I suppose I can't call and say, "So sorry, but I didn't realize your wedding fell on the same day as the premiere of Doctor Who."
I'm going to see to Wesley, see if he's still whimpering.
Giles ,'Chosen'
Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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sj - Aug 16, 2014 6:19:48 pm PDT #12868 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
billytea - Aug 16, 2014 6:27:06 pm PDT #12869 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Anyone have favorite online retailers that have lots of brands and/or are cheap, besides Sierra Trading Post, Zappos/6pm, and Amazon?
thebookdepository.com, which offers free shipping worldwide (including Australia). It even promises to ship board games to Australia for free. Also fishpond.com.au, which also does free shipping and is currently my cheapest source for Doctor Who DVDs. Plus, prices update frequently, and I've captured many a bargain by timing my purchases.
I realise that last site may not be of much use to anyone else here.
meara - Aug 16, 2014 6:34:09 pm PDT #12870 of 30002
Sorry, I should have been more specific--that sell lots of clothes and shoes and suchlike. (The book depository sounds like fun, but I pretty much exclusively do ebooks these days. Well, other than the travel guides. I decided I much prefer traveling with a paper guidebook)
Laura - Aug 16, 2014 6:49:16 pm PDT #12871 of 30002
Our wings are not tired.
I find I order clothes from JC Penny pretty often.
billytea - Aug 16, 2014 7:07:22 pm PDT #12872 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Sorry, I should have been more specific--that sell lots of clothes and shoes and suchlike.
Ha! I am undaunted ,and can provide useless recommendations in this space as well! I buy clothes online from Ron Bennett: [link] Note that this is both an Australian retailer, and a purveyor of men's clothing.
sj - Aug 16, 2014 7:09:31 pm PDT #12873 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
No ideas on the clothing front. I'm still trying to figure out what to do without Coldwater Creek.
beekaytee - Aug 16, 2014 7:40:37 pm PDT #12874 of 30002
Compassionately intolerant
Can I just say, BT, that Australian and NZ tv make me want to live in your hemisphere...a lot.
I _loved_ the most recent season of Masterchef so much...while I cannot bear the American version.
House Husbands, Winners and Losers, Serangoon Road, The Almighty Johnsons (now available on Syfy), Mr & Mrs. Murder...I can't get enough.
Do you have any favorite shows to recommend?
meara, in re: clothes online...I tend to not do a lot of shopping that way because I get overwhelmed by the sheer volume of choices, however, I find the search engine on the macy's dot come site to be super helpful in this regard. You can narrow things down to a ridiculous degree.
Being a short, round person who eschews patterns, prefers black and doesn't do polyester, it is a joy to go from 'cargo pants = 756 results' to 'pickyness = 6 results'.
billytea - Aug 16, 2014 8:03:49 pm PDT #12875 of 30002
You were a wrong baby who grew up wrong. The wrong kind of wrong. It's better you hear it from a friend.
Can I just say, BT, that Australian and NZ tv make me want to live in your hemisphere...a lot.
Hee. I've never really thought of our TV as being that exportable. I'm afraid I don't watch much of it myself - about the only thing I watched on a network schedule this year was Orphan Black. (Which remains obstinately not Australian.)
Strix - Aug 16, 2014 8:40:41 pm PDT #12876 of 30002
A dress should be tight enough to show you're a woman but loose enough to flee from zombies. — Ginger
We are going to Kid Weekend on the weekend of the Dr Who premiere, on my actual birthday. It was a quandary; thank god for DVR.
Sue - Aug 16, 2014 10:00:42 pm PDT #12877 of 30002
hip deep in pie
Meara, I haunt ASOS a lot. So much of their clothes are trendy in a forever 21 way, but there's some good stuff to be found. Not always cheap, but shipping is free and I've never been nabbed by customs.