MPmomof3Make-Up, Shipping & Australia
November 27th 2006 20:49
Since I was so stern in the last post regarding earning & saving money (someone in the family implied I was as much fun as your mother reminding you about a dental visit) I thought I'd ease up this time and give you some fun sites for holiday spending.
The problem is: I am in the United States, and the stores with which I'm familiar primarily ship only here. I love Overstock.com, but they don't ship outside the US (well, maybe Canada, not absolutely certain.) Restaurant.com Restaurant.com will give you many choices where your $10 gift certificate will buy $25 worth of food, but, again, in the US.
I went cruising around the web and found what appears to be a nice make-up outlet, within Australia, called Smart Poppy (Hope I have the link working this time ) They have some nice prices on Lancome, Bobby Brown, and Borghese, among many other brands, that I would like to take advantage of, but they don't ship to the US....
. Another penny saving option I came across is the wonderful Abe Books This is a site where booksellers from around the world list some or all of their stock on the Abe Books site. You just type in the title you are looking for and listings come up. If you look at the menu bar on the right side of the page you can narrow down your search by country. Quite a few booksellers in Australia.
Many of the books are previously read, in very good condition, but there are also new books listed. I have to admit, with the price of books over the last few years, the only new ones I get to read are usually gifts. Otherwise, it's ebay or Abe Books or a local used book store for my choices.
So, if anyone is inclined to share some tips for saving money in Australia, I would be delighted to hear from you. And, of course, I'm going to continue with my mantra of saving as much of your money as you can, most of the time.
Here in the US, during the holiday season, the average amount each shopper spends for gifts will be over $700.00. I've done it, more than once.
But, no one stopped loving me (so far as I know) when I cut that amount in half some years.
Stay well.
"A banker is a person who is willing to make you a loan if you present sufficient evidence to show that you don't need it."
Herbert V. Prochnow
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