by Nindo Mom | Oct 16, 2011 | Product Reviews, Service Reviews
A few months ago, my son and I were on one of our regular shopping trips to Target when we found a new cookie that looked promising: Target’s Market Pantry Creme Sandwich cookies. They looked a bit like Oreo Cookies, except that they had a different design and...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 15, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
We’ve always loved Girl Scout cookies at my house. But the trouble is that Girl Scout cookies are only available for a very short time each year. This means that I end up buying a crazy amount of Girl Scout cookies when they come out–usually a dozen boxes...
by Nindo Mom | Oct 15, 2011 | Service Reviews, Shopping, Shopping Smart on Amazon
Let’s face it: once in a while, the stuff we order from Amazon.com might not cut the mustard. Sometimes, we realize we should have bought a different item; other times, the item we ordered is damaged during shipping. In the cases where we purchased the wrong...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 26, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
On September 18, I ordered a 24-pack of strawberry SoyJoy bars. Amazon shipped the package on September 19. The package arrived on-schedule on September 23. M y order arrived at about 3 p.m., delivered via standard USPS with tracking; the outer carton showed no damage...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 24, 2011 | Food, Product Reviews
Soy is widely considered to be one of the world’s healthiest foods. Soy comes from soybeans–a crop indigenous to East Asia–and is the key ingredient in soy sauce and tofu. The people of Japan consume more soy than anyone else in the world; in...
by Nindo Mom | Sep 17, 2011 | Product Reviews
In 2006, I bought a 2.2 cubic foot Panasonic microwave oven: model NN-T995SF from Best Buy. The microwave cost me $299, which I thought seemed kind of expensive at the time. However, I bought it anyway–for three main reasons: at 1250 watts, it was one of...
