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Have you ever thrown a party with a mixed group of attendees and had trouble getting them to interact? It can be a daunting task to get guests who have just met to mingle with each other. Yet, it needs to be accomplished since the success of your party depends on it.

I found a site that offers something that can be a great conversation starter. This site offers great wine glasses, beer mugs, coffee mugs, highball glasses, champagne glasses etc with small phrases and witty messages etched on them. The variety is huge according to the theme you may desire. Each set has four different phrases based on a theme, with the set of four of any variety available at $48. If you buy all three sets of any type, you are charged a discounted rate of $129 (a discount of $15 - thats just me, I have to look for discounts everywhere).

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I wanted to get my nephew his own music player for his 11^th birthday. While I am a firm iPod fan (gift from my significant other) which is my absolute favorite toy in the world, I did not want to spend so much on the gift. Nor would an expensive gift be appropriate for a boy who is essentially at a rather irresponsible age. So I thought an MP3 player would be ideal, less expensive but funky enough to please an 11 year old.

Now how much memory is enough, I found a lot of players for under $10 but those were all less than 1 GB. And I thought a 1 GB player is a minimum! Give the fellow a few hundred songs to play around with! What do young kids want in their MP3 players I thought to myself, and decided to explore all the possibilities. I think ideally it should be a style statement as well as a music player.

I have talked about a watch with a built in music player before and I think that is a cool gift for an 11 year old. This 1 GB MP3 watch I thought was very smart at $27.06.

Another novelty MP3 player that I think an 11 year old would love to flaunt in front his friends is this one: ultra cool shades with 2 GB MP3 player for just $20.48! I was almost tempted to search no further, I thought these so fit the bill for what I was looking for!

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Recently my fav wristwatch finally died on me and the strange thing is I am not really missing it because the cell phone is my watch as well as my alarm clock now. Having said that, I miss the physical presence of an attractive watch on my wrist so I decided to look up online offers for wristwatches.

Watches gate is a site which has a dizzying array of really inexpensive options here, all for under $10! I was struck by this watch for under two bucks which claims to include a calculator as well! How long will that last I thought to myself, but even if it works for a couple of months, it’s still cheap at 2 bucks! And here is the irony of the cheap wristwatch: the watch itself is $2 and the shipping is $5! I have to admit, I found quite a few of the watches very tempting at those ridiculous prices!

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I know I kind of missed Mother’s Day decided to surprise Mom with a belated Mother’s day gift, but with Father’s day I am going to be in time and on the ball! Father’s day is still a while away, (15 June to be exact) and there is plenty of time to browse and surf and decide on a good idea.

More than specific gifts I decided to put together some lists and ideas for gifts for fathers’ Day which I thought everyone may find useful. Treehugger put together an excellent list for fathers’ day gifts, an eclectic mix of the typical and atypical (seeing Treehugger’s predication to all things green at all times). They included interesting ideas such as folding bicycle, multi gadget solar charger, organic whiskey etc. [Read more →]

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This post may be a bit late because Mother’s day was two days back. It maybe a bit late to actually start looking for a gift to give or send your mother. But what is the surprise in giving a gift when it is expected? Instead send it some days later and really surprise her ;). Okay, thats a lame excuse, but since I’m running a bit late this time, that’s the one I’m gonna stick to. Personally I think flowers and candy are just a little bit passé, and they don’t really last for any length of time, so better bet is to get her something that is more permanent and which will remind her for a longer time of what a good son or daughter you are.

While the traditional photo frame is a good idea, if your mother is more techno savvy, give her a digital photo frame. I liked this digital photo frame keychain at Amazon for $14.03. It has a built in rechargeable battery and has a 1.5-inch CSTN LCD full-color display; stores over 60 photos. If your mother is the type who whips out the pictures of the kids to show to all and sundry she will love this!

One idea that grandmothers seem to love is if you bronze their grandchild’s shoes for them. Baby shoe bronzing allows you to celebrate and remember your child’s first experiences in a unique way and it makes a super gift for Grandma! Apparently this process is available in bronze, pewter, gold, porcelain, and silver, and for items other than shoes as well. You can get shoes bronzed here for $39.95 and for an additional $7 you can get the shoes personalized with the child’s name and date of birth! This is a wonderful idea and if I were a grandmother, I would be moved to tears by this lovely idea.

Amazon has some great ideas for mother’s day. They have patio furniture, solar birdbath fountain and garden lanterns for outdoorsy mom, a really good collection of stuff for chef mom, some very elegant items for entertainer mom, tasteful things for decorator mom, and even some very innovative and unusual stuff for trendy mom and mom who has it all! Go on take your pick; you are the best person to decide what your mother would like!

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If, like me you love to read, then e-books are a great idea being supported by people as a green way to read. Simply because this way you decrease the demand for the paper on which books are printed and consequently save trees! Also, with eBooks you don’t have to pay for shipping or wait until the book is shipped to you. It is a good idea, (though I still feel that curling up with an actual book is the best way there is to pass the time) so I wanted to take a dekko at the eBook sites on the internet.

This free eBook site gives you the option of downloading for free, all kinds of eBooks, on subjects as diverse as education, philosophy, fitness, business, fiction and many, many others. I wanted to download and finally read The Doll’s House which was an extremely influential play of its time; it was easy to do, after a relatively painless registration. The fun thing about this site is you can even upload your book on to this site to share with others. You know what they say, there’s a book inside all of us!

This site gives you access not only to books (you can search by title or author) but also gives you access to news and public domain material, features such as celebration of women writers and banned books and more book links.

With the success of eBooks like The Daughters of Freya books by email is a concept that is really catching on. Daily lit is a site that offers to periodically email you books part by part. Classics are usually mailed to you free of charge, while you pay for reading the more current books (The Daughters of Freya is $4.95). You can even gift these books (including the free ones!). Thought this was a great idea.

If, however, you are still convinced that holding a book in your hand and turning the pages is the best way to read, there are of course a lot of sites that offer big discounts on conventional books as well. Book close outs is a site that offers up to 75% discount on books. Swim with the Sharks without being Eaten Alive, for instance is available at a 69% discount. Amazon also has a bargain book section where you can buy bargain books for under $5, $10 and $20 and so on. The All Discount Books site promises to find you the best prices for any book that you want, though this site leans more towards providing access to cheap text books.

I think books can be our best friends, and one of the best habits we can pass on to our children is the habit of reading. What do you think?

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A close friend is celebrating his birthday soon, and he’s a real wise guy where gifts are concerned. He once gave me an ashtray in the shape of a toilet bowl, and I don’t even smoke! Like I said, wise-guy, so I thought why not pay him back in his own coin now that it’s his birthday. I wanted to give him something so unusual as to be bizarre. Are there a lot of strange gift ideas on the net? You bet there are! Take a look at some of these:

This is the Hillary Nutcracker (this one cracked me up, pun unintended), which is the Primary Special if you please! You place the walnut or whatever other nut between her legs to crack it open! I wonder if the Senator is planning to sue. You can get this one for $12.95 Oh! And there are some Hillary nuts to go with that; but hang on a sec, shouldn’t that be Clinton nuts? And don’t miss this Hillary chew toy for your pet. And here’s an Obama one: Obama air freshner for $2.99. This site has other nice politically inspired items.

This site has so much craziness, I was completely distracted, because some of the stuff is really hilarious. How about this joke doormat that says ‘Nice Underwear’. I think its steep for $14.95, but just wanted to mention it. Then here’s an instant beer belly and beer for the game at the same time: this item can help you save money at the game by letting you carry your own beer! Sheer ingeniousness! For $34.95 you can carry more than a six pack to the game. This is just the thing for couple with a sense of humor: the Control Your Man and Control your Woman talking remotes. The Control your woman one says things like: “Zip it!” and “Hand over the credit cards” and the control your man remote offers some gems like “The queen speaketh!” and “Whoa, ever hear of foreplay?” This site also offers risqué items like this soap and the sculpta sutra! How on earth do they think these up!

I can’t see as I type this, I am wiping my eyes from laughing so much! This self confessed stupid site has so much stupidity I am still chuckling! They have unbelievable stuff like toilet bowl lip gloss ($1.99) instant gay accent spray ($4.99), the Tiki tissue box holder (tissues come out of the nose) and endless other wackiness!

Then this item is meant to discreetly drown out any din you make in the bathroom. For $29.95 no one need know what you are up to in the loo!

Then there is the 24 Carat gold lollipop and yes it is edible and champagne flavored to boot! Why would you eat one or even want one? I can’t answer that one. If you are interested it will cost you £3.75.

Which one is your favorite from among all of these? I really cannot decide what to gift him! Please help me choose through your comments.

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Let me confess people, this is a self-indulgent post! If you have read this blog before you probably know that I love shopping and one of the things that I love shopping for the most is cosmetics. So let’s see what bargains we can find for cosmetics, skin care products, perfumes etc.

I came across a few sites that not only stock many different brands of cosmetics so you can shop by brand if you so wish, but many of them offer discounts or gift sets and best of all, clearance sales!! At StrawberryNet I found a great selection in the Easter Special section with many items at a whopping 50% discount. I thought this Aramis travel set at a 50% discount would make a great gift for a guy. A good gift for a girl would be this Clinique Travel Set which is also at a 50% discount and includes moisturizer, turnaround concentrate, eye shadow, lipstick, lip gloss and bag.

And I know I would love for someone to gift me this Dior Travel Set which includes lotion, serum, concentrate, make up remover and bag! Really neat bag too!

Cosmetic America is another site that offers multiple brands and good deals; shall we go straight to the clearance sale? There is this 5 piece Estee Lauder Beauty Set at $19.95 and includes lip gloss, lipstick, cream, mascara and a night cream. Very nice! My fav fragrance in the world, Cool Water by Davidoff (for men? hooey! I wear this fragrance myself) is available with its deo and shower gel counterparts for the sale price of $ 39.95. Also very nice!

Buy me beauty is also a good site and sells you many heavily discounted items and also has a clearance sale section. I liked (I tell a lie, I love, love, love Elizabeth Arden products) the Elizabeth Arden flawless finish make up at a 53% discount, or for the price of $12.95. L’oreal’s eye pencil is offered for just $1.89, that is a whopping 75% discount!

If you decide to order these items online, check for shipping discounts or even free shipping on multiple items. So I hope I have given you an excuse to doll up a bit?

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Yes, yes, but I can buy myself some ultra cool Beatles stuff! Read on if you are a Beatles buff, and especially if you are not and Beatle-mania left you unscathed. (I am a huge Beatles fan and think that they (sorry Elvis) were the greatest rock band ever!)

I was actually looking up some lyrics when I came across giftapolis.com. This site has a huge collection of all kinds of Beatles merchandise: T-shirts, coasters, mugs, posters, wall clocks, bags, boxes, photo frames, and all kinds of really neat stuff, which I wanted all at once! My favorites were the Yellow Submarine wall clock at $24.95, Beatles Salt & Pepper Shaker Set Drums Style at $14.95, a yellow tote bag and notecard set in a matching box at $14.95. This is just a small sample of all the goodies that they stock.

Rockmerch is another site that has a lot of Beatles stuff: buttons, posters, patches, lanyards, stickers, key chains is also a must visit. I thought the Zip up hooded fleece was great at $26.95 especially since it has the Beatles logo in the front and the Let it Be artwork at the back. I also like the 62×21 door poster at $12.95.

Cartoonstock is a site that has giftable cartoons of the fab four and is worth the visit if not to buy, at least to take a look and a have a good laugh at the cartoons on display.

Wicked cool stuff is a site that has a lot of great gift ideas but is a bit thin in the Beatles department. Yet, there is this nice coffee mug, at $ 11.95 (available at giftapolis for the same price). An 18″ talking John figure at $44.95 was not that appealing to me (but don’t mind me, I am principally a Paul fan). I also liked the fab four cookie jar at $48.97

A very interesting site for Beatles collectibles is this one but quite frankly I would not describe any of the featured merchandise as a bargain. I mean Ringo bubble bath for a whopping 150 pounds (not dollars) and Paul bubble bath for 120 (and why is Ringo more expensive than Paul anyway!) is way too steep for me. They have several really fascinating ideas, but not bargains so let’s move on.

The guys at Beatle bay take their memorabilia buying and selling very seriously. We are talking original stuff here: autographs, posters, albums, original merchandise etc. They are also very happy to buy Beatles stuff off you.

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I take up where I left off in my last post, and continue talking TVs.

Fact is, even the cheapest of these very nice TV sets aren’t really cheap, so we should take a long look at the common or garden variety of tube TVs (or analog or standard), the ones that have served us so faithfully over the past many decades. Their fancier cousins notwithstanding, these TVs are not going away any time soon. But deals on this variety of TVs were not so easy to find!

The chief drawbacks for this kind of TV are their bulky size, considerable weight and obviously the limiting factor of the screen size. The screen size cannot match its Plasma and LCD counterparts and the bigger screen sizes can make this kind of TV take up a lot of space and can weigh 200 pounds! In spite of the drawbacks however, the good old tube TVs are still very popular and people who go to a TV showroom come away with a tube TV simply because of the cost factor.

So you can get this Philips set for the very reasonable price of $169

or this 27” Toshiba for $300

Since a lot of manufactures such as Samsung are continuing to better the technology of the analog TV, there is the slim fit tube technology available that is less bulky and most space effective. You can get this very good looking Samsung set for $349.

Another really little bargain that I came across was this really cute pink 13” TV for a mere $70 which I thought was a great gift for a little girl!

Oh! And what of HDTV (high definition TV), a term that is so often bandied about? Is that one more kind of television to confuse me? It isn’t so much a kind of TV; it is what goes along with your TV. To put it quite simply, it is the sort of service you opt for where you watch TV, so your TV is either compatible with the high definition technology or is not. There are some good deals out there which combine the TV and HD service package, so happy viewing.

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