What's in Store

This week we found cheap holiday gifts with a whole lot of personality:

The Budget Fashionista raves about the Crazy Cat Action Figure by FredFlare for your friend who has a great sense of humor. At only $10 this gift is a great stocking stuffer as well!

Shiny Shiny touts the Emoticon Stamp for $5.99 that will allow you to squeeze it into a number of different emoticon shapes. This is a great small gift to get a bunch of your friends. Who knows, maybe they’ll start a trend of signing all of their notes with their emotions along with their signatures!

SheFinds.com pulled a list together of great gift ideas for your female BFFs and family members. Everything from jewelry, handbags, scarves and gift boxes filled with bath products made the list. The best part is that most of these products are discounted when purchased online!

CasaSugar highlights PressaRussa’s Star-Quality Holiday cards for when you just want to send a pretty note. The set includes four letterpress flat note cards with coordinating envelopes. All note cards are packaged in a clear sleeve and wrapped with an actual cigar band!

Uber-Review spotlights the wine glass holder necklace that gives chatterboxes the freedom to snack and socialize at holiday parties. The adjustable wine glass holder is only $25 so you can always pair it with a friend’s favorite vino as a gift.

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Great news for all fashionistas AND holiday gift givers - 7th on Sale, a fashion charity auction of over 4,000 designer donated and authentic items, just launched on eBay.com on November 15 and runs through December 6.

This is the largest designer sample sale in the world with arguably some of the best prices. Bidding for women’s, men’s, children’s and home items starts at 90 PERCENT BELOW RETAIL.  You read it right. That means a starting bid for say, a $3,000 Prada bag, would be just $300.

Shop for items from more than 500 top designers including Diane von Furstenberg, Dolce & Gabbana, Marc Jacobs, Calvin Klein, Carolina Herrera and MANY others. Each item is on sale for seven days and new listings are added daily so check back often before Dec. 3 to see all the new items available to win.

The icing on the cake is that all proceeds from this eBay Giving Works auction benefit AIDS charities, with up to $500,000 matched by the M.A.C. AIDS Fund.

Now if that’s not a reason to bid…

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It’s that time again! The changing of the leaves means the changing of the seasons, means you need a new fall wardrobe! But, who can afford to get the latest designer sweaters, boots and coats, while still having enough for a $4 latte each morning? Luckily, there are amazing bargains online to be had this season.

From eBay Style Director, Constance White, I learned that this fall five of the key trends we’ll be seeing are “menswear,” “yellow,” “Anglomania,” “preppy” and “shine.” In a nutshell, dark yellow is a key color in the fall 2007 palette, alongside other colors such as periwinkle, moss green, dark teal, purple magenta and chocolate brown. Feminine inspired menswear is a key look for work wardrobes. “Preppy” speaks for itself and “shine” is anything metallic, but just a little more muted or subdued than the metallics of spring and summer. And what exactly is Anglomania? Anything reminiscent of gentrified hunting parties in “Merry Olde England.”

Here are some great finds in line with some of the season’s trends that I can’t keep all to myself!

Hayden Goldenrod Cashmere Sweater

This color is so IN for fall. Buy a size or two larger than you normally wear so it hangs longer and pair it with some thick tights instead of pants.

Retails for $279, get it at Shopping.com merchant Bluefly for $129.

Tahari by Arthur S. Levine Black Pinstriped Blazer

Tahari is perfect for professional women that want to imbue power in the boardroom without looking like one of the “boys.”

Retails for nearly $200. Get it at Shopping.com merchant SmartBargains for $69.99.

Alvin Valley Tan Tweed Pedal Pushers

These pedal pushers channel English riding breeches to a T. Wear them with the jodhpuresque boots below by Gucci to complete the Fox and the Hound look.

Retail for $255, get them at Shopping.com merchant Bluefly for $153.

Gucci Brown Leather ‘Pelican’ Boots

If wearing these boots with tweed pants is just too “Prince Charles” for you, wear them with a dress or skirt to look like a true lady.

Retail at $1,095, get them at Shopping.com merchant Bluefly for $876.

Laundry by Shelli Segal Black Cashmere Cardigan

Who knew a professor’s cardigan could look so good? This sweater is femmed up with small, lady-like buttons and a wrap-around tie. Wear it with slacks at the office, and a flirty skirt for dinner.

Retails at $275, get it for $89.99 from Shopping.com merchant SmartBargains.

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The engineers at Shopping.com have been playing around with cool new ideas in a place they call the “WorkShop“. I just couldn’t keep this to myself because…here’s the thing…we can get access to them. What’s in store right now?

A Daily Price Drop tool that surfaces items marked down by thousands of your favorite stores. For example, today I was scanning the shoes category (hey, it’s work-related) and discovered a cute pair of Mary-Janes marked down 32%.

Happy hunting, my friends!

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