Random holiday gift ideas

About once a week I try to clean out my email inbox, but I get so many cool emails that I hate to delete them without sharing them.  So, here are a few of the most interesting online things that you might not be aware of:

For really nice and reasonably priced tie-dyed clothing, visit Dyed in Vermont.  I bought Flippy a t-shirt from this company a couple of years ago and it looks great, has never faded, and it’s just a really beautiful piece of wearable artwork.  The only thing they don’t carry that I’d like to see are zippered hoodies, but otherwise they have a great selection.  How about a tie-dyed lab coat as a gift for your favourite veterinarian?!  You know, I just thought of one other thing the store doesn’t sell - pet clothing.  If you ever read this, Mr. Tie-Dyed, you should make some doggie t-shirts!

Maybe I’m the only person fascinated by this concept, but I wish I had a need for the new My-Cast Mobile Weather service.  I don’t have need for it—I rarely ever leave the house—but it seems nifty.  It might be a good idea for pet owners who have storm-phobic pets, as you could use it to alert you of impending bad weather while you’re stuck at the office.  You’d get notified of a storm and you’d have to leave early to go home.  Oh well.

I think this gift idea is both tacky and touching: name a star after a loved one.  There’s something kind of cheesy about it if it’s used as a grand romantic gesture, yet I feel like it would be a fun thing to do for a pet.  One thing’s for sure, whoever came up with the “star registry” idea in the first place was a marketing genius and I’d like them to send me lots of money.

This ”receive a real letter from Santa” program is supposed to be for kids, but I’m going to have Santa write to Flippy.  Flippy’s been working very hard lately and deserves to find something nice in her stocking, like a dreidel and some latkes.

Last but definitely not least, for the grown-ups, is a link to that Gevalia coffee offer you see all over the place.  I’m linking to it because if you’re into having your coffee delivered, Gevalia actually makes good coffee.  I used to swear by their decaf Stockholm blend, but I finally reached a point where I just couldn’t drink as much coffee as was being delivered, and I cancelled my “subscription”.  It really is good coffee though, and there are tons of decaf and whole bean options, so it may interest someone.  I was just looking at it myself and I notice that don’t have anything called “Stockholm blend” anymore, but I’d imagine that’s now their “Signature Blend”.  Maybe we should order some… hmm…

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 11/20 at 03:02 AM

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