Greetings!
Welcome!
 
Quick! It's your window of opportunity!  Yes, that brief time between Labor Day and the Christmas shopping. Use this brief break in the madness to your advantage and do a few things that make life run a little smoother. 
 
Here are some of our favorite hints to pull it all togther! We encourage you to support these small, locally-owned businesses with great ideas.
Hint #1
Find the CASH in your own closets! SPANKY'S is taking fall weight items. Consign them NOW and you'll have cash by the time you start buying the stocking stuffers. Check our website for those "easy-to-be-clutter-free"guidelines.
 
Hint #2
Grandparents, bring a photo of you with your grandchild to KAZOODLES toy store in Downtown Vancouver on any Tuesday and get 10% off your entire purchase.
 
Santa just got a little help!

www.kazoodlestoys.com
Hint #3
Already stressed out about what to take to the family potluck this year? Is everyone else a great cook while you have that "I can't boil water" syndrome? Call Kelly at SALUT! She caters as well as has the cutest bistro in Camas.

www.salutwine.com
Hint #4
Bad hair days NO MORE! Our favorite spot to makeover our locks is Vancouver's PARKWEST STUDIO (944-0980) across from Esther Short Park. The stylists are all great, but we like Frank. He's the "fun bus." Why not have an updated do in the Christmas pic this year?
Hint #5
Need to get your fall things dry cleaned and freshened up before the winds start blowing? DRY CLEANING STATION on SE 164th uses Green Earth (environmentally friendly) products. And they do alterations in a flash! Hems done while you wait. Call 260-8004. Misty will be your new best friend!
Hint #6
Need help uncluttering the guest room in time for the in-laws arrival in just a few weeks? Krista at ORGANIZE IN STYLE is your "go to girl." No judgement, just great ideas to organize your life so it really works for you. She can make sense of your hodgepodge and give you hope!
 
Hint #7
Want something truly special for your Christmas cards this year?
 
Photographer Lara Blair has a studio in Camas where your family becomes the "art" your friends will look forward to year after year.
 
Hint #8
Do you wonder what ails you? Sneak in a checkup with Kelly Owens, ND. She's a naturopath with a huge heart whose practice is geared towards women's health and pediatrics.
 
BATTLEGROUND HEALING ARTS
 
www.naturedr.com
Congratulations to our lucky consignors who won drawings recently for $50 gift certificates. Ashley is going to Cascade Park's Cactus YaYa. Trena will be enjoying Downtown Vancouver's LaBottega. Yum!!
 
Get in touch with your inner Martha "BOOwart"! Those who consign at either store between now and October 15 will enter to win one of four gift certificates to JOE'S PLACE FARMS. Corn stalks? Bails of straw? Pumpkins? It can be all yours to doll up your own front door for fall. Martha will be jealous.
 
Costumes are great sellers at both SPANKY'S locations. Bring in your goblin's costumes from last year and find something they'll love for Halloween 2007!