Shopping

Just a few more sleeps until the first day of school (ugh). Time to get yourself organized to send the kids back to the classroom. Right now, some of my favourite personal finance and mom websites are packed with tips and ideas about how to cut your back to school costs.

Thanks to technology, my daughter is growing up much more quickly than I did. She knows how to e-mail. She knows how to order movies on TMN — he even can scroll to find the movie she wants by alphabetical order). And she's better at Angry Birds than anyone else I know.

Fashion and beauty experts Deborah Fulsang and Tiyana Grulovic dish on what’s worth buying and skipping at the January sales

When I was growing up, the U.S. dollar was always much higher than the lowly loonie. Things I bought in the States would seem cheap initially, until I’d get my Visa bill and realize that all those bargains were just an illusion.

Check through the list below to find out where to buy products mentioned in our June 2009 issue