Geek Girlfriends

Ah, it’s Friday. It’s been a long week and I think a little retail therapy is in order. But I’m too tired to go shopping. (Did I mention the long week? Many deadlines? Poor me.) So I plan to buy myself a new purse from eBags.com. (See how self-pity leads to bad fiscal choices?) I already have [...]

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I am pretty much done when it comes to Christmas shopping. But there is always a last minute item or two that escaped my advance-planning-and-take-advantage-of-free-shipping-and-online-sales campaign. It’s inevitable. I will probably think of it today since yesterday was free shipping day.
So this morning I’ve been taking Milo.com for a spin. (Mostly because the company has [...]

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I have been literally pelted with announcements, predictions, and analysis of the year’s biggest shopping day – Black Friday, upcoming on Friday – and the year’s biggest online shopping day –CyberMonday, upcoming the Monday after turkey Day. This herd behavior as regards shopping has never really appealed to me. I know there are deals to [...]

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I’ve been trying to find time all week to go to Costco but haven’t managed it. So I thought this might be a good time to try out Alice.com. This grocery shopping site launched earlier this year, offers free shipping on every order, keeps track of your grocery list, and reminds you when you might [...]

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I am seriously into online shopping. I don’t mean that I buy a lot of junk I don’t need – at least not any more than any other overworked Mom on a budget. I buy everything I can – that I need — online. Going to stores takes too much time. But more to the [...]

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Is it too predictable to say that if I were buying me a Mother’s Day present, I’d get me jewelry? Well, I would. And I know where I’d buy it, too. So here are a few of my favorite places – online – to buy pretty baubles.
Netaya.com

I love the colored diamond sale that’s going on [...]

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This post is for the guys. Not every guy, I’m sure. Some are probably outstanding gift-getters. But you know the type. He remembers it’s Valentine’s Day. (Maybe.) But then he does exactly what he did last year, and the year before that, and the one before that. But you can’t complain. At least he remembered. [...]

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Every year, just when it’s too late to do anything about it, I realize I have forgotten someone on my gift list. Inevitably this is someone who lives too far away for me to ship a gift to them in time for the holiday. I have gotten good at recovering from this goof. In fact, [...]

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Sometimes you need stuff but can’t bear a trip to the mall. I think that describes every time I (or anyone in my family) needs socks and underwear. This is one of those shopping expeditions I prefer to do from the comfort of my desk chair.

I get almost all of my own underwear, bras, and even [...]

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I’m under the weather today and barely getting out of bed. Here’s my list of the top 10 things to do with a laptop and a sick day:

Log on to Hulu.com and catch up on the Jon Stewart Show.
Watch movie trailers and plan what I might want to do someday when I feel better.

Use the [...]

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