Woah, I was an overnight sensation… for just one night
Published 7 November 2010Little did I know that when I decided to post about Cudo refunding unclaimed Ghermez Cupcakes vouchers that it would get 53 comments (including comments from Cudo and Ghermez bosses), get linked to by varying Twitterers, Whirlpoolers and OzBargainers and become my 3rd most popular post on this here blog since I started collecting stats in July 2009.
All within the space of about 48 hours.
Check out my Nuffnang stats for the week:
After peaking at 250 visits on Wednesday, it’s nice to have traffic back to normal.
Of course, this massive spike would happen just days after I posted an unflattering photo of myself to scare me into going on a diet. A diet that I still haven’t started because I’ve been an emotional sook this week.
But the sun is out today for the first time in months (seemingly), so things are looking up.
In case you’re wondering? My all-time most popular posts are this one where I stole a pic from PostSecret and the one about how I made Vodafone my bitch. Okay, maybe that’s not what happened. But I like to think of it that way :)
Why did Cudo.com.au ditch Ghermez Cupcakes?
Published 2 November 2010
Last month Fiona cottoned me onto Cudo and their $12-for-a-dozen cupcakes from Ghermez Cupcakes. The cupcake brand I’ve been wanting to try out for yonks. Awesome, right?
This afternoon, I got this email:
My name is Billy Tucker and I am the CEO of Cudo. I am writing to you regarding your recent purchase of cupcakes from Ghermez Cupcakes on October 19, 2010.
At Cudo, your total satisfaction is everything to us. We select the best businesses in Australia to partner with, who provide amazing offers in return. However, as we received such a phenomenal response to this offer it is proving to be problematic to meet the demand from consumers without compromising quality and standards.
To ensure every Cudo experience is always a faultless one, on this occasion, I have come to the decision to unwind the offer and, instead, refund in full every one of the members who purchased but have yet to receive their cupcakes.
We would like to apologise for the inconvenience and disappointment this may cause, and would like to assure you that offering great quality is as important to us as offering a great bargain.
We have issued you with a refund and you should have a notification of this via email.
Okay, fine, I’m getting a refund, no problemo. But what’s the deal? Is it a simple case of Ghermez not being able to keep up with the demand? Were they not keeping their end of the deal?
Curiosity is killing this cat.
Also: I could murder a cupcake right now.
Noice Bridal Bouquet Alternatives
Published 18 October 2010Sorry you guys, you’re going to have to put up with me getting my Bridal on, even though it was so two weeks ago ;)
Having been a bridesmaid 4 times previously, I was well over fresh flowers for my own wedding bouquets. So I went silk, buying pre-prepared bouquets from Aussie Etsy seller Flowers by the Vase.
These are the “Sweetie Pie” Bridesmaid (~US$50) and Bridal (~US$70) bouquets but there are heaps of options available and the girls take custom orders too.
Silk flowers are great for us lazy Brides (armchair shopping, plus one less thing to get delivered to your house on The Big Day) AND you can gift the bridemaid’s bouquet as part of your thank you gift to her (bonus points!).
I was really chuffed with the speedy service I got from Flowers by the Vase and they even threw in some freebie boutonnieres (that’s “button holes” for the rest of us).
Psst, if you ask noicely, Jarod might do a post on how to get your cats involved in your wedding ceremony ;)
The Art of Scarlet
Published 29 September 2010A few weeks ago, I helped Elizabeth out in her 101 things in 1001 days challenge by buying one of her prints through RedBubble.
On Monday night, I finally got around to sticking the 3M hook to the wall and hanging the print:
It’s hanging in our hallway just opposite the bedroom door. I absolutely love the bokeh in this :)
Roomba iRobot auto vacuum cleaner is awesome
Published 13 September 2010This thing is so awesome, we’ve even bought a second one.
I know you’re thinking that we’re nut jobs. But we’ve decided we don’t care. Our floors are the cleanest they’ve been since the day we moved in!
This all started last month when we got to trial a Samsung version for a couple of days. Except it cost $1k and well, we weren’t going to pay THAT much. The Roomba iRobot (though in newer models than ours) goes for $599-$799 here in Australia, but we bought a refurb from the US that ended up costing just $350 including delivery and for a converter for the Aussie power point (which we got from Jaycar).
This machine has quite honestly changed our lives. Suddenly vacuuming isn’t always in the “shoulda-woulda-coulda” category. We have them programmed to operate at particular times during the day and it’s so nice to come home from a day in the office to find the floors clean.
Granted, it can’t get into every nook and cranny (and can’t do stairs or the couch), but we still get our barrel vacuum cleaner out for those jobs.
And best of all? Suddenly vacuuming has taken a male-orientated lead in the house. Because it’s a techy gadget, Dan knows how to program it, clean it, understand what it’s varying error codes are (5 = halp! I think I’ve sucked up a cat toy!).
Oh, and there’s a version that can mop the floors, too.
We love ours so much, we’ve even named them: Rosie (named after the cleaning robot from The Jetsons) and R2 (i.e. Roomba2, or Rosie2, and a nod to R2D2). Next, I want to personalise them with stickers or something.
Check out these videos I got of Rosie and R2 in action:
Here, I popped R2 on the dining table so you could get a decent look (warning: it’s over 5 minutes long) and see how it doesn’t fall of the edge:
And here’s what it collects within a couple of rounds of cleaning:
The dust catcher is the clincher for me:
Oh! And the best part is watching it go home to charge, it sounds so happy when it gets there:
Now all we have to do is teach the kittehs to ride them:
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