http://www.articlealley.com en-us editorial@articlealley.com Dear Diary, I can't believe it's August already. It will be Christmas season in a few months' time, and I haven't even completed my shopping list yet. Who will I include? Who will I leave out? I do know that the number of people in my list will be mor... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1029133_47.html 10th August 2009 A notice arrived from the Post Office today - my birthday. It says that there is a package waiting for me at the parcel section, waiting to be claimed. I cannot contain my excitement. It must be from Johnny, my cousin who lives in New York City and wo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_1025559_47.html 10th August 2009 It goes without saying that I am a movie buff. I love film, no matter the genre; I have been watching and enjoying movies for as long as I can remember. To me, Friday nights meant walking all the way to the local town cinema to see the latest Tom Cruise o... http://www.articlealley.com/article_952211_47.html 27th June 2009 Most young parents have experienced the dilemma of shopping for baby clothes. It's not an easy thing to do, after all. The process goes well beyond choosing blue for boy and pink for girl. One has to ask questions like: where do I shop? What should I look... http://www.articlealley.com/article_950496_47.html 26th June 2009 As a father and head of the household, I have begun to search the Internet for resources on building - and rebuilding - our house. It's a tough task, and budgeting is not the least of my concerns. When my wife and I moved into our three-bedroom house, you... http://www.articlealley.com/article_948321_47.html 23rd June 2009 Halloween is fast approaching, and what can truly be frightening about the October 31 holiday is the amount of time and money that you have to spend on trick or treat, party ideas, costumes, and home decor. But before you give in to your fears, here are a... http://www.articlealley.com/article_947859_47.html 22nd June 2009 Are you going jewelry shopping? Looking for the perfect engagement ring with which to surprise your spouse-to-be? I know: the very thought can be nerve-wracking. Jewelry, after all, counts as a huge investment. You have to think thoroughly and choose wise... http://www.articlealley.com/article_935968_47.html 15th June 2009 Be it for business or for pleasure, travel can enrich our lives. It can help us gain a greater appreciation of the sights and sounds around us, the people and the places that would be deemed strange from the commonplace lifestyles that we lead. However, t... http://www.articlealley.com/article_933228_47.html 12th June 2009 I am an excited geek. Make that over-excited. The past few days I have done nothing but make a list of what I would want to have on Christmas Day this year, and Halloween isn't even a few weeks away. Nevertheless, I believe that this hard work and early p... http://www.articlealley.com/article_930987_47.html 12th June 2009 School has just started and I am planning to try out for my senior high school basketball team. The first step towards that goal is looking for the best basketball shoes for me. I know that there are so many brands and models - Air Jordan, Nike, Adidas, C... http://www.articlealley.com/article_929369_47.html 12th June 2009 Has a string of drunken karaoke nights reinforced your desire to be the next guitar hero? Don't worry. It's never too late to wonder what it would be like to have a flourishing musical (read: rock star) career. And with coupon codes abound to help us save... http://www.articlealley.com/article_927787_47.html 11th June 2009 It is not an easy task to look for specific titles of books and magazines. The shelves in book stores and the aisles in magazine stands do not guarantee organization, and sometimes even the sales ladies don't know where the title you are looking for is lo... http://www.articlealley.com/article_927254_47.html 11th June 2009 These days, virtually everyone is connected to the Internet, along with hundreds of millions of other users. We can't live or play without the Web. But we also can't compromise the security of our computer systems by ignoring the risks of hackers and viru... http://www.articlealley.com/article_927222_47.html 11th June 2009 Internet shopping has revolutionized the way we buy and sell furniture. 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Every month or so I meticulously plan an adventure that I haven't yet gone on: white water rafting, a quiet hike by myself, mountain climbing, multi-day marathon and long-distance running, snowboarding, kayaking. Last month I camped f... http://www.articlealley.com/article_920539_47.html 06th June 2009 Sometimes intimate apparel is all it takes to rekindle a romance. A woman can drive her man crazy by wearing his favorite t-shirt or undershirt, however oversized on her it may be. And any man will appreciate a lady who knows how good a piece of lingerie ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_919325_47.html 05th June 2009 Halloween can be a fun adventure so invite everyone to your place for carving pumpkins. Then take some pictures of them after they had finished their masterpiece. It would be more fun if kids are given a chance to participate not exactly on carving but on... http://www.articlealley.com/article_918446_47.html 05th June 2009 Do you like to travel? 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Really. Having given birth to three beautiful kids in the course of the past five years, I have come to realize that parenting is no joke, that it's effectively a full-time job. It feels like so, although of course... http://www.articlealley.com/article_913014_47.html 03rd June 2009 My boyfriend and I are celebrating our first anniversary next month, and I am panicking. What do I get him? Extravagant and magical as he is when it comes to gift-giving, I cannot bring myself to match this talent of his. I am a lady who's bad at shopping... http://www.articlealley.com/article_911326_47.html 02nd June 2009 As a teacher in a kindergarten class, I constantly challenge myself to come up with ways so that my students do not get bored. Most children, after all, have such a short attention span; their hands are restless, and their imagination, boundless. It's my ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_910516_47.html 01st June 2009 Fall is here, and with it comes my burning desire to treat the street like a catwalk. Yes I am a man, but does it say anything about my manhood if I wish to be fashionable? I love my shoes, you see, and nothing gives me greater pleasure than to use the ri... http://www.articlealley.com/article_909507_47.html 01st June 2009 My wife, three kids and myself have just moved into a new home: a four-bedroom, two-storey house located in the outskirts of the city. It's a lovely place, simply but practically furnished, and I am in charge of developing an outdoor space at the family b... http://www.articlealley.com/article_908161_47.html 30th May 2009 Like many businessmen clutching leather travel cases on one hand and a plane ticket on another, I am a mobile worker - always on the move, without an office or a swivel chair to call his own. To be more precise, I am a financial management consultant who ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_906946_47.html 29th May 2009 I’m looking for a birthday gift for my father, who’s turning fifty in a few days. Golden. I know that these are tough times, and that there’s always extra pressure on the men who head our families, so I would want to get more than just a “World’... http://www.articlealley.com/article_905157_47.html 29th May 2009 I would like to have a new Dell notebook. As a beat writer for a locally published arts and culture magazine, I have been using an HP Compaq Presario – a trusty old laptop, running on Open Office, with an Alzheimer-like penchant for missing, dysfunction... http://www.articlealley.com/article_904024_47.html 20th May 2009 I had long been planning to build my own personal office at home – a private workplace to discourage people who are prone to interrupting. (Cough, children, cough.) This is why, last week, I looked up the Internet for the best online deals and discount ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_902095_47.html 19th May 2009 As a mother to two children and as someone who is very passionate about all things culinary, I recently joined the online community of food lovers and kitchen shoppers at Cooking.com. And then I bought a kitchen from heaven. Well, not really a kitchen, bu... http://www.articlealley.com/article_900911_47.html 18th May 2009 Today is my best friend Jerry's birthday. He is now twenty-five years old. Of course, being the klutz that I am, I had forgotten the date, and that's why I woke up this morning cursing at the ceiling. A few minutes after that, I was at the computer table,... http://www.articlealley.com/article_899882_47.html 18th May 2009 Do you know someone close to you who is suffering from shopping addiction? A girlfriend who complains of her income because she can't get enough Manolo Blahniks? A daughter who memorizes promo codes instead of studies for final exams? A colleague who cons... http://www.articlealley.com/article_898933_47.html 18th May 2009 I am a self-confessed bookworm whose whole life revolves around reading. Well, I don’t have my nose stuck to a paperback twenty-four hours a day, but whenever I am not reading, I spend most of my time scouring The Strand, updating my Visual Bookshelf ap... http://www.articlealley.com/article_898192_47.html 18th May 2009 Six o’clock, and with it comes a beautiful fall morning and a pretty nasty hangover. While the homecoming party last night was memorable, I have no time to reminisce. This figures to be a pretty busy day. I take an aspirin, drink an orange juice, and ta... http://www.articlealley.com/article_896168_47.html 18th May 2009 I do my grocery shopping regularly, about once every two weeks. Usually I would go on a weekday (to avoid weekend shoppers): I’d compose a list the night before, finalize my budget, clip coupons from the Sunday paper, print online coupons and promo code... http://www.articlealley.com/article_894596_47.html 15th May 2009 Keeping an open mind is the first thing to do when you shop for traveling bags. If you want to save you can search for traveling bag promo codes. Well, think over with the style and the weight of the traveling bags. It is best to have durable bags that ca... http://www.articlealley.com/article_893179_47.html 15th May 2009 We are all a few months away from Christmas, but before we start collecting coupons and calculating the budget for that, how about we allocate some funds for Halloween? Yes, the occasion is celebrated only for one day –October 31– but every parent or ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_891905_47.html 14th May 2009 Not too long ago, we would fall in line at the movie theater to watch the most highly anticipated summer blockbusters. Who can forget the Titanic experience? Seating used to be a problem; if a movie house was packed, then chances were less likely that we ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_891281_47.html 14th May 2009 I know it’s early, it’s only August, and school has just started. But please –pretty please– start thinking about what toy you will be giving me this Christmas. I have been a good boy. And I am good enough to tell you that Nintendo Wii is selling ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_889601_47.html 13th May 2009 Have you spent too much time looking for online deals on expensive equipment or gym memberships? Who says you’ve got to pay to play? If all you need is an hour everyday of fun-filled fitness and exercise on the cheap, here are several options you can ch... http://www.articlealley.com/article_888591_47.html 12th May 2009 I talk to everyone on Skype. That is how I communicate. Usually I would buy by minutes, but recently I purchased a three-month calling subscription for the price of two months. (Thank god for Skype coupon codes.) Now, I can keep in touch with friends, fam... http://www.articlealley.com/article_887133_47.html 12th May 2009 Piggy banks: that’s how people used to save money in small increments. Day by day, we dropped pennies that were earned from withstanding the temptation of candy bars, from redeeming coupons, from grocery shopping change, or from the cigarettes that we d... http://www.articlealley.com/article_885615_47.html 11th May 2009 Being too busy is a common excuse for escaping the weary, tedious exercise routines. Most often than not we think more of our career, too busy minding our career path and goals for a rewarding better lifestyle. This in turn, results in extra hours at work... http://www.articlealley.com/article_884340_47.html 11th May 2009 Dear Mom, In response to your last letter: no, you don’t have to print out those coupon codes that I gave you. Actually, those are for when you do your shopping online. All you have to do is enter them in the box one one of your online order forms an... http://www.articlealley.com/article_880992_47.html 07th May 2009 Are you far away from your loved one because of a job or a business trip? Are you looking for ways to express your affection? Long distance doesn’t mean that you will be unable to show that you care. With online shopping, you can send your wife or girlf... http://www.articlealley.com/article_878013_47.html 05th May 2009 In our everyday life we encounter stress and depression. It is true that our physical bodies will experience fatigue. Hench, it should not be a hindrance in maintaining our relationships to our kids, husbands or wives, and friends. To bust stress we ought... http://www.articlealley.com/article_876771_47.html 04th May 2009 Jeans, a staple wardrobe found in everybody’s closet. It’s a key piece that can be combined to create many different looks throughout your fashion life. With it, you could either dress it up with a camisole with a cardigan and heels or dress it down c... http://www.articlealley.com/article_869197_47.html 27th April 2009 As soon I got home right after seeing the fantastic film Jumper, I immediately turned on my computer, went on to Google, and typed “The North Face backpack Hayden Christensen used in Jumper”. I am like that, you see; if I decided that this item I saw ... http://www.articlealley.com/article_865692_47.html 21st April 2009