misosouper, a shopping blog

…and Santa was a rock & roll band.

Send a greeting to the cowboy who stuck around long enough for a one night stand.

Today at Urban Outfitters, I bought two more pairs of these shoes.  (Yes, they were featured in Lucky this month, but I had them first!  Dibs!  I’m an original style spotter!)  You should buy them too.  The low heel is perfect for running around after two kids; the round toe is perfect for looking pulled-together Parisian.

But this post is not about shoes.  It’s about the extra $4 I needed to spend to get 20% off the shoes.  (In case you’re wondering, enter GIFTED as your coupon code, then FREEBIRD for free shipping.)

Because it’s the holidays, and I really should be buying things for others, I ended up choosing three gifts for three very different kids.  For $34.95 (before 20% off, natch), here’s what I bought:

1.  Polaroid Notes, for our babysitter by day, artiste by night; 2.  WTF Snowglobe, for my defeatist 17-year-old cousin; 3.  Ouija Board Keychain, for his superstitious 13-year-old sister.

The lovelies at Ginko Papers are the Lays potato chips of the stationery world:  you can’t eat just one.  Garin, the owner, sources most of her goods from Japan (how much fun does that sound?  “I’ll take 87 rolls of your squirrel packing tape, please…”), which gives them that fantastic aura of souvenirs from your (her) world travels.  And until Sunday, May 17th, use the code MISOSOUPER for 10% off your order.  I’m stocking up, and so should you.

1.  Tea Ceremony Eraser Set; 2.  Summer Fans Letter Set–oh, how I wish one of these would have landed in my dorm mailbox; 3.  Spring Envelopes and Stickers–I can only imagine the wonders my daughter will stuff in these; 4.  Smiling Latte Postcard; 5.  Shinzi Katoh Lion Notepad; 6.  the perfectly framable River Blossoms Postcard; 7.  Retro Travel Letter Set–vacation-ready; 8.  Pull-Out Squirrel Card; 9.  Mini-Capsule Colored Pencils; 10.  Matryoshka Doll Stickers; 11.  Blue Japanese Masking Tape–check out all the other colors and patterns!; 12.  Butterfly Birthday Card; 13.  Bus Pop-Up Birthday Card; 14.  Aquarium Card–sold out, but too great not to mention; 15. Stretching Cat Notepad.