Geek Girlfriends

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’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 rent a PO Box from a UPS Store near my office. I was in there recently picking up packages, waiting in line behind a woman who wanted two things: A resized printout of a photo someone had emailed her and to ship a small item via USPS.
The people who run the UPS Store know [...]

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I recently had an argument with my husband over the price of Zombie-white contact lenses for use in a Halloween costume. (We love Halloween and take the costume bit rather seriously.) It was a stupid argument, admittedly. He thought something this frivolous would be nearly free because he believes things are priced based on how [...]

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I recently placed an order for some lotions at Beauty.com. At the end of the checkout process, I was asked to choose three free samples. I picked mostly perfumes because those tiny sample perfume bottles are so handy for traveling. One of the samples I got was Flower by Kenzo. I tried the stuff and [...]

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Have you ever had a brilliant idea for a product? I’ve had many over the years. Some of them seemed life changing at the moment of inspiration. But I can’t remember a single one of them now. The ideas come to me when I’m struggling with some task for which the perfect product does not [...]

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I stumbled onto this purse at eBags.com that I like while I was looking for something else. I don’t really need this bag. But it is awfully sweet. I sure would like to have it. And if it wasn’t so expensive, I might buy it. Since eBags.com is a Web merchant, though, I can’t exactly haggle with [...]

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My kids are only just beginning to brush up against the teen years but I’m already worried about how we are going to pay for college. I recently spoke to Grant Baldwin, the author of Brokepiggy.com, a site full of financial advice for students and Reality Check, a book about money – and life – [...]

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If you read the news you know that unemployment is bad. Does that mean that everyone is sitting around in their underwear, watching daytime TV, and waiting for the repo man? I know there is probably some of that. But I also know that for some people, this economy is, “An opportunity in work clothes.”
That [...]

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I had conversation recently with Genevieve Thiers, founder and CEO of Sittercity.com that got me thinking maybe I could use a little help around the house. Apparently, this economy has driven a lot of skilled people into the pool of those looking for work as babysitters, nannies, house sitters, housekeepers, and dog walkers. This has [...]

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