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Short Cuts, January 2

Published January 2, 2006 at midnight

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SHOP SMART

What: Annual bag sale: selected children's winter clothing, $15 per grocery bag.

Where: Gumballs Kids Consignment, 5787 S. Gallup St., Littleton, 303-795-6557

When: Through Jan. 15.

Send shopping tips to Janet Simons, or 303-892-2547.

EATING OUT HABIT HARDEST TO BREAK

When women were asked by Harris Interactive for Marshall's off-price retailers which spending habit would be hardest to break in the new year:

45% said eating out or getting takeout food.

26% said shopping for clothes.

16% said it would be hardest to give up coffee drinks.

13% named buying personal beauty products.

PUT YOUR TOYS AWAY!

Here's help for organizing all those new toys:

Board games: Stack boxes by age groups on a shelf in a communal room.

Dolls and plush: Keep stuffed toys together in an accessible box or bin. Keep them out of the crib.

Toys with many parts: Keep them in zipper-type plastic bags in one labeled bin.

Sports toys: Keep outdoor toys in a box or bag in the garage, shed or basement, away from indoor toys.

Educational toys: Keep them handy to encourage learning.

Tech gadgets: MP3 players, video-game systems and computers should be kept and used where parents can monitor downloads and see what's going on.

- Marianne Szymanski, author of Toy Tips: A Parent's Essential Guide to Smart Toy Choices

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