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Did you know that Admiral Road sells more than blankets? Whether you're looking for a sibling gift, or just to add something extra to your order, we've got you covered with our More Great Gifts section.

From now until April 20th, many of our fabulous gifts are on sale - at up to 50% off!

Check out some of our top picks below.

Easter gifts:

Instead of loading up the Easter baskets with chocolate this year, why not give the little one in your life something that will last longer than the 5 minutes it takes to devour a solid chocolate bunny, and skip the inevitable tummy ache too!

We suggest:

Folkmanis Rose Fairy Finger Puppet. This unique puppet measures 7 inches tall and provides hours of imagination-filled fun. On sale for $6.00

Scribble Mats are another fantastic option when you're looking for something functional and fun. These amazing color-on, wipe-off placemats are the perfect way to keep little ones busy during meal preparation. Available for the princess, truck, or jungle loving child in your life. On sale for only $5.00.

Loot Bags:

How many times have you wandered around the dollar store in search of something to fill a loot bag, only to bring it home and have the toy fall apart shortly after opening the package? Send the kids home with an awesome (and durable) art project instead!

We suggest:

Calafant Carboard Fold and Play toys. This fabulous item is a puzzle, colouring project and toy all in one.  It's available in six different options - Airplane, Horse and Carriage, Dinosaur, House, Racecar, and Spaceship - and on sale for only $4.50 so it won't break the bank.

Baby Shower Gifts:

Need a baby shower gift, but want to save the Admiral Road blanket until the baby has been born? We suggest these adorable, gender neutral, crocheted baby booties from Best of Chums. The cow and penguin booties are on sale for only $15.

We're always working to find gifts we love to complement our blankets. Keep your eye on the site for fantastic new additions.

Ah, January. Maybe it’s the cold, the eggnog-induced five extra pounds or the impending credit card bill. Anyway you slice it, getting revved up for work in the new year isn’t easy. But here’s the good news: We’ve got five sure-fire ways to start making more money in your business right now. That should get your fire burning!

read more at our Mom Ink blog at YummyMummyClub.ca

Walking through Ikea today reminded of the Dragons’ Den. This week’s episode touched on the concept of the loss leader, a strategy Ikea executes to perfection.

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I'm disturbed about something. I hadn't given it too much thought until the November issue of Chatelaine magazine landed on my doorstep.

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One upside of being a small player in business is flexibility. Before you’ve gone too far down the garden path, and before you’ve invested too much money, you can take advantage of your ability to react to demands in the market.

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Gail Vaz-Oxlade is mad, really mad, at Canadian lenders these days. We’ve all seen the author and television host force people to pull up their britches and get their debts squared away on her popular TV shows, ‘Til Debt Do U$ Part and Princess. And while no one is a bigger believer in personal responsibility when it comes to taking on debt, this time Vaz-Oxlade is setting her sights on banks and their ‘irresponsible lending practices.’ She sees a disconnect between the amount of credit lenders are willing to extend and the ability of people to assume that debt. Gail Vaz-Oxlade wants to ‘school’ lenders and is taking advantage of Credit Education Week (Nov. 13 to 19th) to ask Canadians to avoid credit card transactions, using only cash, in order to send a message to lenders.

We caught up with Ms. Vaz-Oxlade to talk about debt specifically as it pertains to entrepreneurs.

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My favourite Dragons’ Den lesson this week came courtesy of Carolyne Braid, founder of Pole Fit.  Although pole dancing may sound titillating, essentially this was a pitch that tapped into the latest trend for getting in shape.  Pole Fit offers fitness classes in Winnipeg and brought in $89k in revenue last year.  Braid’s ask of $35k for 20% of her company was to finance studio space, as well selling Pole Fit franchises across Canada.

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Smart gals get what they need for their businesses and their lives as inexpensively as possible. While we've always been on the frugal side (cheap, cheap, cheap), lately we've been delighted with the results we've achieved using free web-based software.

Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:

http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/free-software-business

This week’s episode of Dragons’ Den featured the best and brightest young entrepreneurs from across Canada, and it was fantastic. 

Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:

http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/dragons-den-season-six-episode-six-recap

Here's our take on lining up for cheap gas and other time sucking pursuits...

www.yummymummyclub.ca/how-much-your-time-worth

We think that setting yourself up to provide as much separation between your ‘work life’ and your ‘family life’ is one of the keys to success. Here are some simple tricks for creating some sanity-saving, efficiency-boosting work/life boundaries:

Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:

http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/sanity-savers-for-work-at-home-mompreneur

I love Dragons’ Den because of the stories you hear from some amazing Canadian entrepreneurs. But I also love the show because it’s great tv: dramatic, funny, occasionally over-the-top, sometimes sensationalistic. The stories on the show also happen to be true. Like the best reality tv, you couldn’t make this stuff up if you tried.

Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog:

http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/dragons-den-season-episode-recap

A few years ago we found ourselves invited to admire our most senior employee’s brand new bedroom set. It was lovely. Believe us, we were delighted for her. But at the time, it made us wonder if her grass wasn’t just a little greener than ours. For example, at that point in time, we both happened to be sleeping on box springs - sans fancy bedroom sets. How was it that our employee was having sweet dreams based on her paycheque while we were still juggling the need to grow our business with the cash we were taking out personally?

Read more at our Yummy Mummy Club blog

http://www.yummymummyclub.ca/reinvesting-for-growth

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Do you love the TV show Dragon's Den on CBC?  We do!  Each week Amy comments on lessons from Den at our Mom Ink blog at Yummy Mummy Club.  Check out this week's recap!