You're late, you're late, for a very important online shipping date
Pay attention to our friend White Rabbit, here. YOU'RE ALMOST OUT OF TIME. If you're shopping online for Christmas, make sure to order your stuff by today to avoid a big fat headache and the shame of disappointing your family even worse than that time you wore leggings with a cropped top. Today is the cutoff for many online stores if you want your goods to arrive in time for whatever it is you do around the tannenbaum - unless you pay out the wazoo for shipping (sort of defeats the purpose of buying hot deals online, right?).
Amazon.com, which advises ordering today to get stuff by Christmas, has a ton of deals including 70 percent off end of season clothing and half off select Guess, Dolce Vita and Steve Madden shoes. Target has free shipping when you order $50 of stuff by Dec. 21, but check the fine print for exclusions. If you order today, you can pay for second-day air shipping at Buy.com, the site where I merrily purchased an adorable pink netbook a few months ago for the lowest price I found anywhere. Good stuff there.
Take a few minutes at lunch to light that credit card afire and get it done today. You can put it on ice later.
Deal Diva Stephanie
Photo: Give someone an ironic late Christmas present - this time-challenged figurine, $225 at thecollectionshop.com. Perhaps some charitable person in your family will appreciate your humor.
And, just to make this post as dramatic as possible, here's Jefferson Airplane with your deadline soundtrack. MOVE.
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