Since Andi has been here we’ve been busy. We’ve been out to all of the retail franchises looking for bargains, having fun with the grandkids and other family. I haven’t had much time to post.

Andi will probably be leaving on either Tuesday or Wednesday to head back to Texas. She has a lot to do before she deploys to Iraq for her 2nd deployment. On Friday she’s getting married! They are just having a quickie wedding and will have another one later on for family and friends.

I’ll get back to posting soon!

There is a contest going on at eBillme.com. It’s called the Shop and Confess contest. All you have to do is sign up, refer this blog (charlottestips.net), and you could win $1000 for a video or $500 for a text post. Prizes are given away monthly. The contest runs until 11:59 PM EST on December 26th, 2008 so you only have a couple more chances to win. There is a $15,000 grand prize too!

The winnings could make for a really nice online shopping spree! Watch the video that shows how the contest works. Enter, confess your shopping guilty pleasures and win some spending money. What a great way to feed your spending habits. I know I could sure use that extra money especially with the holidays just around the corner.

So go and sign up right now! Don’t forget to add charlottestips.net as your referring URL!

Shopping with little ones isn’t an easy feat. You either have to try to fit some kind of seat with a restraining device into the seat of a shopping cart or put the child in a stroller. If you choose the latter then you’ll need someone else with you to push the shopping cart.

If you have a Maclaren stroller then you can use the mesh basket that is attached to the stroller, if you don’t need to purchase too many items.

When my kids were little it was a real struggle to shop with them. Back in the 70’s they just didn’t have the neat things for kids that they have now.

I don’t really like to go out to stores to do my shopping. I usually have trouble finding what I’m looking for or don’t like the selection of things. I’m partial to shopping online. It saves gas and keeps you from running from store to store to find the best buy. All it takes is a few clicks to find what you want online. I’m addicted to online shopping.

Sometimes you even get lucky and don’t have to pay shipping. There are a few places like that but most times I have to pay shipping. I really don’t mind that if I saves me the hassle of going to several stores to find what I want.

Do you do a lot of online shopping?