  Sold online by Affordable Designs, Leeann was designed by Denis Bastien.  Standing about a foot tall, Leeann has an unusual face. She may not appeal to everyone, but I am particularly fond of her. She makes me smile. While Leeann was originally created, I believe, for older children and doll collectors, I fe...

Hand sanitizers from where I am can be very dear. And with us, we use a lot of it because we have a baby and we bring around a bottle wherever we go. My husband has his own bottle and I have mine. It can cost a lot in the long run.Then we discovered that Watsons is selling a really big bottle of hand sanitizer. We learned later that it contains 1liter of hand sanitizer. Anyway, it only costs $3...

I first subscribed to Netflix a few years ago. At first I loved it, then their delivery system began to bog down and movies took way too long to get here. I considered canceling my service, but didn't. At the beginning, I was on the unlimited plan for two movies at a time. If you aren't familiar with their system, that means you can rent two movies at once and keep them as long as you w...

Good cashmere is hard to find. There are loads of sites and stores that offer what they term "quality" cashmere. After wasting money at other stores, I wandered onto the Land's End site and fell in love with a soft white baby cable cashmere sweater. Still, having been burnt more than once by the cashmeres offered by high end department stores, I went deeper into where Land's E...

When you're tired irritable or ready to scream, turn on the taps, pour in the bubbles and sink in a nice hot tub. Then.. grab a big fat fragrant bar of Roger et Gallet's perfumed soap and let the dreamy fragrance melt your cares away. Yes, they are that lovely. I got my first box at 16 years old from my mother, and have been buying these soaps ever since. These are not just soaps, but a...

 The TomTom One is TomTom's entry level GPS device, priced at just under $300.  Despite its price, the One comes packed with features including text-to-speech functionality, 3D maps, maps of both Europe and America, and Bluetooth capability.  I decided to give this sleek little device a go after my Garmin was stolen and have found that it fits the bill in most every aspect. T...

I've been using this mp3 player for a while now. When I received it in the mail I hurried it in my house and opened the box because I was so excited to see my new mp3 player. It came in a pretty nice sized and packaged box which was a good thing because I worried it would break before getting to my house. I was really amazed by this mp3 player's appearance because it was so stunning. I ...

I'm very picky about how my shoes fit, feel and look. I like a shoe that offers good support and comfort when it's brand new, as well as several months down the line. These shoes fit my feet perfectly and are comfortable. I like the way they look, too. The insole offers good support, even while I'm exercising and doing aerobics on a cement floor. I'm not an avid runner, but I we...

I love this camera because it's really easy for me to use. I just recently got into the whole digital photography world again and this has got to be one of the best cameras I've ever used before. I'm just a beginner at digital photography so I find this camera very helpful. I was attracted to this camera the first time I seen it at Wal-Mart and knew which camera I wanted to buy. I f...

Cashmere is one of the softest fabrics you can buy in clothing, it is also one of the most expensive. Oldnavy is known for it's quality clothing at decent prices, and the fact that The Gap owns them is another plus. Sweater Weather is the perfect time to get great sweaters to look good for winter, and old navy has a great combination. The oldnavy Cashmere-Blend Argyle Sweater is a great loo...

After our central air conditioner unit burned out we opted for the more affordable window units. We bought one for each bedroom. They were very easy to install and we didn't have to buy anything extra. They even came with strips of foam to fill in all the gaps to keep out air drafts. They are quite small but very effective. They have both cool and fan settings with power levels up to 10. Th...

I use a slow cooker at least once a week, and while my older slow cooker is a workhorse, I needed a bigger model.  I was shopping for at least a 6 quart model and was thrilled when I stumbled upon a stainless steel GE slow cooker.  The GE slow cooker I found was a 6.5 quart model.  I loved the fact that it was a horizontal model, which meant I could easily cook ribs, whole ch...

The Food Network has made santoku knives very popular.  If you watch Food Network, you've probably seen popular chefs, like Rachael Ray, use this type of knife.  This is what led me to add the Chicago Cutlery 7" Santoku Knife to my Christmas list a couple years back. Once I received this knife, I was impressed by the weight and size.  The Chicago Cutlery Santoku Knife...

If I told you that you could get a 45-piece flatware set that included serving pieces for $32, what would you expect? What if it was from a popular flatware company? You'd probably expect a cheap knock-off or inferior pieces.  That's what I thought I would get when I ordered my set of Oneida Flambe Flatware.When my flatware arrived,  my mind was immediately changed.  This...

When I was a bridesmaid in my best friend's wedding, she chose David's Bridal as her supplier of choice for our bridesmaid dresses. She loved choosing the dresses, and despite her several bridesmaids all having very different body types, she was able to choose a dress from the extensive selection that flattered all of our figures, from plus to athletic to curvy to rail thin. The color s...

The Apex AD/1000 DVD Player is a great DVD player for the price. Being truly stay of the art when it was first released in 2002, it still has a lot of great features when compared to today's DVD players.This makes a great DVD player for a bedroom or kid's room. It can not only play DVDs, but CDs, DVD/Rs, and mp3s as well. This player even does a better job playing DVDs than a more expen...

My husband came home with an early Christmas present - a Kathy Van Zeeland Basic Instinct Belted Shopper in Deep Gold. To say this is an awesome bag would be an understatement. Where should I begin! The Deep Gold color is actually two-toned. The main color of the bag is more of a beige shimmer, not gold and made of PVC. The other color is a sandy brown shimmer which provides accent to the bag i...

I was lucky enough to get to watch a couple of shows on a Hitachi UltraVision recently. This plasma TV is huge, and expensive, costing more than $2,000. The high definition picture quality is exceptional, though, and certainly worth it if you are in the market for a high end TV. The sound quality was aslo quite good on this plasma TV. This plasma TV comes with a remote that you can use without ...

It's winter in the North Country, and dry chapped lips are just one of the ways I know this.  In search of something just a little nicer than Chapstick, I found Sephora Professionel "Most Complete" Lip Balm at the unbelievably low price of $2.  The 0.26 ounce pot seems to hold just as much product as a tube of balm, and this is really great stuff.It contains Vitamin E, m...

Purchased this Plasma TV last year for my husband from Best Buy as a Christmas present. One year later this TV is still amazing! Installing the TV was fairly easy, thanks in part to the excellent instructions provided in the user manual. We did have a problem connecting the correct component cables, but that was just my husband's mistake!  We were able connect a home theatre system, ou...