Category: 2013 Holiday Gift Guide

Now that it’s November I can start thinking of Thanksgiving and Christmas!  We’ve invested in a ton of LED lights for our home since we moved in, replacing nearly all the bulbs.  Not only do they save on energy but they last a whole lot longer than halogens or florescents.  We even love decorating with LED lights, for the same reasons.  We bought ourselves a new Christmas tree (on Halloween no less!) pre-lit with LED bulbs and I love the way they don’t get hot but still emit such a clean light.

I love to bake and with the holidays creeping up on us I am on the lookout for awesome ways that I can use baking to gift and thank the people that are special to us.  Just last week Good Cook sent me some nifty products to do just that: a 3D HOLIDAY ORNAMENT CAKE PAN, CAKE DECORATOR BAG, and some CANDY STRIPE LARGE COOKIE BOXES.  These are some fun tools that are perfect for making up some sweet creations for our friends and family.  We spent the day experimenting with baking and decorating and we had so much fun!

The holidays are quickly approaching (as you can see, I’ve changed my blog header this month to reflect that!) and that means lots of shopping! As part of the Master Lock Live Secure Safety Squad I’m sharing a giveaway today for you and a neat way to help with online security. My husband works as a computer systems analyst for a major bank so online security is always at the forefront of our online activities. In fact, we probably are overly obsessive about it, but if there’s something I never want to deal with it’s identity theft.