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One of my favourite things about the holiday season is the shopping. I love giving back to local charities and organizations, like CHEO and The Shoebox Project, and I enjoy buying presents for my family (especially my boys!) and my friends. December is the busiest month of all, with work, social events, and hosting parties, so I try to plan ahead as much as I can, and check things off my to-do list daily.  Here are my holiday shopping tips and some great gift ideas to help you get through this hectic season with ease: One-Stop Shopping I can spend countless hours in Chapters-Indigo with my children selecting new books to add to our 'to-read' pile. Chapters-Indigo is the best one-stop shop for holiday gifts, too. They have something for everyone on your list, including technology, like Beats Solo 3 Wireless Headphones, to home decor, journals, toys, accessories, and stylish items like purses, scarves, and hats. Whether you're shopping in-store or online at indi...

Are you feeling festive yet? I love everything about the holiday season, you guys. From decking the halls to baking cookies (no matter how terrible I am at that!) to attending and hosting Christmas parties, it's truly the most wonderful time of the year. What I love most about this season, though, is shopping for the perfect gift for everyone on my list—especially when shopping is made easy. I just discovered the best way to shop for the holidays: through the Aeroplan eStore!  It's shopping made easy because I can shop online from more than 170 stores, while earning Aeroplan Miles. Earning extra Aeroplan Miles means I'm one step closer to booking my next vacation, so it's kind of like giving myself a present, too, because all I want to do after the holiday season is over is get on a plane and head somewhere warm. If you're not an Aeroplan member, you can join here . Aeroplan has a special 12 Days of Gifting shopping event coming up, too, and this is really...

The two two things I love the most in this world, besides my family and friends, of course, is shopping and travelling. I love using my credit card when I go shopping because sometimes I don't want to know the damage I've done until later on... perhaps that doesn't make me the smartest shopper on the block, but I can find great deals when I'm out shopping, so that counts for something, and if I'm using the right credit card, every time I shop, I'm getting something back that repays me in a huge way—like earning free flights and vacations! Because I'm an avid Visa user, I love that with the TD Aeroplan Visa InfiniteCard, I can actually earn miles so I can start travelling sooner—isn't that wonderful? I love to travel, whether it's to somewhere new, or to a favourite vacation destination for me and my family, like south Florida. What happens to me is I start craving a new vacation as soon as I'm home from a vacation, because, well, I love to trav...