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So I was messing around with the sellit.com shopbot - love it, by the way! - and compiled a group of products from our store that would make great holiday gifts. We've got something for geeks, poker players, dog lovers, dieters, and even something a just a little bit insulting (great for a gag gift!)... so stop by and check 'em out!

Contrary to popular belief, I did not fall off the face of the planet (again - I think I may have done so a little while ago). Anyway, I've been hard at work adding new stuff to the shop.

The cooler temperatures and the fact that it's getting dark much earlier put me in the mood to work on holiday stuff. Yes, I'm insane, but for us retailers, it's that time of year. I'm currently adding new Christmas Cards - I'm not yet done so I won't post any official announcement yet (as if anything is really official!). But if you're bored, pop on over and check 'em out! And don't forget, there's more to come!

Well, it's been a long time in the works, but I've finally updated the layout of our Shop Blog to match the rest of puppytoes.net. I realize the sidebar is probably a little yucky looking yet, but I'm trying to work a little bit on that.

The whole "one style" for all of puppytoes.net came about after registering our new domain, puppytoespoker.com. In hindsight, it was an "impulse buy", like the Three Musketeers bar I had to buy yesterday while I was at the store. It was there. In the checkout aisle. Looking at me. Well, same thing with the domain name. Except the candy bar was much better tasting.

I thought it would be way too confusing to have different domain names for all of the different aspects of the puppytoes.net store - puppytoespoker, puppytoesgeek, puppytoespuppy (!?), ad nauseum. So instead, there's one entry portal - puppytoes.net. It'll take you everywhere you want to go in Cragar's world - my own personal blog, Cragar's Photo Gallery, our Shop (of course), and this wonderful and fabulous Shop Blog. That's a lot of blogs for me to update. I'll try to do my best.

You'll find our Shop hasn't been updated with the new layout. I've been torn on that front. I think I'll keep the color scheme the same, but keep the layout a little different - just for fun. Or until I get bored. Or until I realize I should really have made it the same and change it all anyway. I'm used to changing things now here in Movable Type, but I'm afraid if I start messing around too much with my Shop's layout, things will Go South quickly. And then I'll end up redesigning everything from scratch. Not too smart at this point, considering this "insomnia time" is the only time I've found to mess around with layouts and designing much since oh, the end of April or so!?

I always thought my best ideas came after midnight. Too bad I didn't think of that before plunking down money on the new hosting account.

Our most popular designs at the puppytoes.net store reside in our Poker Gear section. In fact, our store was founded on two poker designs - "Poker Bitch" and "No Offense". These ideas were born in a semi-delirium after countless hours at the poker table. In fact, the puppytoes.net store is now the official home of The Original "No offense, but I hope you lose" tshirts. Yes, they've been copied, but that's a post for a different day.

Given the popularity of our Poker Gear, we've decided to brand it as part of puppytoespoker.com, a new-but-not-yet-finished entry portal to our Poker Gear Section. We'll have direct links to all our great designs plus links to and news from the Poker World. Maybe even a interactive area for bad beat stories.

But it's all still in the design phase, so check back every now and then for updates!

Contrary to popular belief, I did not drop off the face of the planet.

Yes, my last post was on January 22, and I promised to resume posting once the norovirus vacated my system. Well, it took about 7 days for it to do so. Count them - seven. That was seven days of wretched misery and I haven't been sick like that since I was a kid.

Then, lucky me, I was healthy for about one and a half weeks before I came down with an upper respiratory infection. That little bastard hung around in full force for about 3 days, and I felt the after effects for another week.

But wait! It wasn't over! Fast forward another two weeks and say hello to bronchitis and a sinus infection! These little gems left me with a 102 degree fever and the feeling that I was going to cough up my lungs right there on the living room floor.

Presently I'm in the recovery stage of the bronchitis and sinus infection - still in recovery because I still need to dose myself with the lovely cough syrup with codeine so I can sleep properly at night (you know, without hacking up a lung). Hey, at least I'm well rested.

You might think that all this sickness has been the reason I've neglected posting. For the most part, it is. But, one thing being sick did was inspire me to come up with a brand new section at the puppytoes.net store.

Wait! Before you run off to check out all the new stuff - it's not there yet!

That's the other reason I've neglected posting - I've been designing, uploading images, slowly populating the new section with products, and redesigning the store's home page to include links to the new designs. I'm still working on it, but I hope to have all the great new stuff ready to roll out in about two weeks.

But what is the new stuff all about? Well, you're going to have to wait and see, but I will say - besides being great inspiration for new designs, being sick so much has had one more benefit - I can actually fit into my skinny jeans!

Keep an eye out in the coming weeks for all our new stuff!

We're a tad late posting these deadlines, but we've been dealing with a holiday tradition here at the puppytoes.net store... a big honking nasty head cold.

Misery has been the name of the game in recent days, what with the sore throat, clogged ears (exactly when are they going to un-pop, anyway?), and the tendency to sleep 18 hours per day, so we apologize for our delayed posting.

But don't worry! You can still get great stuff from the puppytoes.net store in time for Christmas! Just order by the following shipping deadlines:

We're probably on the upswing of our head cold (well, hopefully - at least we're out of bed!), so stay tuned for postings of our newest designs!

Happy Holildays!

More free shipping!

Against my better judgment, I woke up at 6AM on Black Friday to go Christmas shopping. I was exhausted from spending the previous two days baking and cooking for Thanksgiving dinner, so I wasn't exactly a beaming ray of sunshine Friday morning.

We picked up a friend who was going with us and headed to the local mall. What a damn madhouse. We drove around the lot, witnessing parking-space-thievery the likes I've never seen before. There was a car backing out of a spot. One car was waiting for the car to leave so they could pass through the lane, another car (coming the opposite way) had its turn signal on to go into the spot, and there were two cars waiting behind that car with its signal on. All of a sudden, the third car in line swings out, goes around the two cars in front, and actually steals the newly vacated parking space. I thought I was going to witness a smackdown. I sure as heck know if I was the one sitting there with my turn signal on and someone two cars behind me went around and stole a space, someone would have to surgically remove my bumper from the offending person's ass. No kidding.

After finding our own spot without further incident, we proceed into the mall and marvel at a line about 150 people deep outside the FYE store, which apparently didn't open at the crack of dawn like the rest of the mall. We found that those 150 people were in line for one of 10 available Wii units, and I was glad I was nowhere in the vicinity of that store when they finally opened.

As usual, the mall was a balmy 75 degrees or so, in contrast to the 20-degree windchills outside. So that just meant I had the immense pleasure of freezing my ass off while walking into the mall without my coat (so I didn't have to carry it around), then sweating my ass off about 10 minutes later. Lovely.

We shopped for about 2 hours, and didn't get much accomplished other than buying a candle for someone on our christmas list.

So what did that experience teach me? As if I needed further education on the subject, I'll be doing the rest of my shopping online, thankyouverymuch.

If you're in the same boat, here's some good news - the free shipping promotion* at the puppytoes.net store has been extended until 11/30! That means shipping is free with an order of $75 or more - just enter the coupon code FREESHIP75 at checkout. That's a whole three more days to avoid the horrible experience of mall shopping. So avoid the crowds, avoid the maniacal drivers, and avoid sweating your ass off in overheated stores. Just plop your butt down in front of your computer and visit the puppytoes.net store!

*Shipping Details:
Free Economy or Standard shipping for purchases of $75. or more, excluding shipping charges and applicable sales tax. Delivery address must be within the United States. All orders will be Economy shipping unless, the order is not eligible for Economy shipping (e.g., order exceeds Economy weight restrictions). Coupon code must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on November 17, 2007, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on November 21, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). See Shipping Information for additional shipping options. Cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or coupons.

Start your holiday shopping at the puppytoes.net store, and save $15 on an order of $50 or more! Sure, it's a "Friends and Family" sale, but I'm considering the internet my family for the holidays. So head on over and find stuff for the geek, poker enthusiast, dog lover, and even the dog on your shopping list!

* Excludes Gift Certificates, bulk orders, taxes and shipping fees. Cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or coupons. Valid through November 27, 2007 at 11:59 p.m. (PST).

I don't know about you, but my holiday shopping usually consists of plopping my butt down in front of my mac, visiting a bunch of stores, and clicking "Checkout" a whole bunch of times. Sure, it seems like it's sometimes very un-christmas like to not head out to the malls and browse for hours on end. But for me, nothing gets me out of the Christmas Spirit like sitting in traffic with a bunch of morons, driving around forever just to find a parking spot, and pushing and shoving my way through crowds just to get a glimpse of the empty space on the shelf where the thing I wanted to buy would have been if the store actually HAD IT IN STOCK. And while pushing and shoving my way through the mall I end up wondering, "WHY ON EARTH IS IT SO HOT IN HERE?" - don't they get that people have to walk a long distance from their crappy little parking spot in 20-degree weather, wearing their heavy winter coats, only to come inside to be engulfed in 80-DEGREE TEMPERATURES INSIDE? With thousands of bodies bumping in to you, no less?

I've got about a 10 minute fuse on traditional shopping.

But of course, a lot of people don't want to shop online because of the shipping costs. Well guess what? Starting Saturday, November 17, NO SHIPPING COST FOR YOU! (You have to say that a'la Fez in That 70's Show to get the full effect).

From November 17 to November 21, shipping will be free with an order of $75 or more. Just use the coupon code FREESHIP75 at checkout.

Happy Shopping!

Shipping Details:
Free Economy or Standard shipping for purchases of $75. or more, excluding shipping charges and applicable sales tax. Delivery address must be within the United States. All orders will be Economy shipping unless, the order is not eligible for Economy shipping (e.g., order exceeds Economy weight restrictions). Coupon code must be entered at check out. Promotion starts on November 17, 2007, at 12:00 a.m. (PST) and ends on November 21, 2007, at 11:59 p.m. (PST). See Shipping Information for additional shipping options. Cannot be combined with any other offers, discounts or coupons.

We've been experimenting with a lot of additions here at the puppytoes.net store's blog, and we've added 2 features: ratings and bookmarks.

Rate Us!
At the bottom of each post, you'll find stars that allow you rate that particular entry. We originally wanted the ratings system to apply to designs only, but found it much easier to implement the standard entry-rating system. So let us know what you think! If you like a particular post or design (or not - hey, those stars go both ways!), give us a star click and contribute your opinion! Of course, if you have further opinions, you can always leave us comments.

Bookmark Us!
Another feature we added to our blog is the ability to add us to your favorite bookmarking sites like Digg, del.icio.us, Google bookmarks, and others. If there's a particular entry or design you like, simply click the appropriate button and add us to your favorite bookmarks. Pretty neat, eh?

Blog ratings are courtesy of Mark Carey over at mt-hacks and the bookmarking links are courtesy of the Sociotags for Movable Type plugin

Cheers,
Joanne and Cragar
from the puppytoes.net store