Shopping

When I moved in with my boyfriend (now husband) we combined two households of stuff.  After a couple years we got engaged, bought a home, got married, and had a baby.  That led to A LOT more stuff.  Shower...

One thing we love most about Iowa City is the #shoplocal mentality! Since our community has so many amazing moms and women running businesses of all sorts, all over the corridor, we are always excited to gather a bunch...

It’s one of the most wonderful times of the year in Eastern Iowa: the start of garage sale season! Below is your list of citywide garage sales across Johnson, Linn, Cedar, Muscatine, Washington, Iowa, and Benton counties. Happy shopping! Second...

School is right around the corner, which means Iowa's tax free weekend is right around the corner also. Every year the state of Iowa exempts stores (and their customers) from paying sales tax on clothing and footwear items costing...

I'm a relative newbie to Trader Joe's. I've been a loyal Costco customer for several years, and before that I was a regular HyVee shopper. Throw in my occasional trips to Aldi or New Pioneer Coop, and you'll understand...

Now that it’s the start of school again, it’s also (maybe) the start of school-friend birthday season again. The kids are always excited about the party, but it often brings up a conundrum for the parents — what is...

As moms, we hardly ever take the time to celebrate ourselves. Our focus is always on our children, our spouse, or other members of our family. The daily grind gets in the way of us being able to take...

The start of spring means a lot of things: warmer days, more sunlight, spring cleaning, and Easter. But to some of us, it also means the start of our favorite season: garage sale season! I’ve always loved garage sales and...

I’ve always been an avid garage sale shopper (as I mentioned in last month's Guide to Citywide Garage Sale Days), so I assumed that anything having to do with a garage sale would be easy, fun, and enjoyable. One of the best things...

The thing I love most about living in eastern Iowa are all the county fairs and our small town festivals. So much work and dedication make these happen year and after year by people who live here, and their...