My husband loves pizza. Almost as much as I do. And although his preference is for deep-dish, and my preference is for a simple New York slice, we do see eye to eye on one thing… It has to be good. Really good. No Tombstone frozen pies over here. And so as it happens, right before he left for China, he found a great recipe for pizza dough, and now he’s off on a homemade deep-dish pizza kick. So when I received an email from onegoodie.com yesterday, I was pleasantly surprised that the item up for the day was a snazzy new pizza cutter. I immediately placed my order. And I say immediately because with OneGoodie, you snooze, you lose. Quite literally.
The premise behind the site is that each day, in two different categories (OneMommieGoodie and OneFoodieGoodie), the proprietors put up one product that they’ve carefully selected based on style and functionality, always with a hip bent to it. It’s boutique-type stuff, not what you’d find on your weekly trip to Target. Not that there’s anything wrong with that weekly trip to Target. It’s just that in my house, I’ve all been given up shopping trips that revolve around me having to get the girls into their car seats, messes of goldfish to be cleaned up in the backseat and stolen naps from the low hum of the car that will mess up bedtime. Not for me. No more. I’m into shopping at my computer, after the girls are down for the night. Any and everything I could possibly need is right there.
But back to OneGoodie, in addition to finding chic and clever products, the site also offers a discount. You know you’re getting a good deal. But the twist? The products for both categories are only up there and available for one day. 24 hours. Or less, depending on how quickly the item sells out. Which is why even though I was running out the door and was slightly nuts, I had to stop and order that pizza cutter. It’s similar to the motto behind antiquing: if you see it and you love it, you must buy it. Don’t think about it. Don’t sleep on it. Buy it. Because if you don’t? It will not be there tomorrow.
And today? I checked it out and in the “mommie” category? The answer to my prayers. Chalkboard decals that you can adhere to the wall and will presumably entertain your little ones for hours. And they don’t do any damage to the existing wall! I had personally been toying with the idea of painting one of the walls in the downstairs family room with chalkboard paint, but was having a hard time committing. Paint? A lot of work. And so… permanent. Unless you want to sprain your arm painting and repainting. And then I saw these decals, one set in the shape of animals and another in large circles, and I thought to myself, self? These decals are it. These little sticky things are what you’ve been dreaming of. And you didn’t even know it! And if you don’t have little kids? How about hanging one in your kitchen? For grocery items you need. Or in your mud-room, to scribble a quick reminder to your husband that it’s his turn to pick up the dry-cleaning. I’m placing my order as soon as I post this. I don’t want to miss out.
One note: while they do have a return policy, because items ship to you directly from the manufacturer, it’s kind of a strict one. Basically, if you don’t like what you ordered, pay it forward to a friend. Not a bad idea, I think. Share the wealth. Save the planet with less return shipping materials clogging up our landfills, right?
For a fresh twist on the old Martha Stewart standby, it’s a goodie thing…
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What a great site — I just signed up for the newsletter! How do you find all these great sites and deals?
I too, rely heavily on drugstore.com (and now diaper.com which you turned me on to!). I am SO over schlepping Bear around!! He’d rather be playing, anyway!
erin –
Drugstore.com has a pretty good selection of household supplies and cleaning products (an awesome selection of the Method line, my new favorite) and they offer free shipping over $49, which comes in handy. It’s easy to hit that number. Occasionally on Amazon you can find stuff, but it’s rare to also get that free shipping. So go check out drugstore.com and click on the “household” button. Once in that category, you can even further refine by clicking on “eco-home” or “natural household,” something I’m sure you’ll appreciate…
Jaina –
I admire the child in you! I’m working on getting back in touch with that side of myself! Having kids certainly helps…
Oooh, those sound awesome! I almost want to get something like that just to entertain myself. (yes, sometimes I’m about 5…I like toys)
just curious. have you found a website that will ship you cleaning products and tp and all the basic stuff? would you be willing to share? i would love to do more online shopping. i’m like you and so done loading my kid in the car. those decals are super cool. great idea, much better than the chalk board paint which i was also pondering.