Amazon Black Friday: Real Simple, ESPN, Popular Science and more mags $5 per year
Here's a good bang for your holiday buck (I should say, five bucks): Amazon's put a bunch of popular magazine subscriptions on sale for just $5 for the entire year. That's 90-ish% off the regular price of most subscriptions, and, in the case of ESPN Magazine, 96%

Thanksgiving Lulla-Bear winner!
I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! Ours was relaxed and happy -- just what I was hoping for. Thank you to those of you who sent in your Thanksgiving tips. As promised, one of you wins this adorable Lulla-Bear MP3 player: and the winner is jibssa, AKA Amy! You were favored by the Random.org integer generator, but I'm also happy about the news, as it gives me another

Mark outgrown clothes with a safety pin
Betsy's got a smart plan for weeding out outgrown clothes: We get a ton of hand me downs, some without tags. I looked in my youngest kid's drawer the other day and he had WAY more shirts than I do. So I went on a weeding out campaign. Step 1: stop putting his shirts back in his drawer. Fold and hide them in the guest room. Step 2: when he puts something on that I notice doesn’t fit or is really just too embarrassing to wear, I try to get him to change and pack up the offending article right then. Step 3: when he refuses to change and it isn’t a battle I’m choosing to fight that day – I mean it's just a little

Score big savings during Black Friday Deals Week at Amazon
Amazon's doing it's civic duty by giving Americans the chance to bypass lines and shopping insanity this weekend: they're offering "Black Friday" holiday deals all week

Thanksgiving tip: Cook and freeze the side dishes and desserts ahead of time
Tiffany's practical Thanksgiving tip: I'm saving time this year by choosing make-ahead side dishes and desserts. Starting 6 days out, I'll be making one side dish or dessert and popping it in the freezer. By Thanksgiving Day, I'll have very little to work on besides the bird! I'm doing the same. Between freezing and delegating, I'm feeling pretty good. What are your favorite make-ahead holiday dishes? Related: