mirabelk
Member Since: August 5, 2014Reviews
clearlycontacts.ca
So in love with clearlycontacts!! Remember the days of getting your new prescription and knowing your new specs were going to run you between $400 and $600 on average? Those days are gone! I'm on my third pair of glasses from clearlycontacts.ca... +
So in love with clearlycontacts!!
Remember the days of getting your new prescription and knowing your new specs were going to run you between $400 and $600 on average? Those days are gone! I'm on my third pair of glasses from clearlycontacts.ca and with the awesome sales they have, I've managed to get all my coatings and pretty pretty glasses for around $200 each time, shipping included.
More than the fantastic selection, however, I have to praise their customer service. There's some insecurity ordering glasses from a website but they remove that completely by offering a great "try on view" while selecting frames and a superb, flexible return policy if you order something that doesn't quite work for you.
In fact, their return policy is so awesome that short of strange things like mutilated frames, teeth marks, mold, and other silly extremes, they tend to take back the glasses that are unsuitable. I just ordered a pair and after having an optician attempt to make them fit my big fat head, I had to return them as they still wouldn't fit. No problem! I got my refund in days, called customer service and they applied all the same discount codes to another pair I liked and I received the new pair five days earlier than I anticipated.
As far as insurance goes, you receive a receipt via email when you've paid for your frames and you simply forward this receipt to your insurance company.
The only downside I can find is that the glasses arrive "unadjusted" and you have to find a way to adjust them yourself (be careful!) or get an optician to adjust them for you. Some places won't do this as they didn't sell you the product, so get creative in your fibbing!
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PC Popped Sea Salt Potato Chips
I found this product on sale the other day and since I don't eat "normal" chips as they tend to irritate my mouth. The texture of these was crispy and the flavour was reminiscent of Pringles. The seasoning was a little overly salty, however and... +
I found this product on sale the other day and since I don't eat "normal" chips as they tend to irritate my mouth.
The texture of these was crispy and the flavour was reminiscent of Pringles. The seasoning was a little overly salty, however and they've irritated my mouth just as if they were normal chips.
For me...won't likely buy again. But I suspect that many people would really love this product and my husband didn't seem to have any issue making the contents of the bag disappear!
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Philips Avent BPA Free Soothie Pacifier
When "traditional" pacifiers were rejected by my infant, we discovered these and thank goodness we did! Their shape and texture is much more reminiscent of natural nipples and he took to it immediately. At 5 months, he's still incapable of keeping... +
When "traditional" pacifiers were rejected by my infant, we discovered these and thank goodness we did!
Their shape and texture is much more reminiscent of natural nipples and he took to it immediately.
At 5 months, he's still incapable of keeping a soother in his mouth by himself for very long (probably because we don't use one all that often and he's not practiced), but it makes a fussy baby happy long enough to fall asleep (and lets me take my own nipple back into my possession!)
These tend to have packaging recommending them for 4 months or younger, but I don't see why that should be the case and know of a few older babies and even toddlers who still prefer this soother.
The little tab for holding onto the soother is my only issue - it's too small! Daddy's fingers are too big to grasp this easily, and baby hands don't have the grasping technique to always hang onto it.
Also - not sure why, but of the two lots of these we purchase, some of the disk parts are thicker on some than on others but I can only find one description for them so perhaps it was just a variation in the manufacturing at some point.
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Moby Baby Wrap
Some good...well, lots of good. Some bad. The Moby wrap takes some finessing - you have to practice the wrap techniques and even after doing it several times sometimes you've still gotta work on getting the adjustments right for comfort. I find... +
Some good...well, lots of good. Some bad.
The Moby wrap takes some finessing - you have to practice the wrap techniques and even after doing it several times sometimes you've still gotta work on getting the adjustments right for comfort.
I find after a while, despite a good wrap, my mid-back sometimes starts to ache.
This is an AWESOME product for infants, and I suspect when the time comes for side-carrying support it'll be good again. For a wiggly, independent-minded 5 month old, however, it's proving an awkward way to carrying the kid around. I also find that by two or three months (depending on the size of your baby), to wear them tightly enough, they're jammed up under your chin and creating a blind spot ahead of you as well.
It's pretty comfortable as far as there's nothing to dig into you, and when you get it right, the wrap fits like a second skin.
Wrapping in public is difficult though because the wrap is sooooo long - the tail ends drag in places you don't want it to drag, so if you're going out for the day, you have to wrap before you leave and then hope you don't have to unwrap.
Some people swear these are the way to go for breastfeeding while wearing baby, but I haven't managed to figure out how that could possibly be done.
It's pretty good value for money, and I'm glad, as a first time Mom, that I have this experience in baby-wearing. If I could find some other ways to try affordably, I'd be interested in doing so.
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Presidents Choice black label porcini mushroom & truffle filled triangoli
President's Choice has become very good at making gourmet food items available for the home chef. The fresh pasta options available in the "black label" brand are a superior product and I'm a complete sucker for the mushroom triangoli. I'm... +
President's Choice has become very good at making gourmet food items available for the home chef.
The fresh pasta options available in the "black label" brand are a superior product and I'm a complete sucker for the mushroom triangoli. I'm addicted.
Tender egg pasta and a smooth filling that carries a rich truffle flavour. I always make a creamy, buttery sauce of some kind to go with this pasta...don't fall into a tomato sauce trap - it masks the delicious taste of the pasta itself.
It cooks quickly and if you're not ready to use it today (like if you find it on sale and need to stock up!) it freezes really well too!
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Lansinoh Affinity Pro Double Electric Breast Pump
Found a great price for it on Amazon...after reading lots of user ratings, I can agree with them all that it was a great choice! Purchasing a breast pump of good value straight out saved us the fuss and expense of renting one. It's got variable... +
Found a great price for it on Amazon...after reading lots of user ratings, I can agree with them all that it was a great choice!
Purchasing a breast pump of good value straight out saved us the fuss and expense of renting one. It's got variable suction and rhythm settings which are user-controlled. The digital screen displays a timer as well as indicators of the pump settings.
It has an electric plug-in option or battery, which makes it very transportable.
The actual pump/bottle components are easy to assemble and to clean.
I don't "intend to purchase this again in the future" because I suspect this unit will last me a long time!
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Baileys Irish Cream Chocolat Luxe
Okay, so, this is a bit of a unique product - not yet available in North America...or a lot of countries, for that matter. If you are a traveler, however, and headed for, say, the UK, then please make room in your suitcase for this... +
Okay, so, this is a bit of a unique product - not yet available in North America...or a lot of countries, for that matter.
If you are a traveler, however, and headed for, say, the UK, then please make room in your suitcase for this decadence!
Baileys experimented a long time to achieve (like THREE WHOLE YEARS) this amazing liqueur - they've managed to cram an impossible amount of Belgian chocolate into alcoholic nirvana. Somehow, something that tastes so chocolately it should be solid is so insanely creamy that it pours over ice like satin lingerie. Yup. That good.
So good I'm insisting that you DO NOT turn it into a martini or shooter or any other cocktail. It would be an insult to the magic. Just straight up. Maybe a little ice. And find a really pretty liqueur glass to drink it from...honor it.
Now that I think of it, do ice. The reason? As the water begins to melt into the liqueur a little, it does something magical - it curls and wafts into the chocolate like some kind of supernatural fog. It's poetic, I tell ya!
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eos Organic Smooth Spheres Lip Balm in Sweet Mint
So smooth, and such a intuitive way to apply a lip product! The mint smells great and feels refreshing on your lips. I love how simple the formula is, and without any medicinal ingredients you don't have to worry about becoming dependent on... +
So smooth, and such a intuitive way to apply a lip product! The mint smells great and feels refreshing on your lips.
I love how simple the formula is, and without any medicinal ingredients you don't have to worry about becoming dependent on it.
The only issue with the spherical design, of course, is that it doesn't disappear into your jeans pocket very well.
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Ubbi Diaper Pail
Affordable - found it on Amazon for a great, competitive price. Quality - durable stainless steel in a tasteful European-style design, available in many colours (although we went with the nice soft grey) - smooth surfaces are easy to... +
Affordable - found it on Amazon for a great, competitive price.
Quality - durable stainless steel in a tasteful European-style design, available in many colours (although we went with the nice soft grey)
- smooth surfaces are easy to clean
Effectiveness - the little sliding door for diapers locks if you need it to and is easy to operate...only downside is that it can be a little on the small side for really full diapers.
- the main lid opens to the full pail and there's a great bag-holder loopy thing inside that keeps the mouth of the bag in place, even with a really full bag
- Taking a really full bag out can be a bit tricky, but I just wrap my feet around the little lip on the base of the pail to hold it in place while lifting the bag out, which overcomes the vacuum effect
- The best part of all is that you don't have to find a source or pay the price for specialty diaper bags...we use whatever kitchen-size bags happen to be on sale! The Febreze-scented ones are great and often on sale.
- The design keeps the smell in really well, but because it's so air tight, moisture can accumulate a bit on the inside of the pail. That said, I can't find that the moisture really causes any problem, and it dissipates pretty quickly.
The question of "intend to purchase" is "probably not" only because I doubt I'll never need to replace it - It'll hold up to many kids! If this were a consumable item, I would definitely buy it again!
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