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12 Days of Christmas Gifts — Day #8
Pillow Pets are among this year’s hottest toys. Each of these plush stuffed animals unrolls to become an oh-so-soft pillow you can take almost anywhere. Found this cutie on sale at my Chariton Hy-Vee store for $16.99. Aiden Moe, a 6-year-old boy from Bryant, SD recently used $1,000 in prize winnings to buy 118 Pillow Pets to [...]
12 Days of Christmas Gifts — Day #9
We’re going bowling! Eight of the NCAA Division I schools located in Hy-Vee Land received invitations to football bowl games this holiday season. Congratulations to the University of Iowa, Iowa State University, the University of Missouri, the University of Nebraska, the University of Wisconsin, Kansas State University and Northern Illinois University. Is there a college football fan on [...]
12 Days of Christmas Gifts — #10
Don’t show up empty-handed to the boss’s cocktail party or the neighbor’s holiday open house. A bottle of wine from Hy-Vee Wine & Spirits makes a lovely token of appreciation for the host. (There are some nice sparkling ciders available, too, for those who prefer a non-alcoholic gift.) This 2006 Kaesler Stonehorse Shiraz, from Australia’s Barossa Valley wine region, [...]
12 Days of Christmas Gifts — #11
When mixing the cake batter for my Babycakes cupcakes (see previous entry in the 12 Days of Christmas Gifts countdown), I couldn’t help thinking, “Gee, this would be so much easier if the mixing bowl had a handle I could hold onto with one hand while holding the mixer in the other … oh, and [...]