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[atalantapendrag]

So the bottle of Secretly An Internet Kitten I ordered from ZOMGSmells arrived today, and it's just what I hoped it would be like; similar to BPAL's Hecate, but without the musk. The squee of Flower Sandwich smells great in the vial, but I haven't skintested it yet. When I went to their site to check the notes I found out that the Secret Identity line is staying up through November... I might just give in and get one or two more, we'll see what dreadful temptations are headed my way as all the scent purveyors roll out their winter holiday blends.

Not much else afoot. The Remeron has me conked out most of the time, if I want to be up before noon (or later) I need to skip it the night before. The levothyroxin's helping my energy level a little, but not enough for me to drag myself out to the store. I've been subsisting mainly on Chinese delivery. First World Problem: Rice Bowl has better salt & pepper fish, China Palace has better shrimp rolls! Thanks to Amazon Prime I'll have a bunch of grape juice concentrate and Apple Jacks soon, which is good, and then I need to try and drag myself to the damned store already.

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[sathari]

Oh, my God. Sniffy awesomeness. This is the first year I haven't pounced the BPAL LEs, despite wanting to, because while I do not have an actual budget, in the same spirit as I do not have an actual diet, I do need to watch both my incoming calories and outgoing monies. Woe!

Thyroxin has a really long half-life, which means that it can take months to see results. But Amazon Prime and Chinese delivery are love. (I do as much shopping as I can with Amazon's Subscribe and Save--- getting stuff like TP delivered to my door for what I'd pay to schlep it around myself is the height of awesome.) (On which note, do any of your favorite Chinese places have a way for me to send you online gift certificates?)

[atalantapendrag]

ZOMGSmells is significantly cheaper than BPAL, fwiw. And one thing I really like about them is that the scents smell basically how you'd expect them to from their descriptions. One of their GC scents, Baby Gorgon Birthday Party, is markedly similar to BPAL's Monsterbait: Underpants! Their monthly limiteds went up yesterday, and I might get a few, we'll see how much spending money I have later in the month.

Amazon's got really good customer service too, if you ever need to get a service rep in chat. FedEx managed to mess up delivering an order to me today (a 12-pack of grape juice concentrate cans) and they're sending out a replacement, no hassle at all. I hate it when I hear about them being shady (like the Kindle 1984 thing) because they've been such a boon to me.

I checked my online delivery sites, eat24hours.com amd grubhub.com (both of which serve a mess of cities, btw) don't seem to have gift certificates right now (Grubhub specifically says on their site that they're revamping their gift card program), but the more local services DineOnDemand.com and EatOutIn.com do. DoD seems to have a better setup for ordering them (EatOutIn only sells them by PHONE, wtf?). *HUGE HUGS* for thinking of me, but don't do anything that would damage your budget!

[sathari]

I have a tendency to be a raving brand-loyalist; part of the joy is buying from a favorite brand/retailer (and yes, this is crack in many ways).

Re: Amazon: that is awesome! I too have had good customer-service experiences with them and their various retailers, and I hear you about hating when a place that has been good to me is shady elsewhere.

Ooooh! Yay! Check your email! (If we lived locally to each other I would be able to do things like drop off groceries at your place and share takeout and stuff; consider this the equivalent thereof.)

[atalantapendrag]

I certainly can't fault you for brand loyalty to BPAL! Their scents are awesome and there's so many to choose from. The Yule update just went up, too! With a Frankenstein line and a Little Match Girl line as well! But none that are must-haves for me (apart from reprises of ones I already have, and I don't go through it fast enough to justify getting more Gelt when I have SO MANY WONDERFUL SMELLIES already).

*HUG* Thank you so much! It will be used quite soon, have no doubt, and I will be thinking of you with every bite!

[sathari]

Oh, man, I haven't looked at the update yet--- putting that off because I have coupons for assorted other goodies (mostly Sephora, but there's a $5 off from Zazzle that's just gotta get used!) and so am trying to space out my indulgences if I can.

You're more than welcome! I am so glad I could do that much for you! *hugs*