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The Want Not Review: Ezy Dose 7-Day Travel Case

They say you should write what you know, and as I’ve been writing precious little while mired in the ongoing medical saga that has become my kid’s life these days, I’m heeding that particular call. If you don’t need a cool pill organizer, feel free to skip this post.

If you do need a cool pill organizer, pull up a chair! I have desperately been trying to keep medication organized ’round here, lately, and after several “Oh I’ll just buy these cheap cases off of eBay” disasters, bit the bullet and read some reviews, then bought this Ezy Dose 7 Day AM/PM Travel Pill Container.

Key features:
* The lids are easy to open, but don’t pop open (unlike every other pill case I’ve purchased, which opens when dropped on the floor, or packed in a suitcase, or looked at sideways). (Related: the only thing more fun than spending half an hour every weekend loading up a pill case is later spending half an hour scrambling around on the floor to find said pills while also trying to keep the dog from eating them.)
* AM and PM are different colors, which you wouldn’t think was a big deal, until you had a not-terribly-observant kid taking a bazillion meds, that is.
* This is now the smallest case we own, but the pill compartments themselves are the largest. Uh, it’s not rocket science, it’s a pill container. I’m confused as to why this was hard for the cheapo manufacturers to figure out.
* And my favorite feature ever: Although it’s a week-long case, each individual day’s AM/PM pair can be popped out of the base. Going on an overnight, or a weekend trip? Pop out the days you need, instead of taking the whole big case, or putting pills in a baggie. Genius.

Bottom line: I sincerely hope you have absolutely no need of a high-tech pill organizer. But if you do, this one is well worth the $7 price tag.

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Heads up, Zappos and 6pm shoppers

If you’ve ever shopped at either Zappos or 6pm.com, you already got an email about this, yesterday. But just in case you haven’t checked your email, be aware that Zappos experienced a privacy breach and some of your information may have been compromised.

Now. The good news is that your credit card information was not compromised—that information was stored on a separate server. But passwords and address information may have been accessed, so it’s a good idea to change your password on these sites, particularly if you use the same password in a lot of different places.

Several folks have asked me if this makes me not want to shop online or if I feel like this is proof that shopping online is somehow dangerous. The short answer is absolutely not. You could drop your wallet (or have it stolen from your purse) at the mall. Stuff happens. I feel like Zappos is handling this appropriately, and shopping online with my credit card gives me protection through my credit card company, too. If someone wants to use my name and address to do something nefarious, that would be a pain in the rear, but it certainly wouldn’t be catastrophic. My view is generally “Okay, that’s annoying, let’s deal with it and move on.” But I know not everyone will see it that way.

Regardless, change those passwords, if you haven’t already.

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Ready for retirement?

Ready or not, someday we all hope to retire. Go ahead and grab this Kindle book while it’s free to help you start down the path that eventually ends at comfortable retirement rather than working straight into the grave.

You’re welcome!

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Quick Lightning Deal tip

Here’s something to keep in mind during this season of Lightning Deals and other promotions at Amazon: Keep an eye out for combinable discounts. Like yesterday, when the Video Game Deal of the Day discount actually combined with a B1G1 discount on certain games.

Today, in a couple of minute this 24-pack of Puffs tissues is going to come up in the Lightning Deals. Yeah, not exactly the Christmas present you were looking for, but who doesn’t need tissues? If you decide to go for it, be sure to click through to the product page before purchasing; there’s a $3 coupon available (if you are offered Amazon coupons). Just an extra discount you may be able to combine with whatever the LD price ends up being.

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Joy you will spread, says Santa Yoda

Oh my goodness, I love this so much: Go send a free Santa Yoda e-greeting to someone you love and LEGO will donate a toy to Toys For Tots, for up to one million greetings/toys.

How awesome is that? Awesome enough that I’ll be sending a whole bunch of them, that’s how awesome.

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Dead Wii? Maybe not!

This weekend my son went to turn on our Wii and it was dead. Completely dead. Power-brick-ice-cold, no-LED-indicator dead.

It was a very sad day.

As I was poking around online looking for a replacement power cord (the husband said it was likely the culprit), I stumbled across a recommendation to merely unplug the whole thing for 30 minutes, then plug it back in.

So we did. And it came back to life! We are now referring to it as the Zombie Wii, but it saved me some money and aggravation, so there you go.

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A whole new reason to Groupon, Now

Oh, you already love Groupon—how could you not?—but if you live in one of their major metro areas, it just got a whole lot better.

Introducing Groupon Now, deals you buy and use the same day! Perfect for saving on lunch or whatever you want to save on, spur-of-the-moment. It’s a whole new way to Groupon, and if it’s already live in your area, bookmark it. I predict your wallet will be very glad you did.

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Here, have some free music

Have you been getting your music on over at Amazon lately? Let me help: You can get $2 worth of MP3 downloads for free with coupon code FALLMP3S. Just go enter the code here and then shop for whatever your little music-lovin’ heart desires.

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Did you remember to Get More?

This is just your friendly quarterly reminder—if you have a Discover Card, make sure you remember to register for next quarter’s Get More promotion!

From October through the end of the year, you’ll qualify for 5% cashback on up to $300 in purchases on clothing, restaurants, and department stores.

It’s not a lot, I know, but if you use your Discover Card regularly (I do!), it’s a quick sign-up and free money in your pocket. And free money = more pretty shoes. I’m pretty sure that’s in the Bible somewhere.

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Nordstrom just got a whole lot prettier

Look; it’s not as though I’m shopping Nordstrom all that often. In general, their prices make me a little woozy. But they do have good sales, sometimes, and then the shipping costs totally kills my bargain buzz.

Until today—Nordstrom just announced that they’ll be offering free shipping and free returns from now on. Hooray! And just like that, the Rack suddenly looks a lot more inviting….

[Hat tip: The lovely Pam, my source for hot fashion information.]

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