Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!

Danni Mullen, owner of Semicolon Chicago (Chicago’s only Black woman owned bookstore!) joins us again, this time IRL! On today’s discussion list: eyelashes, perfume, books, Jeff Bezos, marriage proposals, weddings, boats, and R*chel H*llis. And a lot of laughter throughout. Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.instagram.com/geethank...

4/2/2021 Note: Taking a mental health reset this week so replaying one of my fav convos with someone I now consider a great friend!! Nora McInerny is hot and tall and hysterical and she joins us today because I am trying to be her third husband. I have maybe never laughed harder in my life as we recorded this and Nora is a woman who has made a living out of talking about grief. Many of you told me...

Welcome to mini episodes! Two products every week. This week, Caroline and mini co-host Jackie J. go deep on their best pet purchases for their dogs. One is a shark tank find. Bonus content: Lottie squeaking in the background. Mentioned On This Episode! AquaPaw: https://amzn.to/2PmoFT3 Burt’s Bees Toothpaste for Dogs: https://fave.co/3fkF0T0 Dog Toothbrush: https://amzn.to/3dfmf0B   Top 8 Bes...

Let’s bring the fun back into a makeup routine with Ashley Nelson of @RestroomRituals and Jolie DeFeis of Gee Thanks! Ashley joins us to talk about eyeshadow, getting a dewy look, and how to bounce back from a beat gone bad. JOIN ASHLEY AND JOLIE LIVE! Saturday, 3/26 on @GeeThanksJustBoughtItPod on Instagram! 7pm EST, 4pm PST. Ashley is going to do a makeup tutorial and teach Jolie how to create a...

New York Times bestselling author Kate Baer is BACK. Last time she made waves with the Garden Witch Overalls and this time she brought The Magic Wand with her. Caroline bought it MID-EPISODE RECORDING and can confirm: Magic. Also, they read the many many 5-star reviews of The Magic Wand (“I met Jesus”) and laugh and laugh and laugh and la— Mentioned On This Episode! What Kind Of Woman by Kate Baer...

Things We Can’t Live Without: Under $20 edition Welcome to mini episodes! Two products every week. This week, Caroline and mini co-host Jackie J. discuss the numero uno item for under $20 they can’t live without. Picture frames that don’t break the bank and Scrub Daddy. Also, Hamilton…? Mentioned On This Episode! Inexpensive Picture Frames: https://amzn.to/3eHUK2b Scrub Daddy: https://amzn.to/3eHG...

Jessica Murnane, author of One Part Plant and the upcoming Know Your Endo, joins us to talk about gardening, Pretty Little Liars , and the best book she read this year. We also talk about the shows you can “watch with your phone” (and maybe more importantly, the ones you can’t), and why we need to scrap the idea of “guilty pleasure chicklit” entirely. Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com...

Hi Geezers! Caroline is off this week, but please enjoy a replay of her chat with the amazing Jia Tolentino from March, 2020. Jia Tolentino of The New Yorker is here today to talk about her favorite bra, even though no one is wearing bras anymore because we have nowhere to wear them. She and Caroline also discuss the plight of boob measurements and also how we’re handling quarantining. Life is ver...

She’s All Fat host Sophia Carter-Kahn joins us to talk about getting Ariana Grande-level cozy and off-brand Jibbitz for Crocs. We also go back in time and relive some hilarious middle school nostalgia (first slow dance song, anyone?), and the kind of people we were in high school. FYI: Our recording cuts off abruptly because Mercury was in Retrograde. But just know Sophia and I could’ve talked 4EV...

Writers, producers and sisters Lizzie Molyneux Logelin and Wendy Molyneux are here to talk about juggling Bob’s Burgers, The Great North, and a bunch of other new projects (Deadpool, anyone?) with parenting and pandemic-ing. And Peloton-ing. Or in Lizzie’s case...not. Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! Join the Facebook group!: https://...

Comedian Josh Gondelman (Desus and Mero, “Make My Day” podcast) joins Gee Thanks! to talk celebrities, vaccine timing, and shopping for (and storing!) sneakers.  Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! Join the Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks/   Do you like this podcast? LEAVE A REVIEW! It’s the easiest w...

“Employed Entrepreneurs” Eugenia Marshall and Wendy Rose Berry swing by to talk about the health and wellness product they’ve been working on for nearly 8 years (all while holding down full-time jobs). ConditionHER is a Black woman-owned small business that makes a lotion both Caroline and Jolie love, and soon you’ll love it too. Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtit...

Emma Gray, the co-host of “Here To Make Friends” podcast, joins us to talk Bachelor, milk frothing, and the best “small dose” Instagram follows (you’ll see what we mean soon).  Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! Join the Facebook group!: https://www.facebook.com/groups/geethanks/   Do you like this podcast? LEAVE A REVIEW! It’...

Sexy Unique Podcast co-host, tv writer and comedian Carey O’Donnell is here to talk about his pandemic playground (aka the CVS near his apartment building). If you’re a RHONJ or RHONY fan you will feel this episode on a deep level. If you’re not, I hope you feel it on a deep level anyway. Also, the MASSAGE FLAP, and the PREGNANCY PILLOW (not just for pregnant people!).  Follow Gee Thanks! on...

Do you need to laugh til you pee? That’s good because ya might just. Natch Beaut podcast host Jackie Johnson is here to talk about being natch, being a beaut, and her mini trampoline and the noises someone makes when they use one. I laughed til I cried, personally, so please, join me in my hot tub of tears. Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you t...

CW for some body and fitness talk (addressing the culture but getting into some of our issues). That stands for content warning, btw! Not COUP WARNING, but you know what *LOOKS DIRECTLY AT CAMERA*.  Casey Johnston aka @SwoleWoman is here and we’re getting INTO it about all of that January “new year new me” BS especially as it pertains to our bodies and exercise goals. This was recorded on Mon...

Happy New Year! 2021, baby! It’s all still not happening! Stay home! Stay inside! It’s the listener episode! Over 65 of you called with your product recommendations and lists of things you bought/found through Gee Thanks! in 2020, which is about 64 phone calls than I assumed would come through. Thank you all SO much for being here and being part of this amazing community we’ve created together. I...

Merry Christmas if you celebrate and a happy day off if you don’t! Throwing it back to this past summer when poet Kate Baer joined us to talk all about the Amazon overalls she wears all year round (which we lovingly dubbed the GARDEN WITCH OVERALLS) and her NYT Bestselling book of poetry, “What Kind Of Woman”. Also: How we feel about our bodies! We love to talk about our bodies here! Also, Kate re...

Influencer culture is Stephanie McNeal’s bread and butter, and today the BuzzFeed editor joins us to talk about the influencer reckoning of 2020, who she thinks came out winners (and who fumbled the ball spectacularly) and of course, her favorite bike shorts. Which are now MY favorite bike shorts, because I bought them too and I have been wearing them all week. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.in...

Julie Schechter created Small Packages when she realized that there was no fool-proof way to send something cute and curated to a faraway friend. Now that all we HAVE in this world are our faraway friends, Small Packages came in prettyyyyy handy this year (especially for Caroline, who ordered like, 7 boxes). This episode also covers CHIC NIGHTLIGHTS and tiny jars of caramel from Fat Toad. (Follow...

A warm welcome to Dan Nosowitz, food writer extraordinaire and Caroline’s husband. No one is more intimately familiar with the shopping habits of our host than Dan is, and he’s here to tell us how he really feels about the KitchenAid, the $5 rice cooker, and the bread maker. He also wants to convert you to Pyrex glass storage and teach you all how to make salad dressing so you never have to buy it...

Bad on Paper’s Grace Atwood and Becca Freeman dish on what they’re excited to give and excited to get this holiday season. It’s the one year anniversary of Gee Thanks, Just Bought It! It’s hard to believe we launched on Black Friday 2019 and here we are in the throws of another (weirder) holiday season. We’re happy you’re here! (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitp...

Once upon a time in January 2020 we talked about making this year the year of saving money in a smart way. 2020 had other plans lmao, but you guys, 2021 is still ours! Clever Girl Finance CEO Bola Sukunbi is here to talk about the basics of finance, including some truly jaw-dropping student loan payment facts that made me gasp out loud. She’s also talking about the furniture she’s buying for her k...

SHE’S BACK! Laura Wittig from Brightly.eco is back to talk about ways to have a more eco-friendly holiday this year. We got so much great feedback from her last episode that I knew it was time to invite her back. We discuss everything from how to shop to what to buy this year, and I placed my bets on what the hot quarantine trend will be in 2021. (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/gee...

Cora Harrington from The Lingerie Addict ( https://www.thelingerieaddict.com/ ) is here and we’re talking about romance novels, cozy mysteries, and the real cost of bras (we’re paying wayyyyy too little, even when we *think* we’ve paid way too much).  (Follow Gee Thanks! on Insta: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod ! I wanna see you there! And on Facebook! https://www.facebook.com/gro...