I am a gadget dork. At my last job, one of the assistants had a label maker that I coveted. I am not sure why, because some days I barely have time for a bathroom break, let alone labeling stuff, but still. I thought it would be cool to own a label maker. Like, if I could label stuff, I'd maybe lead a more sane existence. It's sad that my fantasy life has come to this.
When I saw this Minimate Cross-Cut Shredder ($49.99) at a Staples holiday party thrown by Audrey from Mom Generations, I lusted after it. And, yes, Max would approve of the color. I know I'm supposed to be pulverizing bills and financial papers so identity crooks can't pluck them out of the garbage, so it would be cool for that, though I can't think of any other evidence I have to destroy except the ridiculous stuff I share here sometimes, and I don't think the shredder works on blogs. Though it's supposed to be tough enough to mince credit cards and CDs, so if that Raffi or Barney music is driving you up a wall, this could come in handy.
There were other cool holiday gifts on display:
The Olympus Stylus Tough
The Flip Video UltraHD Digital Camcorder (I WON one, and also got a Staples gift card).
I also loved the Omnitech Bling Ear Buds you can get in Staples stores for $9.99. Hello, stocking stuffer!
Got gadget lust, too? I have two $50 Staples gift gards to give away. To enter, just leave a note below about what sort of gift you're secretly hoping to get from your spouse. Then just leave this post CONVENIENTLY open on your computer and maybe he or she will notice? Maybe leave your computer open on their pillow at night? Just trying to be helpful, as always.
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• Tweet about this giveaway: Win a $50 Staples Gift Card from @LoveThatMax, ends 12/28, http://tinyurl.com/25bnfey
This giveaway is open to U.S. residents only until12/28 at 11:59 p.m. EST. I'll randomly pick two winners, alert you by email and announce it here. Good luck, fellow gadget coveters!
Update: The winners are Stephanie and Julie. Happy Staples shopping, ladies!
I am having a secret affair with my label maker. I would sleep with it under my pillow if my husband wouldn't find it. Labels are my obsession and I have the oldest label maker known to man. Imagine the possibilities if I could change FONTS! Shudder. A fancy-dancy new one would be my choice from Staples!
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ReplyDeleteMy list comprises mostly of books and photography stuff.
Love those ear phones, too pretty!
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ReplyDeleteOh, there is so very much to love and lust after at Staples. I could spend $50 there easily on pens and markers. Have you *seen* the amount of colors they have for Sharpies now? *swooooooon*
ReplyDeleteThanks for the chance to win! :-D
Oh I'm also a Twitter follower - MissusSmith.
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I'm secretly hoping for an iPad. I know, wishful thinking but a girl can dream right? My son is on my side bc he wants my iPod touch I'd I do get the iPad. Thx for the opportunity.
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I'm hoping for an iPad but I'll gladly settle for a router.
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Merry Christmas!
Black Ink for my printer - lots and lots of ink! A bathtub full of ink, no - a swimming pool full! Not only needed for all the "stuff" I print related to my special needs child, but also for the mountains of labels, etc I print as our church librarian!
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ReplyDeleteI'd love to have a video camcorder to catch all the special moments with my family for posterity.
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ReplyDeleteI am hoping my husband comes through with a mug painted by my daughter.
ReplyDeleteThe gift I am secretly hoping to get from my spouse is a Christian Marriage Symbol pendant.
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All I want for Christmas is a plam tree. Yep. A PALM TREE. I fell in love with them on a road trip to California in spring 2009. We don't live anywhere near palm trees, now, but I've seen the potted ones and would be thrilled to find one under my Christmas tree! I'd also love a book on photography.
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ReplyDeleteI'm secretly hoping for an Hermes scarf!
ReplyDeleteThank you for the giveaway :)
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I would love a Kindle! tracietrump@yahoo.com
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ReplyDeleteI want some cowboy boots, size 8.5 (but would easily be able to find something I like at Staples).
ReplyDeleteI wanted either an iPad or a new laptop - I know I'm getting the laptop - much more needed right now than the iPad. Maybe for my birthday I can get an iPad!
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ReplyDeleteI'm hoping for a new office chair. I'm not very hard to please huh? Diamonds last forever, but a comfy office chair would be awesome.
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ReplyDeleteHonestly, I would like maid service, but I don't think they have that at Staples. So, I would take a scrapbooking organizer and a new planner!
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ReplyDeleteI havent gotten a christmas present from my hubby in 2 YEARS!!!!!!!! Ok - so we are both in school again and broke, but he still gets at least a little something from me. So...
ReplyDeleteI dont care what it is, but I really want him to have something wrapped as a present to give me!
And everything I would wish for right now is practical borring stuff I need not really want anyway... like a new pair of sneakers, bills and rent paid, blah blah blah.
so free $50 at staples would probably be the highlight of my holiday season!
LOVE a trip to Staples and could definitely use some new markers and workbooks for Allie...
ReplyDeleteAs for myself, I am hoping to get a new pair of gray Uggs....
I also like you on facebook! :-)
I'd love to win this gift card... and would put it towards a flip camera! I've wanted one for a long time.... the Vlogs I make for Sweet Sadie Marie would be even sweeter with a flip camera!
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ReplyDeleteI am really hoping to get something from my wish list from Abercrombie and Fitch's website from my hubby.I have finally lost enough weight to fit into their clothes and so I am crossing my fingers.
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ReplyDeleteOh that shredder would be great...I hate just tossing things but don't always take the time to do more than rip things up.
ReplyDeleteI follow you on Twitter and Facebook. That doesn't make me a stalker does it? Hope you and your family have an amazing holiday. Give your sweet baby girl a hug for me and know I think of you all often.
ReplyDeleteFor Christmas...Please, Santa...an iPad would be lovely. :)
I am secretly hoping to get an otterbox for my iphone 4.
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I'm hoping for a new laptop. I have been not so secretly complaining about mine to my husband daily.
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Oh, a new digital camera would be divine! :) I take ours everywhere, although I forget to pull it out most of the time. It does well enough, but it seems so fragile. I bought a hardside padded case, but you would not believe how much my purse weighs with that stuff. LOL!
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I already got what I wanted from my hubby. A 15 inch MacBook pro....... I am a happy lady.
ReplyDeletei'd love to get an ipad, but that's in my dreams.. i'd settle for an ipod touch.
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Just a peaceful time , some real family time would be nice.
ReplyDeleteOh, Ellen, you're not alone about that label maker! I, too, would love to have one of those!
ReplyDeleteI don't have a spouse, but I do have parents, and unfortunately money is tight this year so presents will no doubt be at a severe minimum. Otherwise, I know that I would definitely ask them for one of those label makers - or a laptop!
I am coveting some cute mommy jewelry!
ReplyDeleteUmmmmmmmmm...how about that Flip Video UltraHD Digital Camcorder you won??? You didn't offer it but I thought it would be worth a shot!!! lol... Paola
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I have to go out to Staples tonight to buy printable labels so we can mail our holiday cards!
ReplyDeleteMy wife and I are both graduate students, so the list of supplies we would love to get at Staples is very long. I am addicted to Post-It flags; she really likes the moleskin notebooks. I need a planner for 2011. If we could have ANYTHING at Staples, though, we'd get a desk with a fancy comfortable desk chair. I do all of my work on a couch because our apartment is too small for two desks, but I'd really like one.
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My husband feels like a failure shopping for me--I am rather hard on him. It has to be the lowest possible price he could've paid for it!
ReplyDeleteI would love to get either PixarPedia or the Sesame St. 40th anniversary book. Or both!
I hate to admit it, but I want an Ipad
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I'm Hoping to get a Wii and a Wii fit. However unless they got it with cash or check, I don't think I'm going to get it. ( I'm in charge of the online accounts, so I took a look at the amounts, knowing approx. How much one would cost, nah tah)
ReplyDeleteCruise - but that is not going to happen. Fighting cancer right now, been an emotionally and financially devastating year so realistically no gifts except a few for the kids.
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I want the shredder! Read about it in a magazine the other day and now I see it here... I am pretty sure it is meant to be.
ReplyDeleteI want my husband to bye me a 3 in one printer.
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Secretly hoping for a Kindle!
ReplyDeletei would love a necklace with my sons' names on it, but if we're talking staples stuff, i'd love some pens and a small dry erase board/dry erase markers :-)
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Though that label maker looks cool considering all of the paperwork I need to organize for Luke (school, evaluations, doctor) and all of Olivia's doctor/health stuff.
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Oh! I'm hoping for a digital camera!
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A new guitar, along with plenty of toys for it.
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I'm so ready for a laptop--tired of being anchored to the desk
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You're Max is adorably yummy!
I am hoping he will get me a Kindle.
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That cross-cut shredder looks pretty awesome!
ReplyDeleteMy laptop has been slowly going downhill for about a year now. I know it is not going to last much longer. It would be awesome if my husband surprised me with a new one (bonus points for him if it was pink!)
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I dont have a spouse, so maybe santa will leave country singer Jason Aldean under my tree? LOL
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From my spouse, I would love some extra sleep. As in, he wakes up with our son (age 7, Prader-Willi syndrome) at 4 am and I get to "sleep in" until, oh, 7am or so. But since they probably don't offer sleep packages at Staples, I'd settle for some printer cartridges for my machine that keeps cranking out page after page of IEP docs, insurance papers, medical summaries, etc. Thanks for the opportunity to post. "Love that Blog!" :-)
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I'm not-so-secretly hoping for a spa day this year
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I am hoping for something that may sound silly but I really want it..The whole series of Facts of life on DVD. haha yeah I admitted it
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Would love to get the Ipad!!!
ReplyDeleteMy gadget wish is some noise canceling headphones. I've gone back to school and doing papers at home can be so difficult with everyone home.
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I'm hoping hubby gets me that cashmere scarf I've been eying in the store
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I'm hoping for a gift card to my favorite knitting shop! ;)
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I'm hoping for a pair of athletic shoes, mine are worn out.
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I'm secretly hoping for an ice cream maker or a combination microwave/convection portable oven.
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I would love a label maker. I wrote about you on my blog. Our Max's have a lot of things in common.....
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ReplyDeleteDoes Staples sell those old skool label makers with the raised typewriter-style type? Because I always wanted one. If I won one of the gift cards, that's what I would buy. And a bunch of stuff to help me better organize my just cleaned up office. And that shredder sounds cool but only if it doesn't break after I feed it 5 pieces of paper like the last 2 we bought (from Staples!).
ReplyDeleteBut do I want my husband to buy me? If money was no object, right now I would say I would love another antique diamond ring. He bought me one for my 30th birthday, he bought me one when my daughter was born (not quite a push present) and it would be nice to have one in honor of my son and ok, because my right hand feels lonely with just one ring on it while my left has 3.
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I'd love to get an IPad.
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I'm secretly hoping for a flip video camera. GLTA!
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I'd like anything/something from my husband!
ReplyDeleteI'd like a new camera from anyone. The spouse thing sort of makes me feel weird, though. I know it wasn't your intent but what about us single folks?
ReplyDeleteActually having a Staples gift card sounds pretty good to me. I could spend as much time as I wanted wandering around the store picking out what I want.
ReplyDeleteAn mp3 player. I would love to have some tunes while I exercise.
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secretly..an ipad..never happen though too $$$
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