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~Can you believe Christmas is only a few days away? Eeek! Do you have all your shopping finished up? We did a little on Saturday night and then I took advantage of some of the free shipping deals online and did a bit more these last few days! I still have some stores to go to, but I still have a few days for that ;).

~While shopping Saturday night I insisted that we pick up the Home Alone DVD because I’ve never seen it (well at least that I can remember).  We started watching it tonight and I love it!  I can’t wait to watch the rest of them.

Home Alone
Home Alone

~I spent a bunch of time this weekend updating the Monthly Subscription Box List and everything should be up to date! However, I noticed that it’s getting cluttered with closed subscription boxes (the latest closures of the more well known boxes include Lip Factory and Googaro).  So I need your advice (and I know you will tell me what you think about blog changes because you always do)!  Should I move them to their own separate category?  Make a separate section for Closed / Defunct Boxes maybe at the bottom of the list?  Maybe just a separate page in the drop down menu?  What do you think?

~If you did the Julep offer (it’s over now) for the free $50 Tieks gift card, your code should be in your e-mail! Mine took a little longer than they said it would, but it eventually showed up.  And if you didn’t get it, e-mail Julep and they’ll help you out!

Tieks!
Tieks!

~This week’s plan includes that last minute shopping I mentioned earlier, decorating gingerbread houses, wrapping presents and hopefully sneaking in a night out with B.  And then of course, Christmas fun!  What do you have going on?  How is you weekend going?

That’s all for now!  See you in the morning!

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Jennifer

Jennifer is the author and founder of Subscription Box Ramblings. She first discovered subscription boxes in 2012 and has been addicted since. Current favorites include CAUSEBOX, Boxycharm and Beachly!

This Post Has 28 Comments

  1. Angela

    I like the idea of moving closed boxes to the bottom of the page. I got the julep / tikes code and ordered them last week as an early Christmas present for me! The first home alone movie is definitely the best. Hope you have a very Merry Christmas and thank you for all that you do with the blog. It’s amazing and you do an incredible job.

    1. theramblingjen

      Thank you for your kind words! And I hope you and your family have a Merry Christmas as well!

      What color Tieks did you order?

      1. Angela

        I got the nude patent and I’m considering trying to swap for another code!!

  2. Tabitha

    I like the idea of a separate drop down page for the closed boxes.

    1. theramblingjen

      I do too!

  3. Becka

    You’ve never seen Home Alone!? This is a MUST for me every Christmas 🙂 The second one, “Lost In New York”, is good too. 🙂

    1. theramblingjen

      I know. I mean seriously, where have I been? I am watching the other ones before christmas too!

  4. Traci Ann

    I missed the Tieks code because working nights, I slept through it :(. I do like the idea of them at the bottom of the page, unless that would cause ridiculous amounts of scrolling. Merry Christmas!

    1. theramblingjen

      I think the only thing you would have to scroll past all the “closed” boxes for would be to leave a comment and not too many people really leave comments on the box lists. So that might work!

  5. mellomelon

    I think moving the closed boxes to a separate list to reduce clutter. Maybe include the link at the bottom of the page of functioning boxes.

    1. theramblingjen

      That’s a good idea. Maybe at the bottom of the lists in each category. I want people still to be able to see that information in case they are wondering what happened to a specific subscription.

  6. Jennifer Holzmeyer Louthan

    I’m all for moving them to a separate list and having the main ones just being active boxes.
    I think my shopping is done but I have done no wrapping at all except for the gifts that got opened on Sat. I guess I know what I will be doing the next couple of nights 😉

    1. theramblingjen

      I like to just marathon wrap on the night of the 23rd.

  7. PA Anna

    I bought the Home Alone The Complete Collection for my 6 year old last month. He loves it. The only present I have left to buy a giftcard for my mail carrier. Lot of little things left to do!

    1. theramblingjen

      OMG, my 6 year old thought it was amazing. I think he wants us to leave him Home Alone. LOL!

  8. alexia561

    I’m done with my shopping but still need to finish wrapping gifts. And I haven’t even started my Christmas cookies, so need to get busy! Where did all the time go? I vote for moving the closed boxes to their own list so it’s not so unwieldy (is that even a word?)

    1. theramblingjen

      I think that’s a word. I know exactly what you mean! It’s a lot of scroll through. too much!

  9. Julia

    I got the tieks code too. Had to email Julep to have them send it. I think I’d made 5 or 6 orders from Julep since Black Friday. I’m stocked up with them for awhile. Lots of gifts too.

    My cobalt tieks are scheduled to be delivered tomorrow. I ended up ordering 2 pair in different sizes. I hope they work out on my bad feet. We’ll see.

    1. theramblingjen

      Those deals where they did the free gifts with ANY purchase just couldn’t be beat! And if you are a Maven and get free shipping? Well, even better!

      1. Julia S.

        No kidding were those great deals. Biggest deal was the Gem collection and 12 merry nights collection for $25 each. I’m not even a Maven anymore. I was subscribed for the free box and one paid box for May. Then I called and canceled. Julep emailed me last month inviting me to take advantage of free shipping on all orders until the end of the year. They didn’t make me re-enroll as a Maven.

        1. Sneaky Burrito

          I got that same offer (I was subbed for maybe 4 months but October was my last box). I ordered like 4 times. The best was the entire Gem Collection for $25.

  10. angela

    As for closed boxes: perhaps at the top of the page, list all the boxes in alphabetical order, with a link that jumps down the page to its description. That way, if people are looking for information on a specific box, they can find it easily, and find out more about it. I don’t think you need a separate category.

    1. theramblingjen

      My coding skills are just not that advanced to have it on the same page like that. I could have it jump to a different page, but then I would have so many different pages because there are so many boxes. I will have to see what else I can do!

    2. Sneaky Burrito

      Can you just do control+F (or command+F on a Mac) and type a few letters of the box name? Then you don’t have to rearrange the page.

  11. raisin

    Where did you all find the home alone movies? We were looking for them for our 8 year old with no luck. Oh yeah, I’ve never watched 3 because the Culkster isn’t in it

    1. theramblingjen

      Target (of course)!

  12. Jasujo

    Aw, I didn’t hear about Lip Factory closing! That’s boo because I’d wanted to get a subscription for my daughter. :/

    1. theramblingjen

      ;(

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