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Comment on God love them: Blue Shoes by Stacy

Stacy — Tue, 21 Feb 2012 17:28:50 +0000

Silly question, can’t you go to David’s Bridal or another big box bridal store and get the dyeable kind in blue and then add your own bling?

Comment on God love them: Blue Shoes by Nikki Rappaport

Nikki Rappaport — Mon, 20 Feb 2012 13:46:12 +0000

Ohh blue shoes! Or yellow ones. Either way, I love the pop of color. I will keep my eyes open for you!

Comment on A Different Kind of Pre-Marriage Counseling by MJK

MJK — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:54:59 +0000

I love a good spreadsheet. Thanks for sharing the doc!

Comment on Where have all the cowgirls gone? by Melissa

Melissa — Sun, 29 Jan 2012 18:52:32 +0000

Thought I’d let you know that I’m doing a unit on gender issues with my 11th grade students and I came back to this post for ideas. Would you mind if I shared part of your post?
The great thing about ESL at my school is that I really can teach just about any topic I like!

Comment on Vegetarian Check-In by Salads Made w/ SGC Herbs and Flowers @ Castagna

Salads Made w/ SGC Herbs and Flowers @ Castagna — Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:58:29 +0000

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Comment on It Takes a Community by Washington DC Wedding Blog ~ Advice on Joining Twitter | Capitol Romance ~ A Creative DC Wedding Blog

Fri, 13 Jan 2012 13:17:15 +0000

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Comment on A Written Affair by Nikki Rappaport

Nikki Rappaport — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 02:03:57 +0000

That’s where we hang our cards at home as well. I love the image of the holiday “hug” too

Comment on Ciao Bella! by Nikki Rappaport

Nikki Rappaport — Wed, 14 Dec 2011 18:45:42 +0000

I’ve heard so many things about this place but still haven’t tried it. I loved your honest review and I still think it’s worth checking out. At least for that eye rolling pasta, right? And thanks for the link love! xo

Comment on Step 1: Open the box by David

David — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 23:32:50 +0000

I’ll believe the People.com claim when I see it.

Comment on Let’s Make a Deal by Jenna

Jenna — Thu, 01 Dec 2011 03:27:26 +0000

So, from the business owner perspective, I think that a lot of the deal sites really take advantage of small businesses – Living Social takes 30% of the profit from the deal, and Groupon takes 50% (not sure about Scout Mob). So, if you give people $50 worth of food you’d usually charge $100 for (a 50% discount), and Groupon takes 50% of the profit, you’re only making $25 from a sale, where you’d normally make $100. Granted, part of the onus is on businesses to price things accordingly and make sure they’re covering their costs, but it amounts to a very expensive form of advertising. Businesses are tempted with the idea of luring a bunch of new customers into their business, but how many of those customers are deal hunters, and how many are people like you and David, who’d come back and pay the full price? Personally, I think that these sites are going to have a harder and harder time finding businesses to sign up, because more businesses will realize that it isn’t a good deal for them. It’s way easier for me to spend $200 on Google Ad Words – maybe I’ll get 10 sales out of it (and not hundreds, if we did a Groupon), but 10 sales will easily pay for the cost of the ad, bring me new customers, and won’t kill me.