Thursday, December 11, 2008

Christmas Shopping for Sports Boy

A new challenge landed on my desk yesterday - Find gifts for a highly active seven year old boy who loves football, baseball and soccer. Here's what we came up with. Can we solve a shopping problem for you?

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Saturday, December 6, 2008

Save Shopping Time, Expense with Personal Shopper Showcase S

An easy and inexpensive way to save shopping time, stress, energy, money and frustration is to use the services of a PSW personal shopper to create a showcase containing products you’re interested in finding. As a matter of fact, it’s so inexpensive that it’s free!

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Monday, December 1, 2008

Expecting-Again Back-to-Work Barbara Says Dress Me UP

Barbara has been at home since her family started growing and local work options started shrinking. She’s been out of the work force for several years, but that’s about to change.

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Monday, November 24, 2008

Bag Biddy Launches

Just a quick note to let you know that Bag Biddy launched today (well, last night), to cheers and celebration. Ok, well maybe not so much cheers

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Saturday, November 22, 2008

Frazzled Working Mom Lori Says Dress Me UP

Lori describes herself as a working mom with not a lot of time to pay attention to the latest fashions. She has only a few minutes in the morning between the rush to get the kids out the door for school to the rush to get to the office and ready for a busy day of meetings and around-town travel. She is often called to..

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Wednesday, October 15, 2008

Saturday, September 27, 2008

Squidoo Modules 101 - The Starter Package

Taking a long and detailed look at the Squidoo starter package of modules - great for beginning lensmasters, a refresher for experienced squids.

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Sunday, September 14, 2008

Guerrilla Closet Techniques - Secret Weapons for Style

Take command of your closet space with proven step-by-step techniques designed to overcome all obstacles!

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Wednesday, September 10, 2008

Andrea H - Second Wedding Ensemble Sneak Peek

Take a sneak peek of the wedding plans and accessories for a second wedding with a lovely and creative blended family.

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September 11, 2001 - Seven Years Later

A painful look back, in text only, of the disasters of September 11, seven years ago.

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Wedding Reception Questions You Need to Ask

Asking the right questions now, while seeking a wedding reception location, will save time, confusion, expense and chaos when it comes time to cut the cake.

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Tuesday, September 9, 2008

Wedding Collections at The Wedding Lass

Acquiring a wedding collection that includes the majority of the accessory items necessary for any size wedding leaves the bride-to-be free to focus on other details and saves valuable time (and often expense).

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Carol R Beach Sunset Wedding Ensemble Sneak Peek

A surfer girl and her wedding plans - a sneak peek at where things are going (with her permission, of course)

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Monday, September 8, 2008

Begin Here - Secret Weapons for Your Perfect Style

Did you ever wonder why that navy blue satin wrap is Just The Right Dress for You?

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Friday, September 5, 2008

Wedding Planning - a Lens Series by The Wedding Lass

Parts 1 to 10 of The Wedding Lass - Wedding ebook is UP at Squidoo. Start here at the beginning and browse through the first ten sections of this series, straight from the popular ebook.

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Personal Journey Through Fibromyalgia

Living proof that fibromyalgia is real.. if you want to call it 'living'.

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Wednesday, September 3, 2008

5 Micro Steps to Lower Your Resource Impact

Small easy-to-take steps to take to improve environmental impact - save water, gas, electricity, ehergy, non-renewable resources.

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Tannin - Term of the Day

Why wine and cheese work so well together!

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Stress-Free Way to Deal with Wedding Gifts

Peace and quiet, and a patient assistant, can take a lot of stress out of opening wedding gifts.

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Friday, August 29, 2008

3 Wedding Thank-You Note Traps to Avoid at All Costs

Watch out for these three wedding gift thank-you traps and avoid them!

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A Contemplative Cabernet on the Patio

Wine is an experience or a memory, or both in the making.

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Wednesday, August 27, 2008

Magnum - Term of the Day

Interspersed with all the fun stuff, a chance to learn some wine terms.

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7 Odd Things to Add to your Wedding Planning List

Disaster preparedness comes in many shapes. Add these items to your list for the wedding day.

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Tuesday, August 26, 2008

Top Ten Reasons to Fire Your Wedding Planner (Humor)

Humor saves the day with a top ten list of wedding planner disasters.

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Monday, August 25, 2008

Five Big Reasons To Choose Silk Wedding Flowers

Choosing silk flowers for wedding arrangements cures headaches, itchy eyes, sniffles and fear of wilting.

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Wedding Dreams vs Reality - Tough First Question

Ask yourself the right first question now, to avoid panic and disappointment at the altar.

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3 Easy Steps to Your Carbon Footprint

Carbon footprint, in plain English - what it is, how to calculate it, what to do about it.

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Wednesday, August 20, 2008

Thursday, August 14, 2008

How do You Overcome Fear of Contacts

Reaching out in a strange world - I know you're out there, Ms Client, but how do I find you?

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Wednesday, August 6, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Happy Birthday To YouHooHooHoo

67 one-line cheerful bouncy Happy Birthday messages from forums where I don't even recall signing up

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Thursday, July 10, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Google is my new Bestest BFF

Yay Google. It's all in the numbers, my friend. Everyone tells me so.

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Sunday, July 6, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Surpriiiise - You've Been Opted IN

Beware of email opt-outs that don't, webmasters that can't, privacy that isn't.

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Friday, July 4, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Press THREE If You Are a Moron

Your call is very important to us. Please have all pertinent personal data in hand to help us help you. Include your age and IQ, just in case.

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Grumpy Old Broad: Happy Fourth of Whatever

Land of the free-to-gripe, home of the bravely-sniveling entropist. Of thee I hum.

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Sunday, June 29, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Fixing The Internet, At Your Service

Wherein oftimes a teensy bit of knowledge can be downright hilarious

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Grumpy Old Broad: The Sky is Falling. Part 1. Panic.

Survival of the calmest, on the savannah of competition with Big-Everything-Under-One-Roof-Mar

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Thursday, June 26, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Marketing Stuff 101

Twelve difficult marketing lessons for the wanna-be internet entrepreneur:

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Grumpy Old Broad: Verbal Fine Print

Read this aloud in a tone and vocal timbre that reflects the seriousness of the statement. Time yourself. You have 10 seconds.

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Grumpy Old Broad: Golden Fleece for the Masses

Wastelands of consumer packaging traversed. No trees left.

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Wednesday, June 25, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Please Hold

Your call is very important to us. Your mental health, on the other hand, is not.

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Tuesday, June 24, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Pat Thyself Firmly on the Back

Lookit us! We worked so HARD!!! When companies revert to kindergarten and bleat for our praise.

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Sunday, June 22, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad with Attitude: Can You Hear Me NOW-OW-OW-OW

Ask not what is making your ears bleed during Prime Time; Ask what you can do to make your cable company bleed back.

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Saturday, June 21, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad: Consumer Instructions For Dummies

Lovingly add to the list of Things That P*** Me Off: Nanny Labels. Give Darwin a chance!

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Wednesday, March 19, 2008

Have you experienced size discrimination in the workplace? |

A quick survey, then comment. Add to the Perfectly Shaped World.

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Brought to your attention by The Wine Lass, The Wedding Lass, The Large Lass and all the rest of our Perfectly Shaped World.

Saturday, February 23, 2008

Perfectly Shaped Life: Are You Settling for Second Best?

We plus size people (also known as New Normals) are in the majority. As much as 60% or more of clothes-wearing humans fit into our demographic. Why, then, are we New Normals being treated like a minority?

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Tuesday, February 12, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad with Attitude: Dear Bestest Friend in the W

Somewhere out there, there are people so totally starved for affection that they will fall for the insanely sappy entree lines to some of the biggest scams on the planet.

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Thursday, February 7, 2008

Grumpy Old Broad with Attitude: But It is FREE

Congratulations! You have won a free Electronic Thingie!! Just because you're so sweet and kind and lovely and wonderful and happened to be here this very moment to open your email!!

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Grumpy Old Broad with Attitude: Some Whine with that Cheese,

Just because dining out should be a pleasant experience.. that does not necessarily mean it will be.

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Wednesday, January 30, 2008

Perfectly Shaped Life: Using REAL PEOPLE to Sell Clothes

Perhaps word is reaching Bryant Park that we're NOT all 5'11", 104 lbs and size 0?

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Monday, January 28, 2008

Perfectly Shaped Life: Huge Leap toward Body Acceptance

Body Drama, by Nancy Redd - A warts-and-all manual aimed at teen and preteen girls, addressing many of the body image issues that confront girls of any age.

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Perfectly Shaped Life: Sizing Up the Situation - Part 3

The journey continues slowly. The questions I'm trying to answer:What size are you? And how do you KNOW you're that size?

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Friday, January 25, 2008

Perfectly Shaped Major Props to REAL Plus Size Merchants

What defines a REAL Plus Size Merchant: Their plus size fashions are designed for the plus size form, displayed on plus size models and/or mannequins.

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Perfectly Shaped Life: College Student Featured for Efforts

This speaks volumes toward the dedication of members of our college-age generation.

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Sunday, January 13, 2008