Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!

Welcome to another episode of Top Buys, a weekly Gee Thanks! ep highlighting the top 3 purchases podcast listeners and the Gee Thanks! community at large bought the week before.  Without further ado, here are the top 3 buys from the week of Mar 14, 2022: The Drop Stop: https://rstyle.me/+tVEPUZgt_6jvaiGpDlgbWg   The Cliq Chair: https://amzn.to/3D6LhLV   The AirFly: https://amzn.to/3...

Kate Spencer is our first 3peat guest and this week her widely acclaimed In A New York Minute is out wherever books are sold! I tore through this book. If you love When Harry Met Sally, You’ve Got Mail, and Heartburn , you will love this romcom. It’s so sweet, fun and funny. BUT ALSO, we’re talking about our favorite car garbages and accessories. Trust me, you may be thinking car garbage? But I pr...

Welcome to another episode of Top Buys, a weekly Gee Thanks! episode highlighting the top 3 purchases podcast listeners and the Gee Thanks! community at large bought the week before.  Without further ado, here are the top 3 buys from the week of March 7, 2022: NEST everything! 25% off right now and stack 10% off on top of that with code GeeThanks10: https://tidd.ly/3u69Rbt Most popular are th...

We’re baaaack with another mini episode. Jackie is Big Pregnant right now which means she’s Natch Nesting! Buying cribs, taking a real Woo Woo baby class (Caroline is doing judgey eyes), and more. Make sure you catch this week’s Natch mini…it might explain some of the jokes you hear on this mini. Mentioned on this episode: Hotel Lobby Candle: https://rstyle.me/+4uFoDvwuW0cMB1U-gpvl2Q   The Pa...

Comedian and “The Problem with Jon Stewart” headwriter Chelsea Devantez joins us to talk all things WEDDING PLANNING (most notably, WEDDING DRESS SHOPPING). Also, sexy bras for the big-boobed. PS: Listen to Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez wherever you listen to podcasts! Mentioned on this episode: The Extreme Bra: https://fave.co/37s66pv   Celebrity Book Club with Chelsea Devantez:...

Welcome to another episode of Top Buys, a weekly Gee Thanks! ep highlighting the top 3 purchases podcast listeners and the Gee Thanks! community at large bought the week before.  Without further ado, here are the top 3 buys from the week of February 28, 2022: The HiccAway Hiccup Straw: https://amzn.to/3tLnJYv   The Tiered Poplin Dress: https://rstyle.me/+8LDlwmVF1X5Tt40-LsNKQg   Dup...

Dominique Gebru aka DommDotCom, joins us to talk about her love of interior design, IKEA home hacks, and the best (and only) power tools you need, even if you live in a small space. Dominique is also committed to educating others about the importance of understanding gentrification, the housing market and the housing crisis as we all navigate our worlds to create A Place Called Home (aptly, the na...

Introducing Top Buys, a weekly Gee Thanks! episode highlighting the top 3 purchases podcast listeners and the Gee Thanks! community at large bought the week before. No, you didn’t hear wrong, I did say four items at the top of the episode but it’s three, and it’s going to be three moving forward. Without further ado, here are the top 3 buys from the week of February 21, 2022. The Ring: https://rst...

We're swapping pods, just for fun! If you're not listening to "Oh I Like That", get On That! https://oh-i-like-that.simplecast.com/ EPISODE SUMMARY We are joined by a very special guest as we dig into reality television generally and Real Housewives specifically. EPISODE NOTES We’ve dabbled in reality TV over the years and decided it was high time we talk about it on OILT. So, we invited our frien...

Ammie Williams aka AmmieYall is HERE! And we’re LOLing and Living and Loving together! Ammie wants you to ergonomically improve your consumption routine in the bedroom (no, don’t be gross!), and she brought two products that go hand in hand. Plus, a little RHOA tea for fans…   Mentioned on the Podcast: The Gooseneck Tablet/Kindle Holder: ​​ https://amzn.to/3teHyra   Clicker Page Turner f...

**Patreon subscribers received an ad-free, extended version of this episode last week. Want to be a Patreon? Sign up: https://www.patreon.com/geethanksandfriends **  Gee Thanks! listener Ashley Hill had purchased her very expensive and very unique wedding dress over the phone at Neiman Marcus. They charged her card and told her the dress would be shipped out the next day. In between that phon...

Kate McKean is the “internet’s literary agent” and she is also my literary agent! After we did the big FAQ about publishing I wanted Kate, who has been an agent for the Howard Morhaim Literary Agency for 16 years, to join us and answer some of your burning questions about writing books and publishing books. She’s also here to sing the praises of paper planners, silly putty for adults and her new s...

My friend Megan Carranza joins us today to talk about her podcast, Adventures In Autism. Megan started AiA in 2017 after her son Logan received an autism diagnosis at age 4. At the time, Megan couldn’t find any podcasts that weren’t hosted by doctors or therapists. Those were of course invaluable, but she wanted a community of parents just like her. So she created one herself.  Megan is amazi...

We’re baaaa-aaack. And she’s Jaaa-aaack. And I’m Jack’s Moooo-ooom. (In Into the Woods .) Hello friends, old and new! Jackie and I took a break from minis for a bit because, you know hashtag life happens! For those who missed our big idea brainstorming sessions, fear not. Something unhinged comes up right at the end. PRODUCTS MENTIONED:  Hotel Lobby Candle: https://rstyle.me/+4uFoDvwuW0cMB1U-...

#Candleshoes, listen up! Borough Home founder and candle maker (and OG geezer!) Laura Lutz is here to teach Caroline how to read (yes, really). Borough Home started in July 2021, and they are fully Gee Thanks! endorsed. If you’re looking for a glam, luxe candle for under $30, it’s Borough Home. If you’re looking to gift yourself something glam and under $30 every month, join Caroline as a member o...

Oh, I Like That podcast hosts Rachel Wilkerson Miller and Sally Tamarkin climb out of our group chat and onto the Gee Thanks! Podcast to talk about the best gifts they gave over the holidays, and this episode GOES PLACES. We really talk about everything. Fake food? Yes. Car safety? Obviously. The crossover between jewish people (like me and Sally) and queer women (like Sally and Rachel) loving tch...

Casey Johnston AKA Swole Woman is back to put us in our damn place this January. Casey created a program called Couch to Barbell that teaches any and every BODY how to pick things up and put them down, no matter how much those things weigh. I, for one, would love to learn how to not lift with my knees or back or whatever. Whatever is the wrong way, I want to learn how not to do that. I love having...

Tonette Griffin is back! Here’s what she’s been up to since you last heard her on the show in July 2020: She quit her job and started a fully sustainable clothing business called Farewell Exchange! You send your gently worn clothing, shoes and accessories, and she resells them on the exchange marketplace. By skipping the Goodwill drop off, you can be sure that these clothes won’t hit a landfill.&n...

Happy 2022! I am thinking about new things I can do with this podcast. Is it: more episodes? More mini episodes? A rotating small cast of recurring guest hosts? Call in episodes? Having listeners on the show? Weirdly, a lot of people said I should do some solo episodes talking about a product or two each week. I am super down for that, but it also makes me extremely nervous! So I called my friend...

A bonus episode from the Patreon! Did you know Nora McInerny of Terrible, Thanks For Asking and Caroline have a Patreon podcast? It’s called NOBODY ASKED: Revisiting The Early 2000s Reality Shows That Shaped Our Lives. So far we’ve gone back and watched Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica, MTV’s Rich Girls, the first season of American Idol, and now we’re on The Ashlee Simpson Show. We have no plans to st...

El Cholo’s Kid bags have been on our gift guides for two years and now founder and designer Daisy Romero FINALLY JOINS for an episode! The last one of 2021! It was supposed to air on Christmas Eve but I wanted to save it to close out the year with a bang. If you haven’t checked out El Cholo’s Kid bags, oh my GOD what are you waiting for? Daisy is here to talk Christmas decor, her favorite collabs...

Curve model, influencer and creator of the #ProperlyFittingBraClub Caralyn Mirand Koch is here and we’re talking about the bane of my existence, SHAPEWEAR. If you haven’t heard about my shapewear nightmare, read all about it here (TL;DR: All of the nerves in my left thigh are dead, forever). But Caralyn may get me back into shape wear even if the pandemic may never get me back into jeans.  Al...

Jenn Falik of The Ultimate Edit and I are back for another Monday episode of gift guide run downs! This week: Our BEST gifts! Do you follow Jenn? You should be following Jenn:  https://www.instagram.com/jennfalik/?hl=en  She’s the Today Show’s resident shopping expert and her newsletter, The Ultimate Edit, is full of some of the best product recs! Subscribe here:  https://jennfalik....

Kate Baer, our OG Garden Witch, invited me to host her last virtual book event of her “I Hope This Finds You Well” tour. I was so honored and asked if they would let me record our conversation to share with you here as a special bonus ep of Gee Thanks! We talk about books, writing, and the business of the publishing industry (and yes, money).Thank you Copperfield Books! https://www.copperfieldsboo...

Jenn Falik of The Ultimate Edit and I are back for another Monday episode of gift guide run downs! This time it's all about things to gift the travel lover. Safe travels this week if you're heading out for Thanksgiving, and no matter where you are or how you celebrate, I hope it's a happy and healthy one for you and your families. Do you follow Jenn? You should be following Jenn:  https://www...