Shopaholic? Me?

Just watched a great film of a professor who quit his job at a medical assisting school to help a  father who has 2 kids who suffer from Pompe Disease. It is based on a true story and it is heart wrenching. My first thought was poor guy 2 kids in a wheelchair. 1 is bad but 2 is horrific. Anyway, to make this a shopaholic post, if you want a good DVD to buy, this is my current recommendation. Oh, the film is called Extraordinary Measures with Brendan Fraser & Harrison Ford.

A friend of mine begged me to order some items from Fiesta Craft online. Now as you can imagine, I don’t need much of a push to hit the shops!

I went to the site to see what she was after and instantly had difficulties. To start with there is no search function. How can you not have a search function on a sales website?

I told her to place the order herself and have delivered to my house. Apparently she couldn’t as she needed a UK credit card as well as a UK address and they must match. She could not get the order to work.

I reluctantly agreed to place the order. I noticed they offer a search for stores facility. I thought, perhaps I can hit their shops rather than their site. This did not work. Not for the Isle of Man nor for England.

She told me what she wanted. I had to manually go and start each item from the beginning. You would think that you could pick and continue picking. Not the case. At least you could adjust the quantity from your order cart.

You had to pay via paypal. Still not sure if this is a positive thing or a negative. I currently have issues with paypal and would prefer to avoid using them. I think if they offered the option of using paypal or another method it would be positive but using only paypal is not a positive thing in my books. I also hate inputting my banking details in another sellers website. It does not feel safe at all. Perhaps it should open in a new window? On the plus side, the transaction was quick and easy. You did not have to log in or create an account. They take your email from your paypal account. This again might not be a good thing as I have different paypal accounts but predominantly use just 1 email! The email you get is also very basic. But I suppose basic is as good as any.

The worst of it, is there is no real contact facility (it is a noreply email address) and no ability to keep track of your order.

Over all, not a site I happily recommend. Now if they do improvements and want me to re-review it, I will gladly consider it. But reality I think they really need to improve it if they want to move from the amateur market to the professional! This is particularly bad as they try to hit both the wholesale and retail market on the same site!

I was also not able to find any affiliation, recommendations or discount codes. Says a lot doesn’t it?

Park West Gallery is one of the largest Galleries arounds. They have probably one of the largest fine arts selections available. They auction their fine art throughout the United States of America and Canada.  

Though what intrigues me the most is their sister business – Park West at Sea. They actually have auctions for fine art whilst on a cruise. Now despite the fact that I can mostly afford to shop, I think this may be beyond my means. But if you want to sponsor me to shop there, I will be ever so grateful.

Bliss -  A Cruise, Fine Art and Shopping all combined. What more could a girl ask for!

 
Buyagift is the place where you buy a gift experience rather than just an ordinary gift. If you cannot decide which experience to buy, you can always buy gift vouchers. They sell such a large range, I would not be surprised if you could not decide. Which would you chose?

• Theme Park Tickets
• Spa Day
• Drive a Sports Car
• Fly a plane   
• Wine Tasting
• Lunch for 2
• Flowers
• Balloons
• Balloon Rides
• Wine & Champagne
• Hampers
• Chocolates
• Acre of Moon or Mars or Venus
• Name a Star or a Set of Stars
• DNA storage kit
• Make Overs
• Sailing
• Silver Rolo
• Adopt a Donkey!

Well the list goes on and on. If you still cannot decide, take a look at the Hot Deals, I think you may find the price too hard to resist! Alternatively go with a best seller, you simply cannot go wrong!
 
 

If you ever go visiting London, you must hit a show or two. LondonTheatreDirect is the place to order all your tickets to your favourite shows. Besides Theatre Tickets you can also book restaurants, hotels and attractions. Many things also have offers too.

You can buy tickets for a whole range of shows  from LondonTheateDirect including:-

• The Phantom of the Opera

• Lion King

• Mamma Mia

• Joseph & the Technicolor Dreamcoat

• Equus

• Fame

• Les Miserables

• Blood Brothers

• Chicago

• Lord of the Rings

• Mary Poppins

• Guys & Dolls

• Stomp

• We Will Rock You

You can even get tickets to see Daniel Radcliffe (aka Harry Potter all grown up) in Equus.

Currently you can also get half price tickets for Fame!

LondonTheatreDirect are a member of the Society of Ticket Agents and Retailers, so you can have peace of mind about purchasing your tickets.

You can either collect your tickets from the Theatre Box Office in London. For this service you pay just a pound per booking. Alternatively you can have them posted to you. There is a charge of £1.95 to post to UK addresses. However there must be at least 2 weeks left before the show.

Just remember you cannot visit London without taking in a show!

 
 

 
 

 
 

 
 

It is always nice to have a piece of art to decorate your home or office. Art Gallery specialises in Original Art and Art Prints.

Original art is the most thoughtful and thrilling gift you can give. It is a very personal gift and unique gift. This is definitely one of the places to obtain a masterpiece. There are obviously many benefits to owning original art; however the most important one by far is simply for the love of it. Original works of art should be appreciated and give many years of joy to the new owner.

The website even goes into details on How to buy original art as a gift, A brief guide to sculpture and Choosing original art for your home.

A really nice thing about buying a piece of Art is that it is most likely to accrue in value. Meaning that you are not throwing your money.

The best bit of advice that I can give you with regards to Art is choose a piece that you like, if you do not like it, what makes you think anyone else will?�