'Tis the season for Thanksgiving!  If you are Canadian, you're probably just finishing up the last batch of leftovers Grandma insisted you take home.  If you live in the US, turkey madness has yet to begin.  Either way, the cornucopia of fall feasting can leave you bug-eyed and breathless after that last bite of pumpkin pie, and we think it's high time for a switcheroo.

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That 'blink and you'll miss it' summer we just had has morphed into an equally rapid autumn, with unseasonably low temperatures across much of North America seeing us hunkered down longing for the favourite balmy days of fall.

Until then, it makes for a great excuse to get some holiday shopping in - online. This Frugalista scoffs at paying full retail, and so should you.

Shop 'til...

To vaccinate or not to vaccinate: that is The Question.

A rhetorical one until recently, because most of us had long made up our minds about immunizations one way or the other. Now the threat of H1N1 (aka human swine influenza, or swine flu) has reignited the debate, including here on ChickAdvisor.

How do we sort fact from fearmongering fiction? I must start with the disclosure that I have just...

Drew Barrymore is adorable and her bubbly personality is just infectious!

Whip It, Barrymore's directorial debut, stars JUNO's Ellen Page playing Bliss Cavendar, a young woman who wants to break free of her small-town bonds by joining the rough-and-tumble roller derby in Austin, Texas. It's girl power with this all-star female cast.

Whip It is still on my list of must-sees but...