"Right now, I'm basically scared of losing my house."That's forced her to cut her holiday spending by half as she scours for bargains.FAO Schwarz CEO Ed Schmults said it was too early to tell how shoppers responded to his company's lastminute free shipping offer but added, "We are still looking at next weekend to be a big weekend."He noted that this past weekend, the toy retailer, which operates stores in Manhattan and Las Vegas and a shop at Macy's in Chicago, had solid sales on the Internet but weaker sales in Las Vegas and New York, though business was strong at its Macy's outpost.Toys "R" Us Chairman and CEO Jerry Storch said business was "satisfactory" this past weekend, and he is clearly seeing "steady increases in business." Only a handful of its stores had to close early because of the winter storm, he said.Karen MacDonald, spokeswoman at Taubman Inc., which operates 24 malls in 11 states, said that based on a spotcheck of malls