Sophie N.

Necessary Clothing is the second place I went shopping for my niece. They really have some unbelievable deals and my niece liked the styles I picked out. My only skepticism is the quality of the fabric. I think it may be a bit like Zara in the sense that you can find lovely looking trendy tops but they only last for one season before they fall apart. But I guess that is the price you pay for a deal.

I found some very nice deals here when shopping for my niece. And (fingers crossed) she actually really liked what I bought her. I've never been in a real Styles for Less store but I suppose I'd give one of those a try too.

Today on NPR I heard the owner of Jihadology speak about the reaction to Bin Laden's death. He was very interesting, and his site keeps track of all the news and topics being posted on jihādī websites. I find it fascinating to read since I don't know much about it. I feel like we can all learn a lot about how other people feel and think. Hope you like it too! =)

This appears to be the same sites as this one that has received a lot of bad reviews. Check them out before using!

http://www.sitejabber.com/reviews/www.diaz-machinery.com

Babyage doesn't carry the cheapest baby products, but I do find a lot of lovely gifts for my nieces and nephews, and all my friends' children. One of my favorite bits of the site is the daily deal section
http://www.babyage.com/deal_of_the_day.aspx

Another good one is the clearance page
http://www.babyage.com/collections/clearance-center.htm

It's still not cheap but that's the life of modern day yuppie parents! (yes, yes yuppies went out with the 90s but the lifestyle hasn't changed so much =)

Bloomingdales (or Bloomies as my sister calls it) is too rich for my blood but I do like it better than Nordstrom or Macy's (because I think their stores are better organized and their website is good). However, if you sign up for their mailing list there are frequently 40%+ discounts if you're patient which makes it a little less outrageously priced. I must say I do love to browse =)

I recently bought a present here for my oldest niece. I found a really cute summer dress for her, but in the process I noticed a lot of the clothes at Delia's are a little, how can I say, "too grown-up"? I realize I'm rapidly becoming a fuddy duddy, but since my niece loves Delia's, I'll keep trying to find her the most appropriate outfits I can =)

This is another one of those Miracle Mineral Supplement (also known as Miracle Mineral Solution or MMS) sites. These guys are snake oil salesmen selling a "miracle cure" that the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has warned contains bleach http://www.fda.gov/Safety/MedWatch/SafetyInformation/SafetyAlertsforHumanMedicalProducts/ucm*******.htm

Please please please consult your doctor and do not use this bad medicine.

Poputrade is using fake Versign and McAfee badges so I would be very very careful if you choose to buy anything (I would not =)

Weddingdressesonlinesale (wow that is a spammy URL!) has a fake Verisgn and McAfee badges on their homepage. They even squished them so they don't look real! I wouldn't buy from this site if my wedding were tomorrow and they had the last wedding dress in the world.

These guys use humor and irony to publicly "out" politicians and companies for their bad behavior. There was a segment about them on CNN http://cnn.com/video/?/video/us/2011/04/13/tsr.ge.gets.punked.cnn where they published a hoax where GE gave back their billion dollar tax refund to help create jobs in the US (not true unfortunately).

I'm amazed at their creativity! =)

This site has the spammiest website address ever, and there are ads all over. SiteJabber also has warned against people search sites http://www.walletpop.com/2011/03/25/sitejabber-avoid-mylife-com-spokeo-be-careful-with-people-sea/

Xicase is using a fake Versign badge. I would never ever use it! Be careful!

I love this wonderful open source sheet music project. So much older sheet music costs a lot of money but the composers are long dead. That seems wrong to me. The International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP) puts sheet music online and makes it available for free which is just lovely for the public. I read about all in this New York Times article International Music Score Library Project (IMSLP)
http://www.nytimes.com/2011/02/22/arts/music/22music-imslp.html?_r=2&pagewanted=all

I hope you enjoy it as much as I do!

Amtltools.com has been associated with adware, spyware, or viruses according to McAfee -- I wouldn't download it!

Dressespro.com is using a FAKE verisign badge on the bottom of its homepage. I would be very very careful shopping here!

Useegames is using fake Verisign AND McAfee badges on the bottom of their homepage. I would be very very careful!

Buyshoesmall.com has a fake McAfee AND Verisign badges on the bottom right. That means this site is being **dishonest** with its customers, so look out everyone!

This site appears to be using a fake VeriSign badge on its homepage. I'd use caution making purchases.

This site uses a fake Verisign badge on the bottom of its homepage, and if you check out it doesn't use https when it takes your personal information. I would use extreme caution!