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SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

KonaKat — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:03:57 GMT

Good morning, shopping friends. Welcome to "Free Shipping Day." If that isn't incentive enough, beauty items are on 6 easy pays. Now, to use our best judgement to determime if the incentives to buy are sufficient to overcome any reluctance on our part.

I've been fighting a cold while still working and doing the phyical therapy. I was so tired when I got home from work, I just ate and crashed in the bed. I appear to be feeling better today but the food cupboards are getting bare so I may be grocery shopping either today or tomorrow.

The black Aerosoles boots are working surprisingly well and are so comfortable. When I arrived home yesterday, I saw the gray version had arrived with another great fit which for the price has been a great find for me. Boots are a hard to find fit for me so I am enjoying these.

The Philosophy TSV does not appeal to me. It is a great value for those who like Philosophy but for some reason the shower gel itches me to death so I had to quit and use one for sensitive skin and which is far cheaper. It is all suds down the drain, and hopefully also any dead skin cells so price is an issue as well as comfort. The fragrace is acceptable but the EDP doesn't last long on me.

Have a great day. If you shop, shop wisely.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

Bird mama — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:09:55 GMT

@KonaKat Hi Jean, as someone who is recovering from a cold, I completely understand the exhaustion. This cold kicked my butt.

I ordered the TSV in Unconditional Love. The last time I ordered my Unconditional Love was April 2015 and I had just made a mental note over the Thanksgiving weekend that was getting low on my cologne.

Goes to show how much I pay attention to the Insider magazine that I receive, lol. When they announced the TSV last night, I had the nerve to be surprised - oh my.

I haven't done any grocery shopping since the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and I'm out of soup so I will have to go today or tomorrow :-)

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

KonaKat — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 14:53:50 GMT

Bernie--Enjoy the TSV. I once used "Falling in Love" but have not tried your scent. It is a great bargain. It is amazing how a cold can zap you leaving you with diminished energy.

I am on a boot kick as I had to replace mine this year after a foot injury resulted in my needing a different size. The gray with black Aerosoles are great but I decided to try the Earth shoes boot in merlot that was on clearance in Leah's show. That does it as I now have 3 pair of boots in various colors.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

spix — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 15:01:59 GMT

Morning, Thanx @KonaKat for the start, sorry to hear you also are fighting a cold, sometimes it hangs on for a long time, try to get some rest, I think that really helps. Glad those boots are working out to be a good choice.

@Bird mama, I'm also looking at the tsv, can't decide, amazing or pure, do like both of them & I think it being perfume the scent will last longer, they both are good choices for the airport, not "in your face" so to speak, just clean. Have fun grocery shopping.

Today is again dreary & much cooler, got my corduroys out, I know many don't like them, including my girls, but I love 'em.

Waves & Hugs to All

Essie

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

Bird mama — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 15:18:47 GMT

@KonaKat

The earth boots were very pretty in the merlot and I hope they work out for you.

As far as the TSV, knowing me I will keep the cologne and tub of moisturizer and give the shower gel to a girl at work. I'll still feel like I got a bargain.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

Bird mama — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 15:19:25 GMT

@spix

I live in cords from October through April (providing it's not a hot spring, lol).

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

twinny70 — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:17:55 GMT

Jean, I have also been fighting a cold & a nagging cough. I was able to get my infusion yesterday. I have Aerosoles sandals which are very comfy. I haven't tried the boots though. I like some of the Philosophy shower gels, but I buy them at Marshall's.

Bird Mama, getting a butt kicking cold is maddening to me. Mine is minor, but I am staying inside today as it is cloudy & cool. Oh, the sun is out.

Spix, I haven't had any of the Philosophy sprays, but I am sensitive to some so I just avoid them. They do seem like a clean scent. Enjoy.

I slept in & haven't had coffee or breakfast yet. I did have s 1:30 a.m. cup of hot lemon & a piece of SF cheesecake. DH is up & doing his Saturday morning chores. He spotted my dishes & asked what time I treated myself.

I missed all of AMS & free shipping hasn't enticed me yet.

We are expecting 1-3" of snow tomorrow. The Subaru is back to new again. We were very happy with the final results. The gal totally cleaned it inside & outside & it has a great pineapple smell.

My brother was rear ended at the grocery store this week & is going through the same process. His college son leaves tomorrow for Puerto Rico for a week of swimming. How fun. He is a fabulous swimmer as are his siblings.

Hugs to all of you.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

twinny70 — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:22:20 GMT

SPIX & Bird Mama, I have 6 pairs of cords in all colors from JCP & they are my go to all winter. I just started wearing them this week as we had the 3rd mildest November ever.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

meallen616 — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:25:43 GMT

Hi ladies,

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

KonaKat — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 16:52:03 GMT

Bernie--Splitting up the TSV for gifts is a great option. Also, eBay will soon be flooded with these kits being split up and sold as individual items.

Essie--Enjoy the cords. I know many enjoy them and if you do then that is the important thing.

Twinny---I hope you get over your cold soon and your recovery from the infusion goes wll. Glad you enjoy the Aerosoles sandals. Snow in the forecast isn't good.

meallen--Cute graphic as some of us are shopping.

I went to town to deposit a check and then stopped by the Dollar Store to pick up a bag of snow melt Twinny's comment reminded me that I should get a supply just in case. I forgot one year and when the snow arrived, all had been sold out. We panic at the word of "snow."

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

Bird mama — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 17:03:31 GMT

@KonaKat The lady who will likely get the shower gel used to be my supervisor. It's going to be a just because thing. When I ordered the last TSV in April 2015, it included a little bit of a smaller shower gel, some disgusting olive oil gel (ewww), cologne and a smaller tub of the moisturizer. I knew Lee liked Unconditional Love and said, hey, I want you to have a great day and gave her the 32 ounce shower gel and yuckky olive oil scrub (which she loves). She was hysterically happy.

I haven't reported to her since August 2015 so when that mambo 64 ounce (let's hope I can lift it) shower gel comes, I'll surprise her with it and she will probably lose her mind (if she hasn't ordered it already, she's a Q girl too).

Since I have to leave the house to make a recycling center run, I decided to KonMari (lol) for 30 minutes. I tried on a bunch of older tops - pitched 7. I found 4 pair of dress slacks (never worn) and two like new handbags (one fabric and one faux leather) that are about to be donated to the Salvation Army.

After the recycling center, I'm going to grab a pizza. My cholesterol test in November was disappointing. Not so much the bad went higher, the good dropped. So, no more weekly pizza for me, gonna go back to every two weeks. It's okay, I'm still not taking a statin, ha ha ha.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

cerb — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 18:08:05 GMT

Good morning! Jean - hope you get over your cold quickly, glad you like the new boots. I was at Marshall's yesterday and saw that they had quite a few Philosophy products for sale. Those of you who use Philosophy might want to check out Marshall's if you have one close by. Bernie - glad to hear you're recovering from your cold, but it's a bummer about the cholesterol results. Recycling run and making donations are a worthy pursuit today! Spix - I'm not that familiar with the Philosophy scents, though I use the face wash. I purchased the Josie Maran TSV a few weeks ago, and chose the Sweet Holly scent. The reviews on the other scents were horrible. I happen to love the Sweet Holly. Hard to describe. It smells a little like a cherry cider, or a spiced apple cider. The matching body butter smells more like pine, which is rather odd, but I still like it. Anyway, I guess scents are a very personal thing. The one product I won't use that came in the set is the lipstick, but I like the argan oil, the body butter, and the fragrance. Twinny - sorry to hear that your brother was in an accident. Is he okay? And thanks for the input about your mother - I appreciate it.

I had a long talk with my sister last night, and we discussed our Mom. The most recent update is that she DOESN'T want to move any time soon. What we surmise is that when she is tired, stressed, and feeling confused, she wants to move asap. When she is rested and thinking well, she wants to stay in her home. I guess we're just going to be in for a bit of a roller coaster ride.. My Mom is actually still taking care of herself well. For now, we've got her convinced (we hope) - to stop giving things away, we can deal with that later. Then, after Christmas, we're going to try to get her to use a Life Alert. Hopefully my sisters and I can remain on the same page, and handle things well.

Yesterday, on a whim, I went to a few antique stores in town. I haven't done that in years. (I think my Mom giving away old family things made me curious about what's out there). For $10 I found a framed collection of small prints - kind of like watercolored postcards of French scenes. It is so nice, I can't believe it was only $10. Also found, much to my surprise, that one of the stores has a little exhibit of antique wedding dresses. Who knew??? I love looking at antique dresses! My DH said that this coming week we can go on a short out-of-town trip to visit some antique stores and go out to lunch. It sounds like fun.

You know what I'm doing right now? I'm procrastinating cleaning out goat pens, lol. I need to wrap this up and go scoop some manure. Waves to all of our regulars and visitors. Hope you have a great day! ~ Charlene

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

KonaKat — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 18:11:00 GMT

Bernie--Sorry about the cholesterol results. I do think what you are doing makes great sense about the gifting. I also wondered if a dolly might be needed to transport the Philosophy mega-szed shower gel. As far as I am cconcerned, good things come in small packages.

If I didn't have a 613 EDP to finish off plus two different Michael Kors EDPs I just got as gifts, I might have considered the TSV and gifted it but I'm well supplied with EDP, as well as that Josie Maran super sized body butter.

I have that Rowenta Handheld Steamer V33582. It is great!! I've never regretted that purchase. It goes where Joy's fears to go or refuses to go. I hated Joy's steamer. It spewed; it sputtered and did everying but steam well.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

twinny70 — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 19:13:15 GMT

@cerb wrote:
Good morning! Jean - hope you get over your cold quickly, glad you like the new boots. I was at Marshall's yesterday and saw that they had quite a few Philosophy products for sale. Those of you who use Philosophy might want to check out Marshall's if you have one close by. Bernie - glad to hear you're recovering from your cold, but it's a bummer about the cholesterol results. Recycling run and making donations are a worthy pursuit today! Spix - I'm not that familiar with the Philosophy scents, though I use the face wash. I purchased the Josie Maran TSV a few weeks ago, and chose the Sweet Holly scent. The reviews on the other scents were horrible. I happen to love the Sweet Holly. Hard to describe. It smells a little like a cherry cider, or a spiced apple cider. The matching body butter smells more like pine, which is rather odd, but I still like it. Anyway, I guess scents are a very personal thing. The one product I won't use that came in the set is the lipstick, but I like the argan oil, the body butter, and the fragrance. Twinny - sorry to hear that your brother was in an accident. Is he okay? And thanks for the input about your mother - I appreciate it.

I had a long talk with my sister last night, and we discussed our Mom. The most recent update is that she DOESN'T want to move any time soon. What we surmise is that when she is tired, stressed, and feeling confused, she wants to move asap. When she is rested and thinking well, she wants to stay in her home. I guess we're just going to be in for a bit of a roller coaster ride.. My Mom is actually still taking care of herself well. For now, we've got her convinced (we hope) - to stop giving things away, we can deal with that later. Then, after Christmas, we're going to try to get her to use a Life Alert. Hopefully my sisters and I can remain on the same page, and handle things well.

Yesterday, on a whim, I went to a few antique stores in town. I haven't done that in years. (I think my Mom giving away old family things made me curious about what's out there). For $10 I found a framed collection of small prints - kind of like watercolored postcards of French scenes. It is so nice, I can't believe it was only $10. Also found, much to my surprise, that one of the stores has a little exhibit of antique wedding dresses. Who knew??? I love looking at antique dresses! My DH said that this coming week we can go on a short out-of-town trip to visit some antique stores and go out to lunch. It sounds like fun.

You know what I'm doing right now? I'm procrastinating cleaning out goat pens, lol. I need to wrap this up and go scoop some manure. Waves to all of our regulars and visitors. Hope you have a great day! ~ Charlene

Yes, my brother is o.k. & since it his work car, he isn't getting it fixed.

I love looking at antique wedding gowns. A couple of years ago our local MAC had displays starting in the early 1900's to the present time. I have my mom's wedding gown from their wedding in 1945. My grandmother did a fabulous job. I have no idea what to do with it. I have my wedding gown from 1970 & don't know what to do with it either. lol. I finally gave my DD her gown from 1996 back as she has a large walk-in closet & I don't.

As far as goats pens go, I would be procrastinating too.

Good luck with your decisions concerning your mom.

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LindaLatte — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 20:07:28 GMT

Good Afternoon and thanks for getting us started, Jean. Sorry about your cold, but I hope you like the new boots you ordered. I have started wearing a pair of Clark's boots (short) that I bought last year or the year before. Totally love them, and I looked to see if a different color was available. Unfortunately not, and I can't find the boot for sale except in Canada. Oh well..... Hopefully, these will last until I find a similar pair. To be honest, they aren't as cute as many other boots, but they just work well for my very casual lifestyle.

No TSV for me either, but I hope those who order it really enjoy it. Certainly seems like a bargain. I had purchased an advent-type of beauty items for DGD from here, and she is really enjoying it so far.

Waves to Essie, Bernie, meallen, twinny, Charlene, Kathleen, Arlene, snicks, Susan, Marijane, Karen, Barbara, butterfly, 3suwm5, LindaR, Rosa, Gayle, pinky ann, and all of our posters and readers.

I went for my longer walk this morning, and found my neighbor (builder) was having a garage sale. Nothing of interest for me. They are moving to another house (larger), which he is busy repairing/renovating. I'm sorry to see them go, but I know that he really loves repairing/renovating houses. I guess we are lucky they lived there as long as they have.

DH seems fine, if tired, and I'll be leaving in a while to get ready for a holiday party for my "classes". I may not need to eat dinner after having the party food. I've been doing some laundry as well as my weekly financial review.

Hope everyone has a nice evening!

Hugs,

Linda

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

twinny70 — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 20:28:58 GMT

@twinny70 wrote:
@cerb wrote:
Good morning! Jean - hope you get over your cold quickly, glad you like the new boots. I was at Marshall's yesterday and saw that they had quite a few Philosophy products for sale. Those of you who use Philosophy might want to check out Marshall's if you have one close by. Bernie - glad to hear you're recovering from your cold, but it's a bummer about the cholesterol results. Recycling run and making donations are a worthy pursuit today! Spix - I'm not that familiar with the Philosophy scents, though I use the face wash. I purchased the Josie Maran TSV a few weeks ago, and chose the Sweet Holly scent. The reviews on the other scents were horrible. I happen to love the Sweet Holly. Hard to describe. It smells a little like a cherry cider, or a spiced apple cider. The matching body butter smells more like pine, which is rather odd, but I still like it. Anyway, I guess scents are a very personal thing. The one product I won't use that came in the set is the lipstick, but I like the argan oil, the body butter, and the fragrance. Twinny - sorry to hear that your brother was in an accident. Is he okay? And thanks for the input about your mother - I appreciate it.

I had a long talk with my sister last night, and we discussed our Mom. The most recent update is that she DOESN'T want to move any time soon. What we surmise is that when she is tired, stressed, and feeling confused, she wants to move asap. When she is rested and thinking well, she wants to stay in her home. I guess we're just going to be in for a bit of a roller coaster ride.. My Mom is actually still taking care of herself well. For now, we've got her convinced (we hope) - to stop giving things away, we can deal with that later. Then, after Christmas, we're going to try to get her to use a Life Alert. Hopefully my sisters and I can remain on the same page, and handle things well.

Yesterday, on a whim, I went to a few antique stores in town. I haven't done that in years. (I think my Mom giving away old family things made me curious about what's out there). For $10 I found a framed collection of small prints - kind of like watercolored postcards of French scenes. It is so nice, I can't believe it was only $10. Also found, much to my surprise, that one of the stores has a little exhibit of antique wedding dresses. Who knew??? I love looking at antique dresses! My DH said that this coming week we can go on a short out-of-town trip to visit some antique stores and go out to lunch. It sounds like fun.

You know what I'm doing right now? I'm procrastinating cleaning out goat pens, lol. I need to wrap this up and go scoop some manure. Waves to all of our regulars and visitors. Hope you have a great day! ~ Charlene

Yes, my brother is o.k. & since it his work car, he isn't getting it fixed.

I love looking at antique wedding gowns. A couple of years ago our local MAC had displays starting in the early 1900's to the present time. I have my mom's wedding gown from their wedding in 1945. My grandmother did a fabulous job. I have no idea what to do with it. I have my wedding gown from 1970 & don't know what to do with it either. lol. I finally gave my DD her gown from 1996 back as she has a large walk-in closet & I don't.

As far as goats pens go, I would be procrastinating too.

Good luck with your decisions concerning your mom.

Edited to add that mom had a life alert for about 3 years & then cancelled it as she said it was a waste of money because she never had to use it. Then when she kept falling, she didn't have it. She became very sneaky with her phone. She cancelled meals on wheels & her an hour a day helper to an hour every other Saturday. Yet she got very mad at DH & myself when we tried to help her out. Frustrating for all involved.

Re: SHOPAHOLICS: ONE DAY AT A TIME (SATURDAY, DEC. 3)

KonaKat — Sat, 03 Dec 2016 22:28:18 GMT

Charlene--I agree that scents are a matter of personal preference and also the same scent will smell different on a person depending upon what is happening with the body chemistry at the time it is worn. Also, I have found that the same scent in one item may seem different in another such as body butter versus cologne or EDP.

Linda--I have a tendency when I find a pair of shoes that really work well to buy another pair just in case the style is discontinued. I was thinking of you this afternoon and your mentioning in another thread that you had received the Halo. I decided it would be of no help if I didn't remember to charge it when wrapped up in activities, so I just started charging it.

I spent the afternoon reading a great book It is "Abandon," and if you like Stephen King type of things but on a slightly milder style, you might like this book. An entire mining town in the late 1890's disappears with no sign of the people, with people in the present investigating what might have happened. It flips back and forth from the past to the present as it recounts what transpires.