December Daily: online shopping

china_shop asks: Do you shop online, and if so, what are some of your favourite sites. (If not, is it a conscious choice or just habit?)

I don't shop much, period, because: perpetually broke one-income family here. And I'm a slightly obsessive thrift-shopper, too.

I do love to shop online, but I don't know that I have any interesting suggestions to offer that everyone doesn't already know about:

- Zappos for shoes, because they're slightly more expensive than elsewhere, but their search capability rocks, and so does their return policy, which is nice for someone extremely picky who needs a knee-high boot in this exact shade of brown with a heel precisely between 1/2" and 1 1/2" for a wide foot and a wide calf.

- eShakti for clothes, because they'll customize to your measurements. I've gotten some amazing fits in dresses from them, but I've never gotten a successful fit in a blouse, because they don't yet have a vertical measurement for me to indicate how long-waisted I am.

- Etsy for handmade stuff. I'm wearing a pair of Christmas tree earrings I bought on Etsy last year.

- Sephora, because I really like perfume and my town can't even support a free-standing Starbucks, never mind a high-end cosmetics store.

- I also have to mention Retailmenot; I don't ever buy anything from anywhere, now, without checking to see if Retailmenot has a coupon.