Shopping Posts

13May
3

I Want. Please!

Do I need a new camera? No, most likely not. I mean there is definitely something at least minor wrong with my camera, but it can be fixed. It’s relatively new, so as far as I’m aware, it should last a while longer.

But still. Can someone please buy me the new Sony Cyber-shot TX7?

My very first digital camera was a Sony Cyber-shot. It was like 5.1 mega pixels, which back then was an insanely large amount LOL. I loved that camera. Tiny display and all! It worked well for many many years.

And now I see this. WOW!

  • This thing takes 2 pictures, checks for blinking, and keeps the better one.
  • I’m not a camera expert and always have to attempt to figure out which scene setting is best. This decides automatically.
  • 10 pictures per second? Yes please!
  • HDMI output so I can look at pictures or videos on my gigantic television? Sweeeeeeet!
  • Sweep Panorama mode so you can actually capture an entire scene? Mind blowing.
  • Specialized smile detection mode where you can prioritize whose smile you want to capture? Are you joking? Obviously I want that – I have a small niece!
  • 0.3 second auto focus? Fabulous.
  • In-camera touch ups. Touch the screen to cover up red-eye, crop, etc.

So yeah, I don’t have $400 right now. Can someone please get me this?

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Travel
03May
0

SwissWerks 3.0

I’ve never really had any good luggage. Or any luggage at all for that matter. I have this kinda crappy little carry on that I got in Spain almost 11 years ago. While it’s served me well for the past decade, it’s time to move on. While I’m at it, always having to borrow a large bag from J or my parents for those longer trips is kind of a pain in the ass too. So I’m asking for luggage for my birthday. I really want a matching set in plum, but I’ve found something I love enough to compromise on the color. It’s the SwissWerks 3.0 set. I don’t want (or need) all of it. Just the 20″ carry-on (to meet international carry-on size limits) and the 24″ checked bag.

I’ve decided I want the emerald green one. It’s not dark purple like I wanted, but it’s different enough that I won’t have a problem finding my bag in the mass of black ones at baggage claim.

Check it out:

Add to that lifetime warranty and I’m hooked. Now to convince a certain person… :)

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Things to do, Travel
29Apr
0

Vegas

Count me in for that tomorrow. I’m STOKED. We have a massive suite and an amazing group of people to fill it. Now I just need to finish my shopping. Yesterday I went to the mall in pursuit of gold shoes, but found none. I did buy another dress though lol. It’s cute, not quite this one but extremely similar:

Seriously though, must find shoes! So back to the mall I go tonight. If I’m not too tired I might also attempt to give myself a french mani. We’ll see. Pics of that will definitely get posted because it’s going to be one of two extremes: extremely awful and I will post it for laughs, or extremely amazing and I will post it for pride. haha I need coffee!

Posted by Caro in Life, Shopping, Travel and tagged with
27Apr
2

Zac Posen for Target

I ran into Target the other day to quickly grab some nail polish remover. Of course this is Target we’re talking about, a place where I typically buy more things than I need/should on any given shopping trip. Add to that my bereavement and it’s a recipe for disaster.

Literally the first thing I see when I walk in the store is this super cute dress. Then I realize it’s a preview of the new Zac Posen for Target line. So I start grabbing more things to try on. None of the other things worked out very well, so here I am with this $70 dress and a huge dilemma: to buy or not to buy.

I texted like 5 people to get an opinion. It was unanimous: buy the dress. I can always return it or sell (for a profit even?) on eBay. Ok fine. I’ll buy the dress. I’m still debating keeping it, but I really like it!

Thoughts?

Posted by Caro in Random, Shopping
30Mar
1

Butter

Yeah, that’s exactly how my skin feels at the moment!! Talk about glory, especially when my skin had previously been having some alligator-like dryness issues.

A friend of mine is getting married in less than two weeks, and I have the honor of being a bridesmaid. The story of how I came to be the one responsible for throwing a bachelorette party is not relevant at this time (although it was stressful!), but I’m quite satisfied with the outcome.

My friend decided she wanted a spa day…. at Burke Williams (she had a gift card). Quite expensive to say the least, but in the end it was so worth it. While the other girls decided they all wanted massages, I decided to do something different. After all, J gave me a membership to a different spa for Chrismakkah, and I still have 2 massages left on that! I ended up going with the Parafango Treatment, mostly because the first sentence describes it as “The ultimate moisturizing experience.” Yes please!

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Health, Life, Shopping, Things to do, Weddings
30Mar
1

SHOES!

I just bought these shoes from Zappos:

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Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Shopping, Things to do
08Mar
3

A Bookcase (Finally!)

J and I have had this gaping hole in our living room. Just empty space that doesn’t look quite right. Coincidentally, we also have an overflow of stuff that won’t fit into our (large) bookcase. So for the time-being we were stacking DVDs, keeping the Wii games on the floor, and just dealing with the disarray. Well I was dealing with the disarray. I’m sure J didn’t even notice lol.

We’ve been looking at bookcases and talking about getting one for quite some time now, but haven’t gotten around to it. One issue is that if we’re going to get another standard bookcase, it needs to perfectly match the one we already have. It’s really big and bulky, and I don’t know that we have enough stuff to fill an entire second one. So we decided to get something that was less traditional.

We originally fell in love with the Brosna Bookcase at Scandinavian Designs. The picture they have on their website is actually 3 of these items put right next to each other; the bookcase by itself is actually pretty narrow, with shelves coming off either side of a center stand. We liked it cuz it was different, but would fit our needs well.

Of course this weekend when we went to Scandinavian Designs we had to look at ALL of the bookcases before choosing one. Yep, we are indecisive like that! After about half an hour wandering around the store, checking out bookcases, couches, bedroom sets, etc., we finally decided on our bookcase: (more…)

Posted by Caro in cool, Discoveries, Life, Shopping, Things to do
25Feb
0

People of Walmart

I honestly can’t remember if I’ve posted about this site in the past or not. Either way, I just realized it’s not linked on my “Sites That Entertain Me” for some reason, so it deserves a new post. Anyway, there’s not much I can do to tell you about this. The photos – even better yet, the captions that accompany these photos – speak volumes on their own. Take this one for instance:

"Okay, you need attention, gotcha. Now at what point do you decide the best way to draw that attention to yourself is making your backside look like a weird long-nosed martian? Even if you legitimately had a 3 foot striped tail, there has to a better way to accessorize it."

Plenty more where that came from at peopleofwalmart.com

Posted by Caro in Discoveries, Hilarious, Random, Shopping
10Feb
0

I want to post Chicago pictures…

…But I feel like crap :(

One blog is enough for the day. I can say that Chicago was absolutely spectacular though. I ate too much, shopped a bit, drank a little, and saw not nearly enough. I got to wear all my warm clothes and had a great time in the freezing cold. It snowed too!

Hopefully I will feel better tomorrow and put up a picture or two. If not, Monday for sure!

Posted by Caro in cool, Food, fun, Health, Shopping, Things to do, Travel and tagged with
04Feb
1

Lesson Learned

Ok so those super cute shoes I bought on Tuesday. The ones that were a half size too small but didn’t feel that tight. Yeah those. Those are going to be sold or given away.

I made the mistake of wearing these babies yesterday. It’s usually never fun breaking in a new pair of shoes, but add a busy day to that equation and you’re in for a mess. I worked 12 hours yesterday – recipe for a disaster. (more…)

Posted by Caro in Health, Life, Money, Shopping, Things to do, Work
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