What an exciting day it has been. Thank you to the Wall Street Journal for helping us get the word out about Shoplet.com! From the article:

“As the economy worsened last summer, Tina Tuomikoski, a purchaser for Omaha-based investment firm CDM Service Group, dropped two national office-supply chains in favor of lower prices from online retailer Shoplet.com. Ms. Tuomikoski estimates the move will save $30,000, or about 15%, this year for CDM, which has 260 employees. “In times like this it’s a bargain too good to pass up,” she said.”

Here’s the link to the article:

Newcomers Challenge Office-Supply Stalwarts

So if you are sick of paying like a zillion dollars at one of the box stores, you should let us save you money. Here’s what you’ll get:

*110% Price Guarantee
* Personal Account Manager will analyze your past purchases and conduct a price analysis to reduce your overall spending
* Shoplet’s Free eProcurement Tool to manage and control your purchases
* Free Shipping on all orders over $45 for over 200,000 products for your business.

So yeah you can call us at 877.746.7001 or we’ll call you when you fill out a form Here

We’re excited to see you on our site soon!

Bookmark This !

Another thing in life that never gets old no matter how old you are- bubble wrap. Today I thought a lot about bubble wrap and realized that in a perfect world, I would have bubble wrap that you can pop and pop and pop..like rechargeable or reusable bubble wrap. Well I found that item today on Gizmodo.

The Puchi Puchi Bubble Wrap

What a dream this little gadget is. You can simulate the feeling of popping bubbles for hours and hours EXCEPT for one small glitch. As mentioned on Gizmodo (because I definitely can’t read the japanese on the product site) every 100 pops you get some random noise that comes out- whether it be barking dog, door chime or sexy voice. A sexy voice? Weird.

Even though I did find my dream toy, I realized that you really can’t replace bubble wrap with some plastic gadget. Bubble wrap is so wonderful because you usually have a limited quantity and you have to make it last. Usually you start with holding it in your hand for a few pops, then maybe twisting it for a second, then laying it on the front porch and jumping on it, and then inspecting for any you may have missed and popping them by hand.

#840 on the 1000 Awesome Things Blog is Popping Bubble Wrap. Here’s their technique:

• Olde Time Classic. Your average pop. Just squeezing it in your hands with a satisfied smile on your face. Nothing flashy here, folks. Just a thumb, some fingers, and lots of satisfying pops.
• The Big Bang. A trickier move, this one requires delicately wrapping the unpopped bubble wrap into a tight ball or Bubble Cube, and then, in one quick move, just hugging the whole thing against your body really hard. Try to do this before 10pm so you don’t wake the neighbors.
• Walk This Way. You’ll need a large piece of bubble wrap for this one, likely from a new TV or fridge that got delivered to your house. Just pull the wrap out, lay it down on the floor, take off your socks, and … just walk all over it. Walk back and forth, walk in circles, just don’t stop walking, don’t stop popping. When the pops slow down you may have to inspect it closely for any leftover bubbles. I say jump on those ones.
• The Twister. Just hold it in front of you, roll it up like a carpet, and twist your hands in different directions really hard. When you’re done, you’ll have a nice flat well-popped piece in the center of your wrap, and you’ll have to move on to a new section.

Virtual Bubble Wrap

Okay so now I’ve gotten you all excited about popping bubble wrap and you probably don’t even have any. Here’s a quick fix..it doesn’t really relieve stress but yeah it makes the sound. You probably want to put your headphones in because it kind of sounds like gun shots Start POPPING

You can even go to Cafe Press for those who are capitalizing on how much people love Bubble Wrap- Wear Your Love for Bubble Wrap

Once you’re done popping, or in case you have extra, do this:


[ Courtesy of Bubble Wrap Appreciation Day]

Aren’t you grateful for the invention of bubble wrap? It was almost wallpaper…..

Bookmark This !

So I got a little papercut this morning taking some paper out of the printer (yawwwouch!) and it got me thinking, how is it possible that something as seemingly harmless as a piece of paper can actually cut through your skin and hurt so bad? So I did a little research:

According to Wikipedia:

Although a loose paper sheet is usually too soft to cut your skin, it can be very thin (sometimes as thin as a razor edge), being then able to exert high levels of pressure, enough to cut the skin. Paper cuts are most often caused by paper sheets that are strongly fastened together (such as brand new paper out of a ream), because one single paper sheet might be dislocated from the rest. Thus all the other sheets are holding this dislocated sheet in position, and the very small part held away from the rest can be stiff enough to act as a razor.

So unfortunately the first aid kit in my office had the regular boring tan band-aides but here are some really cool ones!

Bacon strip band-aids! (Luckily they don’t actually taste or smell like bacon)

Choose the source of your boo-boo

Design your own band-aid like basketball star Dwayne Wade!

Argggh! Another papercut!

Devil Duckies

Haute Couture

Tattoo band-aids

These would make you feel better that you only have a papercut!

Animal Planet style!

If I had some of these I wouldn’t be as bummed about the papercut!

Bookmark This !

[What the Sharpie Lamborghini?]

I have ALWAYS loved Sharpies. I can’t remember when I got my first set but I know we had them around when I was little. My mom used them to label all of our art supplies. Once I hit the “CD burning era” we started decorating all of our burned cds with sharpies.

You would never dream of giving someone a burned CD without giving it some stupid name, drawing something on it or writing all the song names. To be honest, I’m still in this phase. If you get a burned CD from me it will at least have something written on it.

When I went to college, my brother gave me 2 sets of Sharpie Click Markers! I’ve lost all but 2 by now but they sure did serve me well. Anyways, we sell Sharpies on Shoplet.com (I’m always tempted to buy them all!) and the other day I went to Sharpie’s website. I love it! I also subscribe to their blog, which you should check out - Sharpie Blog.

A few of my favorite posts:

Sharpie meets Skateboards

Artist Mark Rivard makes the underside of a skateboard a work of art. I think I’d want to just hang this mountain one on my wall.

New Sharpie Stainless Steel Marker meets Celebrities

Chris Martin jots down notes on his piano?

The Sharpie Wrapping Paper!

I’ve definitely done this, and mine definitely did not look as good.

Did you know you can enter to win a chance to meet David Beckham on their site??
Go There

I want this to be me. And I want someone to add a title to it on iCanHazCheeseburgers

What is your favorite Sharpie? These are some of mine:

Thanks to the Sharpie Blog for all their fun entries!

Bookmark This !

Besides the rain, this is just a tough time of year. It’s almost summer and it’s hard to wake up for work/school/life. I usually have to create more than one way to wake myself up. Currently, I have two alarms set in my phone plus I don’t have curtains on my windows yet. When I wake up it’s always really light and I’m always scared I slept through my alarm, only to find out I still have at least an hour of sleep. It’s kind of like camping. I think the phone alarm is a great option except for when you’re really tired and you get confused as to whether someone is calling or texting you and you just hit the off button and get sleeping. Anyways, if I had it my way, I’d have a new system. Check these:

First line of defense: Sleep. FM

Wake up to the weather forecast and a nice soothing voice. You can even customize it. The best option of this service is that they have a back up alarm that will go off if your internet is down (which is vital if your only internet option is to mooch off that poor connection from your neighbor.) I also love waking up to a great playlist on my iPod. Just get speakers and set your alarm!

Backup: A Geeky Alarm Clock
We’ve got a few options here.

Rubik’s Cube Alarm Clock with Thermometer

Time Bomb Alarm Clock

You’ll be blasted awake! I actually think this would scare me to death. It ticks for a little bit before the alarm explodes. To stop it all you have to do is pull the fuse.

Hello Kitty Moving Alarm Clock

For that geeky girl or guy. Besides just being cute when the alarm goes off, Hello Kitty starts moving around which sounds semi interesting.

Glowing Pillow Alarm Clock

Sounds soothing at first but I guess after 40 lights you get blinded by one really bright one. Maybe this one isn’t the best option for me either.
I’ve decided that I want a clap off alarm clock. (I couldn’t really find one. Has anyone seen one of those? Please post a link to it in the comments below!) But really I wouldn’t even have to turn over, and it would get my arm muscles moving for a second. I wouldn’t even have to open my eyes.

Backup #2: The Carpet Alarm Clock


It looks like a normal mat with a clock but when it goes off in the morning you’ll have to struggle to get both of your feet on it to turn it off. The only thing I fear with this option is that I will get confused and try to put both my hands on it in some sort of weak hand stand and eventually fall on my head. I’d say this one is much nicer than the next.
Clocky

Mean little thing. It starts off to just hanging out on your nightstand but when it goes off, it rolls itself off of your dresser and starts scurrying around. Now you have to catch that thing and you’re up! Oooh shiny version too!

The Last Resort: DIY Water Gun Alarm Clock

This is for those that are really desperate. I don’t even know how to works, but I did saw the alarm clock go off and the lady get squirted in the face. That was definitely entertaining enough. Watch the How To Video and the girl getting soaked at Gizmodo.

Don’t worry, we have alarm clocks at Shoplet.com too. Buy one of ours and make your water gun alarm clock!

Bookmark This !