There's not a girl alive that loves jewelry more than I do, much to my husband's chagrin!  It's so fun to have the power to constantly keep your outfits fresh and updated by simply changing what jewelry you decide to pair with them.  In my opinion, you can never go wrong with a gift of jewelry either, since it can be such a sentimental and stylish present that the recipient will never outgrow or wear out.

Recently, I learned that Ice.com, a smart, savvy online jewelry shopping site, is looking for their next Ice Guest Stylist!  It was time to put my eye for jewelry to the test and select two of my favorite pieces.  If there's one thing I learned from writing this post, it's that I like "the things that bling" and Ice.com has plenty of it!  Keep reading to learn more!

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This year, our holiday feasts will cost more than ever, says the U.S. Department of Agriculture.  Food prices jumped a whopping 4 to 5 percent in 2011 and are expected to continue climbing next year.

But you can have your fruitcake and eat it, too, without breaking the bank, says Toni House, author of Savvy Shopping: How to Reduce Your Weekly Grocery Bill to $85 Per Week – or Less! (www.SaveYourMoneySaveYourFamily.com).  A mom with executive-level experience in accounting and the restaurant industry, House pared the monthly grocery bill for her family of four to $250.  And nobody complained.

"It takes savvy shopping," she says. "Worried about going broke serving big holiday meals? Forget it. You can save on the Christmas trimmings and trim the 2012 household budget with planning, patience and grocery shopping 'guardrails' to keep your cart in line."  House offers these tips:

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Oh tannenbaum, oh tannenbaum, how lovely is thy tax situation.

Less than 24 hours after the Department of Agriculture announced they were slapping a 15-cents per tree tax on Christmas tree growers, the Obama administration backed off on the plan.  The idea, hatched by the tree growers themselves was to fund a promotional push similar to the successful "Got Milk?" campaign from dairy producers.  Naturally, consumers would get stuck paying any such tax, bloating tree prices even further.

Maybe it's time to try that Festivus aluminum pole from "Seinfeld," instead of a tree?  Or maybe it's time to consider these guidelines for buying that Christmas fir:

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Buying our first home was definitely one of the highlights of my life and five years later, it's still just as fun, for now I'm enjoying the process of decorating it, room by room!  Our home has two-stories along with a very open floor plan.

When you walk in through the front door, you can immediately see the hallway upstairs, which to this point was completely bare.  I've been tolerating this empty space for years, but finally decided that before another holiday season rolls around, I would do something about it.  My recent quest for quality artwork led me to discover GalleryDirect.com, a fine art publisher who believes in the motto "Fine Art for Everyone!"  Keep reading to learn more about an online retailer who can instantly beautify your home for less!

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I have to start off this product review with a word of caution.  Normally, I pride myself on the fair and honest viewpoints I express about each and every product I review.  But today, that level of objectivity is going right out the window!  :blushing:

I am finally going to be bringing you a review/giveaway of a product that is very near and dear to my heart...because I invented it!  Let me introduce you to the revolutionary toothpaste transfer device, Toothpaste 2 Go!

Now, you may be thinking that revolutionary is probably too strong of a word to describe a product that simply allows you to create your own travel-sized tubes of toothpaste from a full-size tube of toothpaste, but here's where I have to disagree.

There is no other product like this on the market today!  And after much pain-staking research and experimentation, I'm happy to announce that the Toothpaste 2 Go toothpaste transfer system will work with virtually ANY toothpaste tube, is 100% reusable, dishwasher safe and will save you plenty of money!  Keep reading to learn more!

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