Shopping
10/4/25 | Hr 2: Fall Deals and Fashion
In this episode of Shopgirls, the hosts discuss the latest fall deals and fashion trends, including the opening of the new Reformation store and the changing landscape of retail experiences. They also...
10/4/25 | Hr 2: Fall Deals and Fashion
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Welcome back our two of the shopgirls on my talk one oh seven one hope your weekend is off to a fabulous start
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It is sure lovely out there so get out and enjoy it. It's a last
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It's going to be nice. Well, no, I think next weekend it might be more seasonably nice more like 60s and 70s
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But still sounds gorgeous to me. Yeah, I'm here for it. I know, but this has been amazing all of it. Yes, so good
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All of the autumn activities kicking into high gear
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Some great lists of things to do on
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mspmag.com on the searcherbune.com
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Some just like it's just endless apple orchards and
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You've always been a big apple. Love love an apple. Well, you're well, you're remaining at home sun
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Go to an apple orchard with you anymore. I haven't asked him yet. I think he will. I think I like so good apple
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I think I have taught my children they like a you know of
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Like apple cinnamon donuts. Oh right. Sider. We like it all. Okay
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I found an easier way to get my apple fix because a good friend of yours made me an apple pie
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And it was fabulous, but you have to get your knee replaced in order to get
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That's the only minor detail. Yes, but well, it is that time in the show where we take your calls
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Whether they're about apples or anything else
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What's on your mind? 6516411071 is our number if you want to talk shop with us
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You can always use the my talk app to send us a message or go to my tuck1071.com and click on the shop girls page and message us there
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I think we're all caught up in the
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Electronic mailbag. So let me just raise
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We it's a topic mom. Okay, wait. She has to take a drink. So just bear with us for a minute. Mm-hmm. Okay
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That's better. Thank you. I appreciate that
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um
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So we were talking about earlier last hour and if you didn't hear it. I hope you'll podcast it
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um about
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stores creating experiences right thinking of themselves more as
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An advertisement in a billboard than they are a place to
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Actually just do transactions because we know we can order things online and online has
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Better selection and sizes frequently. So the new um the first twin cities
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Reformation store is now open at South Tha have you been in it? No, well, I was at South Tha a lot before this
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But I have not been able to be over there in the last number of weeks. Okay. Well, it opened it's open now
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And I've been to reformation stores in other cities and I don't remember them. Maybe it's all this way
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But it's it's very it's it's it's a pretty little store, but it is little and it's really
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Set up like a showroom where there's just one of each item out and then you can say you can ask for other size
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And a different size. Yeah, yeah, so I mean, it's very efficient right from a space standpoint because they don't need a lot of space
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They literally do that at Nick and Zoe Zoe at the Galleria
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Because I do that well, I know they have signs and say yeah, I was shopping there one day and saw Blosside
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Let me go in the back and get the other side. I feel like they have more merchandise out though
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But I just I've been in the Reformation store twice and I've and I've looked but I don't know
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Maybe I'm just a creature of habit. It just feels like
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It just feels like an extra step that I don't I mean, it's just one of each it just doesn't feel like that much and it feels like more work to be like
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Can you go get me this and these sizes? I don't know
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It's supposed to also be that they're helping you right and that they are making your shopping easier right
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I just would love to do if it makes people more or less likely to actually take the step of trying to go on
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Well, that's a good question. I don't know. I think if I were really shopping for something and I saw something I liked
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I don't think that's a really hard thing to say could you get this? No, it isn't and I guess you know
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I mean, I think about like it's on the second level. It's right near like we're Tory birches
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Oh, okay, Jacob's and all that. Oh, okay. It still feels real quiet over there. My goodness. I mean, I know there's there's a lot coming
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but um
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Yeah, it's quiet and there were a couple stores that were like the evata store was closed
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Why would I didn't understand? I don't know
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um
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But there's the abacrombie stores open now. Yeah, it looks fine
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um
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Yeah, I mean things are coming along, but it's just yeah, I just I'd personally and this is just me
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I mean, I don't understand why they don't have more stuff going on in center
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That's what I understand your misamonus base and it makes it feel empty or and if they had different events or
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Art shows or smaller brands that they allow to you know, I mean, I know
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Mitch's market is coming obviously
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Um, that's gonna be great right right and that's coming for holiday, which is just a few weeks away
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And I think that's gonna be great, but that but the center court issue
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And I don't pop up right? I scream pop up. I don't know
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I don't have the answer for that either because I have asked and I don't understand if there is something that will eventually be there
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Because I don't know why you would have it that empty because you're right
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It does make it feel like nothing's going on even if there are people in the stores
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There should be something happening in the center court. Right
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So have you seen speaking of mall stores although no longer at Southdale or the mall of America gap
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You know gap doesn't have a store there. I mean, they're at Ridgedale still
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But gap has has so many fewer stores now
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I realized that it wasn't we do they have a store at Southdale last I knew but I okay. I'll double check that I might
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I might need to be fact checked on that one
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I know they've closed their store at mall of America which is super weird
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But have you seen their latest celebrity ambassadors? Well, I haven't I was jealous because I thought you and I could have done
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Yes, we know so much like Gwyneth and Apple. Yeah, we do which is which yeah
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Yeah, cuz they're their new celebrity ambassadors
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I mean Apple Martin Apple Martin is she's taller. Oh, well, I'm taller. I
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They look like love. Oh my god. They look so good
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Gwyneth is like very minimal makeup in this and they're both in you know denim. I think it's adorable
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I saw I saw it pop up on Instagram actually. I'm not sure if they're running tv ads too
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But I think this is brilliant. Oh, I do too and I I will say I don't know if it's obviously it's not just Zack
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Pozen it's the new guy that came in
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Um to run the gap stores. I can't remember his name
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Uh, but they have done I think a great job of changing things and changing attitudes about the gap too
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Mm-hmm. Yeah, no, I saw that and I thought that would it looked like they were having so much fun
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Oh, well, I did walk into a gap his excuse me. He's a former Mattel exec his name is Richard Dixon
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That's right. He's the guy who did Barbie who did the whole like Barbie come back and movie and everything and then went over to the gap
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um
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I think I am right that the gap does not currently have a store at Southdale
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But they're they still do obviously at Rosedale and Ridgedale and I was in one hoping that maybe I was gonna feel inspired
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Yeah, and yeah, I didn't see anything. I wanted oh
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Sometimes I do sometimes I do find things there but they do have good
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Um commercial they have you seen the one with Parker Posey?
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Yes, I did see that. Yeah, so they are but but the problem I have is I love those kinds of tie-ins when there's something behind
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Yes, like yeah all of these
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Busy celebrities, but then you walk in and the experience isn't that good. Yeah, it's kind of a bummer
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Yeah, no, you're right. But gotta have a phone nonetheless. I like the apple guineath mashup and uh
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They're both they just they look great and they're fun spots. Oh absolutely. They are um, okay, go ahead
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I was gonna say
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You know, I we always talk about all the cosmetic companies and all the celebrities that have cosmetic lines and it's like how many can there be right?
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Well Drew Barrymore had one for 13 years, but it's going away
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She had the brand flower beauty right and they are closing it was founded in 2013
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And you could get it at old tons TVS and Walmart
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But it would seem that it is now being
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Quietly um
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It's on sale whatever whatever is doubt. Yeah, based out that sounds better. Um, I don't know for sure do pronounce M A E S A Mesa
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because they're the company behind the line and
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They issued a statement that said you know, they are kind of shifting away from color cosmetics
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Uh category and they're going on
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It's a long run. Yeah, um, but grandma's course. Yeah, so that the whatever's left is on sale and
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Yeah, Drew is on to other things. She's always got something up. Yeah, um meanwhile Victoria's secret is launching a home fragrance collection
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Yes, they are candle's room sprays. Yeah, I mean, I guess you know that if you might as well get behind
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You know what everybody else is doing to two billion dollar category the home fragrance category and they want a piece of it
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I guess that's understandable. Well, I guess it is and
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They said it's their natural step to go into this. Mm-hmm. Um, I don't know would you go in? I don't know that I'd go specifically
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To Victoria's secret to buy a home fragrance, but maybe if I was there and it smells good
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I want to know what whipped dream smells like do you
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kind of okay rose bohebium midnight vanilla so they're giving it a Victoria's secret spin
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Yeah, I also think it's interesting that the prices started
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1995 for a three to four ounce
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Scented rooms for I goes up to
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$185 for a nine-piece petite candle collection
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Oh, that's a lot of them. That feels like a lot for Victoria's secret. Yeah, I I predict that we are going to see those on clearance before the holidays
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There is we have a um
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A nice listener who wrote in and said there is no gap. Yeah, right. Yeah, so I was right. I'm so glad that right check
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It's weird. It's weird to think about a mall, but I mean maybe we're just looking in the past
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I mean the same thing with mall of America, but yeah, they've definitely um down down size the number of stores. Yes. Yeah, I I guess all right
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We've got to take a break you got to get ready for a tech report. We'll be back with more shopgirls right after this
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Good timing. We're about to get plugged into all the latest most important and helpful tech news
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Right, it's time for my mother's tech report
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Time runs again for Harleys tech report
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This is a really important thing and I think it's a great thing that Target is doing
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They are unveiling a self-checkout technology that has been designed for blind customers nationwide
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um
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It's you know something that is needed obviously and I think that this is a great thing they've done it's for blind people or people with low vision
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or have other
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Challenges when they're trying to do self-check out
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I did not know target senior manager of accessibility's name is Steve Decker
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He is blind and so he knows the challenge firsthand and has been obviously very involved with
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Coming up with this plan and by early 2026 all of its stores will have
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Uh
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This new equipment and they've had input from the blind community
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They will have
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And you know it's kind of interesting that nobody had thought of that before this
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So do you know about Alexa plus?
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No
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Well, I got an email that I could upgrade
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And I think I may do this because first of all the amazon
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A-I powered Alexa is on its way to more homes soon
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Because this upgraded assistant will be available right from the box when you buy the new hardware
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The new echo device will come with Alexa plus right out of the box. It's also available
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If you buy the fire TVs or Alexa plus it's still early
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But the biggest thing about it is instead of having to say Alexa what time is it Alexa? Do this you don't have to keep saying it
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You what do you mean you know she's just gonna know she
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Yes, if you connect
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Yes
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Um, wow she's gonna anticipate your every thought well, no, but you don't have to as they say speak Alexa
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Because it don't have to use her name you don't have to be seen her name you could just say
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Well, I think you do turn on the lights. Well, let's see. I haven't done it yet
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I think the first time you do but it's going to be much more conversational
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So that you can just talk to her without having to keep saying Alexa
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And I know my husband and I have fights over that all the time because they'll say
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Alexa play the music and then she doesn't he said why aren't you playing I said you can't do that you have to say Alexa
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And so I haven't tried it yet
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But that is kind of an exciting new feature if you buy these
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The new models, but you can get it even if you don't have a newer version
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Okay, the aura ring we know that that has been a big big deal
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Um, and they keep you know revamping it and all of that and they keep adding women's health features
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Which is a good thing
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Um, is it I wonder if it's more used by women or men
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I feel like I see it on both pretty equally
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And funny thing is I feel like I see it on men more
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But maybe I'm just aware of I don't know maybe I'm looking for their wedding ring
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Some people use it wear it as a wedding ring I guess
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Because I mean I
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Well, I think it looks so funny on your second finger
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Wait, I thought it needed to be there for it to work like I guess not totally
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But they've introduced a new ceramic smart ring lineup
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And this is along with their multi ring support in the app
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And they also have a new um milled aluminum aluminum case that recharges
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So you can you can charge your ring up to five times and you know longer
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Um, so the new ring
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Isn't just a fitness tracker, but it's much more
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Like a fashionable piece of jewelry
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And they come in four colors
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Midnight pedal tied and cloud
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So that you can you know have I think a better look
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You know, or a more fashionable look
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And for the first time the app will support multiple rings
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So you could swap them in and out you know when you're changing your outfit
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Which is kind of a nice thing too
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Yeah, um and if you have an aura ring three you can return your ring and the company will recycle it
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Uh, the ceramic collection is available. It is not inexpensive
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499
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Dollars, which is a hundred and fifty dollar price jump over their standard ring
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But it's gonna be able to do a lot more things it's going to be able to do as the weeks go on their introducing more things
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They could do blood panels for you
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So you can look I'd rather go to a doctor for it. I mean, you know, I that's okay
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That's nice that they can do it, but I don't want to do that. Okay, so anyway
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I this is the cutest thing do you remember you had a little egg
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When you were a little kid that you could ride in and your brother did too. I pushed him down the stairs
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You did yes, uh-huh suddenly there was a scream and he wasn't the bottom of the stairs
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It is a little egg, but he was smiling. It'll think it is he landed up like
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Yeah, I was just helping him down. Do you think that's what the case is
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Well, we won't go into that now anyway, so door dash has now announced a robot called dot and it's so cute
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It's like a little oh yeah, I saw this yes, um it looks like uh, I don't know what you call it
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Yeah, but it is a very cute robot it is and it can navigate busy streets and parking lots and sidewalks to bring
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Customers their food and this is door dashes first official stand-alone push into the
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Uh, I'm
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I can't even say it automated. I didn't know they say oh
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No, I guess autonomous autonomous. I'm trying to make it. It's like a sedumitifan
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um
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Foray into this kind of technology
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Um, they've tested drone delivery and they have partnered with Sam Altman's back startup
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Coco robotics for sidewalk delivery and they say there's a big market for this and so they are
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They're always finding different
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Ways to make the delivery. I just wonder how much human assistant needs and like where can it can it go upstairs in a building?
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No, but it can go it can reach up to 20 miles an hour
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It can carry up to six pizza boxes or 30 pounds of I
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Is it going to be able to bring it up the my front stairs? Is it going to drive to my house like what it would come to your house
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Wait a minute. It can go into parking lots
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um and
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You're just going to have to meet them there. I guess they can do sidewalk delivery. They I don't think they can come up to your house
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I'm sorry
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Um, they have lots of cameras so that they you know know exactly what they're doing right now they're testing it
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In Phoenix and they're going to expand to other areas that the dot is equipped with eight cameras and sensors so that
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they will not um
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Block crowded parking lanes they won't be blocked in bike lanes or busy streets. So you know
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Look for a dot near you. I would I would use it just because it's so cute. Okay. Have you heard of Tillie Norwood?
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This is a scary thing and this is why AI is so scary
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Tillie Norwood is a an AI actress
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Okay, so she
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There are many people who are really
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Having a real backlash because
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The the creators say she's not a replacement for a human being but yet they are looking for um
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Talent scouts for her
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She is this is a Dutch company that is created this AI actress. Okay, and
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Movie fans and celebrities are kind of outraged because it's computer generated and it says to those who have expressed anger over the creation of Tillie
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She's not a replacement, but a creative work a piece of art
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But that is not how people in the industry are looking at it at all and this is where we get into trouble
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Because we don't want
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Real jobs for real actors being taken over by AI well, thanks for providing that for us. Yes, we slope alley good report
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Mom, thank you. We'll be back with more shop girls right after this
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Welcome back. You're listening to shop girls on my talk 107 one
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I'm Ali with my mom Harmony of course the
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All of the fashion shows continue in Europe Milan, Paris
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New York happened earlier in September. This is for spring summer
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2026 and I just wanted to point out something mom that I'm guessing you're
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Might be something you want to incorporate because you know right off the runway. Yeah, well at the maze on um
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Maeson margella show for spring 2026 all of the models had like
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Um retainers in their mouth like they had like these
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Like not retainers. We know how like no no no no no curls not girls you know how when you go to the dentist and sometimes they
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Interaction they need to like hold your lips back and they put like a plastic
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Yeah, that's what all the models had so their mouths were just like open and they looked like spooky and scary
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What was the reason they called it um heightened
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normal sea
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That that was the so that there's the trend there's the trend coming coming soon. You first
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Okay, so it's just or near you. Okay. Yeah, I don't even know what you say about the highs
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I couldn't look away from the mouth as it was freaking me out. Yeah, sometimes they try too hard
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I think you know maybe just show the go. Did you see the show? Oh, no, I won't remember who the designer was
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Where Jane Fonda modeled and Helen Miran and oh my goodness amazing so did Helen Miran. Yeah, I see as much about her
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I just kept seeing I'm on Instagram. I kept getting a real with
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Jane Fonda walking down the runway and like a
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Yes, right. Why can't I remember what the um, I'll find it. Okay. Well anyway
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Um, you know what we haven't talked about and I mean it feels now like it was years ago, but it was a week ago
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Selena Gomez right?
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Got married. I mean it feels like it was you know because I read so much and I guess the thing that I'm so confused about
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She had three wedding dresses
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I
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Mean, you know, that's not that unusual these days. Well, too. I understand this is a part. I don't get they were all Ralph Lauren
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She looked stunning the one she actually got married in. I'm sure everybody has seen it had kind of a high
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neckhalt her style, but it was really very simple and lovely
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But I can't figure out
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When she changed into the second one
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Because the second one was a very you know much more sexy looking um lace
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Where they all the designer they're all Ralph Lauren. Okay, sorry. I just said. Yeah, sorry
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But what I don't understand. Okay, she I understand she wore the first one, you know for the actual ceremony
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And then she had what they called more of a Marilyn Monroe look for that party where she was dancing barefoot
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Was kind of a halter style, but then it also had almost a cape look around the shoulders and it was midi length
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But when did she wear? I mean like as soon as zero money was over then do you go and you change into another wedding dress?
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I don't know. I don't know and you know they have a 35 million dollar estate
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That they live it. I mean do you know how much she's worth?
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And how much I said he's worth a lot too
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So enjoy and you know what I think the cutest thing was when he wrote that he married a real-life Disney princess
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No, isn't that sweet? He is he is so sweet to her. He I mean yeah, it seems and you know what else made me angry as long as we're on this subject
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What so well, you know she had a had to have a kidney
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From you know she many years ago. Yes, and she had to have someone donate and a good friend donated obviously
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And somebody on you know one of the telltale tell all sites said
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The person wasn't at the wedding and how could you not have it?
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Well, how do they know that maybe the person couldn't make it to the wedding? Mm-hmm
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I mean, I really don't see somebody who has had a friend who actually donated their kidney
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Not including that person. Yeah, I like to think better of Selena than that
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Okay, okay, what's the deal with her mom? I know there were like a lot of her mom was like 17 when she had her
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Yeah, and no the whole thing was her her father she aloaked and so
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Apparently she wanted her grandfather
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To have the thrill of walking to her down the aisle because he never got to walk his own daughter down the aisle
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Oh, so her grandfather walked her down the aisle interesting, but was her mom there because I was she was oh sure
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But I don't know if the father was no, I think so I don't know whatever. I don't know they haven't called and filled me in on all of it
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So did you see if as long as we're talking celebrity weddings?
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Did you see Maria Schreiber at Patrick?
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Yes, you know she has done such an amazing job of keeping the designer of her beautiful pink
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Like a cat dress. Yeah, it was like a cape
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Yeah, long-sleeved just lovely just so elegant. Yeah, yes, and soft
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We don't know who designed it. No, and everybody has been asking on mother of and we posted beautiful photos that she had shared and she wrote the sweetest message to her son
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Patrick about how it's like one minute. I'm putting your little bow tie on and the next minute you're getting married
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And you could just feel it and feel the love, but no, I have not seen anywhere
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That day I wonder if she had it made I don't know and in a way you'd kind of think she'd want to share, but maybe she paid full price and she's
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I don't know, but can't I've I've searched it a million ways and
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If anybody out there knows
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No, photos are beautiful and you can see them at on Instagram at motherof.co. We also had do you remember
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um
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Last year that story it was on the today show it was on every morning show about the mother who
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People said was trying to upstage her daughter because she looked good. That was her dear her crime was
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She's lovely and beautiful
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Beautiful and this was her crime
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And so people you know some people said oh well the neckline was too plunging or oh a mom shouldn't have a train on her dress
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Meanwhile the daughter the bride said I loved this dress
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Yeah, and that's really all the matter drama between them
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Anyway, so the we had a follow-up story on mother of because that dress is from flora on Madison
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Which is a lovely um boutique on Madison Avenue in New York
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And I was there and there's a real flora and flora is a total expert and she really does specialize in
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moms, I mean, it's not just mothers are the bride, but you know special occasion the women in New York go to her for their
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You know for all of the the events season and all of their gala dresses
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Anyway, the dress which is by Audrey and Brooks that dress in question is still in the store
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Oh, it is and I saw it and I was like oh my god there it is the viral dress
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And so we started talking about it. We posted her
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Flora talking about it and that's on and again it went bananas
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I don't know what it is about this dress, but but our post
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It's $3200. We're not talking cheap. No, it's not cheap. It's so cheap
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Okay, um for flora on Madison
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That's probably entry level really price point. Oh, but for the rest of us not so much
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Uh, the thing is and people also were like that's not exactly the same dress
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No, it is that there are different versions you can do it with a different neckline
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You can do it with a train in the back or a bustle and so the price can vary a little bit depending on which yeah
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As you put together, but the but you know what success is the best revenge and flora was saying that for all the hate and all of the controversy and by the way
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It was just a friend of the mom who posted because she thought she looked so beautiful. Oh
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She posted her and for some reason people went bananas saying like oh my gosh
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She's trying to upstage the bride and then it got picked up by all the shows and I'm sure that friend probably feels bad
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But Laura the mother the bride is handled it so gracefully
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Meanwhile that dress flora on Madison said they are still
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Getting requests. They have shipped that dress around the world Australia
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Europe all over the continental U.S. and they're still getting requests for it because it's just a lovely
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It is it's white green floral fresh and greens are trending right now as our browns
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It's all about the more earthy hues browns from mother the bride. Yeah for everything
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No, we keep talking about browns being very much
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In fashion, but yes, well you know the bride too. I'll tell you something interesting do that. Okay. I think yeah
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I'm think I'm trying to think back it was my wedding
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That my mother had a beautiful dress that was too tone brown. It was sort of champagne on the top um and a
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brown skirt and yeah, they um where do you think she got it and it was a
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Coral belt that was you know in
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Oh, yeah, I've sent photos of that. Yes, lovely. I am trying to remember it was probably the old room
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Probably then yeah, yeah, yeah
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Um meanwhile, did you see Ashley Graham has a new collection with yeah, you see pen
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Just when you think wait does JC penny still exist? Oh, yes, it does and they're coming back with a
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new collaboration with Ashley Graham. I think penny is betting on her to reset fashion norms
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This is a plus size collection. I actually saw her on the today show talking about it and wearing one of the dresses and
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And she looked very nice. She I mean
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It's interesting to me because their whole idea they said is to make it that
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Plus size it isn't like this is a terrible thing to be plus size
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But to accentuate your curves and you know and play up what you've got and so you know I
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Somehow JC penny
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Keeps sort of reinventing themselves and trying to make themselves
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Um relevant. Yeah, so yeah, you know if it works
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That's good right they um, I mean it sounds like they're betting really big on her to help them
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They're the CEO of JC penny said this isn't just a collection. It's a movement. Oh
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Celebration of visibility voice and vibrancy well, you know, I mean we have talked about this before remember when Melissa McCarthy and
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Unfortunately, she was ahead of her time came out with a dressline for plus size women
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Yes, but the whole conceit of that was that it was it was regular sizes and plus and it was supposed to just be integrated
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She didn't run it relegated to a different department. That's why our plus sizes in a different area
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Why can't we just have full size ones zero to 24? She's right. She is right
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But it didn't work and as a result that collection
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Oh no and the interesting thing is um 67% that's a big percentage of adult women are plus size
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So you know, I mean 67% and yet they get one little department. Yeah, that's usually out of the way
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Yeah, in a department store. So it's uh, it's crazy
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Let's see maybe I mean you know what good for JC penny if they can become the go-to destination and do it well and have fashionable things that are focused on 14 and up good for them. Yep
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That's a good one. Okay. Okay, when we get back lots of
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Sales and deals fall prime day coming up will fill you in on some of the best offers out there after this
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You're listening to shop girls on my tuck 107 one. I'm Ali Kaplan with my mom. Harmony. Thanks for hanging out with us today
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Before we get to all of the sales and fall events and all the things and there's a lot going on mom
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Are you gonna be wearing twisted jeans this fall? You know, do you ever feel like they can't come up with enough
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You know ways to create denim. They've got to keep coming up with something
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and
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twisted jeans if I'm understanding correctly
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Just mean that the seams are in a different place. That's right. Okay, instead of being down the side
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They kind of I actually do have a pair I have to say I didn't intend to but I tried them on and they were really cute
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And it's just the bottom just like below the knee the seam does kind of come towards the front
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Well, I think it depends on each one
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So I mean according to the New York Times they said if straight leg jeans are straight twisted jeans have legs that bend inward
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Like the curved limbs of a horseshoe
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Invisuals kind of like barrel jeans which are still a thing kind of yeah, they have a bowed seam
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And so you know, they were showing several different pictures and there was one pair that was sort of like a diagonal
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Look like from the in seam down to the yeah other to the outside edge and yeah
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I mean would I go out and
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Particularly look for a pair like this. No. I mean, I guess if they fit well and I liked them
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But I mean what else can they do I'm they've done the jeans without um
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You're behind being covered. That's right. You got those well. They're so old already
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I need a new pair. Yeah, but yeah, they've done everything there is so you know, I guess this is the latest iteration
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Yes exactly just a little a little twist on denim as they say yeah
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Yeah, okay. Were there any other
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collaborations or headlines or things you wanted to get to before we oh the only other thing you know
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We were talking about the home fragrance at
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Victoria's secret so bath and body works
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They've created an immersive laundry experience. Okay. Mm-hmm. They have a new launch
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um with a with wallflower plugins room sprays and
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But now they are going into laundry with um like laundry sheets dryer sheets
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that you can put in um for fabric softening and
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It started just a few days ago that you can purchase these dryer sheets in four different
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Sense so if that's something that you have been looking forward to
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Um, they are now yours at bath and body fantastic. Oh good to know you want you do want your close to smell
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Like a sweet crisp tropical oasis
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That's what you do. I wouldn't mind it. I would love a vanilla a tropical
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Yeah, okay, um Lauren. How about you? Do you want to smell like a tropical oasis? I wouldn't want anything else
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And Lauren also we never got to it last week
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But you just went on an epic trip and of course did a little shopping
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How are you liking your handbag is it doing well? I'm loving it. Yes
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It's served such a great purpose. It's just like navy tote bag
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It's not too big. They had a bigger option, but I opted for the I think you got the right side. Yeah, I agree
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And navy you just don't see that I know I saw it and I just stood out so much
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They had a nice like emerald green too, but I feel like I like blue a little bit more sure
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Sure, where did you purchase this bag? It was out in Greece. Oh, I'm just in Greece. Yeah, just in Greece. Yeah
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Just like on a street at a local I was on the creek
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So it was on the island and it was kind of like their little shopping center and Hania
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So you without you don't have to tell us the price, but was this like a big purchase?
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It honestly wasn't too bad. I'll tell you the price it was 60 euros
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So it was about like 65 US dollars
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That's a good deal. Okay, so I was pretty excited. Yeah, did you do other shopping too?
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I got some like little gifts for friends nothing too crazy. You just forgot to give them to us
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Yeah, sorry
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Honestly, we had so many it's the for a luggage. I don't even think the gifts would have arrived
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Without your luggage for like five days on this trip for a business trip the first half
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Wow, that was in India, so we didn't have clothes really. I've had you do. I was sorry
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I wish I did yeah, yeah, well I ended up I packed like pair of business pants and then like a dress shirt and another dress shirt on my carry on
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So I had that with me very smart and I knew that because like we were getting in at like seven a.m
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Or like three a.m. I'm going to go in at eight a.m
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So I was like okay, I'm just gonna be a quick turnaround. I don't feel like I'm packing everything
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Hi, but fatically if I had it all
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But yeah, so I had that ready if that was fine. We went to the mall, which was good, but it was
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I don't know. I don't handle it. No, I do it. It's not that is so stressful
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I tried my best. I think there were other elements on the trip that were quite stressful
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But overall, you know a good experience. Yeah, that's good
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Well, welcome back. We're glad to have you back and it sounds like a fantastic trip
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I think we better get to steels and deals because it's a big week of sales. Okay. Well, let's start
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You want to start with a new one? Okay. How about staples? Which would you expect them to be doing?
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You know
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This kind of thing ahead of the holidays
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They've launched their first easy deal days. It's called
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And this is the first time they've ever done it. It's starting on Sunday tomorrow and running through October 11th
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Offering up to 40% off of a thousand items for the office and home
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These are available to all shoppers, but there is an additional savings if you are a member of their free membership program
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So, you know, I suppose
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There's no reason not to get in on this too along with everybody else
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So staples is now part of the
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I think well and the thing that I was going to mention next is
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Amazon's prime day, which is now like an ever it's like a quarterly event
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Used to be just it was like July, but here we are again
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In October it kicks off on Tuesday. I believe October 7th. Yeah, Tuesday, October 7th
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But I think it has basically compelled every other
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Brands big brand to do
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as well
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But um why your cutter went ahead and rounded up some of the best
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Early highlights that you can plan on scoping out during Amazon prime days like the leggings that always get talked about that are sort of the
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Lulu lemon knockoffs
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25 bucks or less
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the
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I actually have this beanie. It's the headlamp beanie
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They sell they sell it very similar at patina
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Um, but that's going to be on sale. It's good if you know, it's going to get dark before you know it and
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Brook linen
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Waffle robes are going to be on really good
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I don't think so there they're a tie it's a tie situation. Yeah
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Rechargeable shavers
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Well, you'd e deals on and on. I think the thing is you've got to go on Amazon right now
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Don't wait because they've got all these I mean they'll have more, but there's so many deals that are already on sale
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But I guess the other thing I would say is do your research and if there's a purchase you're planning to
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Make put it in your cart and wait and see if it's on sale
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You know or or try to find out early before you yeah before you make
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Just because we're just a couple days away right and Walmart of course their Walmart deals they call it will be from
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October 7th through the 12th
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And of course they will you know have all kinds of things um
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Thought toys like hot wheels and Legos so that's you know a big thing as well as electronics
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Yeah, if you're organized enough to know what you want for the whole day early and target of course we'll have circle week
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And that's good. That's this week as well. Yes
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Target starts I want to say like in the next
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Are you find that and okay? I'll tell you that it is okay circle week is from October 5th. Oh, which is tomorrow
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Through October 11th. Yep. They just completely yeah, yeah, this is what happens. Okay. Well, this is kind of nice
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Good shopping week. Yes. Yeah, seriously. Yeah, things I want
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Um, if you would like to get some deals locally lyrissa loadin is having a fun. Yeah, today
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It's her loadin up sale and her
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La Boo bash. I love how she finds a play on everything she's doing this at the St. Paul headquarters
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Which is 2032 martial avenue her adorable shop she's gonna have a free photo booth featuring giant
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Five foot tall libyoo. I love that. So bring the kids if you have a libyoo fan or if you are one yourself
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Um, and then they're gonna raffle off for an authentic libyoo and the proceeds will
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Will benefit a local art school you know lyrissa was an art teacher before she became a jewelry designer
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I also love that they're gonna have free permanent jewelry four-year libyoo. I love that
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$50 or more. Yes and prizes prizes galore
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Anoka, which is kind of the Halloween headquarters. They're having their big vintage fest today. So that would be fun to
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Go up to anoka and check that out. It goes until 5 p.m
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For more I
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