Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!

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.instagram.com/jennfalik/?hl=en She’s the Today Show’s resident shopping expert and her newsletter, The Ulti...

Claire Mazur and Erica Cerulo from A Thing Or Two join us for a very special Black Friday episode!

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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.instagram.com/jennfalik/?hl=en She’s the Today Show’s resident shopping expert and her newsletter, The Ultimate Edit, is f...

Dan is back for what now is going to be an annual tradition: Reviewing Caroline’s purchases from 2021. From the Litter Robot to a mattress to Lottie the puppy, Dan runs down all of the things we introduced into our home this past year. He has opinions! I know, shocking.

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The Today Show's Jenn Falik and I teamed up this holiday season to give you more of what you've been asking for: GIFT GUIDES! We go through all of our favorite things and pick the best of the best. This week we're talking about the best, most unique gifts under $25.

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.com/the-ultimate-edit-directory 

Sarah from @My.Sister.Made.Me.Buy.It is here for the most refreshing conversation about shopping, grief, the bald eagle obsession of the 90s (who remembers? People were OBSESSED?!), and so much more. Also: JOMO, ADHD brain, seating anxiety, and a really good hair repair system. 

More than anything, this episode felt like a really fun yet ~super healing~ therapy session, which both Sarah and I were like, is this too much? But honestly, if you can’t handle us at our too much, you don’t deserve us at our shopping link...

The Today Show's Jenn Falik and I teamed up this holiday season to give you more of what you've been asking for: GIFT GUIDES! We go through all of our favorite things and pick the best of the best. This week we're talking about the best, most unique gifts under $25.

Bubble Girl Vase https://bit.ly/3mFtG7a

Rose Gold USB Rechargeable Lighter https://bit.ly/3jo3hZz

The Popper Microwaeable Bowl https://bit.ly/3k2E4UC

Water Bottle Ice Tray https://bit.ly/3CJkcxp

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I LEARNED WHAT A TUBING MASCARA WAS. Alison Rosen is your (my) new best friend! It’s her podcast but it’s also a true statement. As I was listening back on this episode for editing I was like JFC, Caroline, if you love New York so much why don’t you just marry it! I am sorry it always comes up. 

But anyway: ALISON! She’s here to talk about her Balsam Hill Christmas Tree, sandwiches, mascara, and so much more. She’s also lived in LA for a long time and has never...

The Today Show's Jenn Falik and I teamed up this holiday season to give you more of what you've been asking for: GIFT GUIDES! We go through all of our favorite things and pick the best of the best. This week we're talking about what the tweens want (TikTok things), and the best gifts for our partners that we can eventually take back for ourselves.

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Hotel Lobby Candle founder and influencer Lindsay Silberman videos in to talk about what it’s like to have the “i-word” as a job title, how she created HLC during the pandemic, and the bra her boobs can’t live without. We also get into jeans, bodysuits, and how she tried really hard to take a break from her phone on her trip to Bora Bora. If you don’t follow Lindsay, you are missing out on one of my favorite follows of 2021!

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You may know Grace Bonney from Design Sponge but did you know her from her backyard, where she’s been spending the pandemic getting into birding? You do now! Grace tells us all about her adventures in birding and the camera that sparked a love affair.

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OG “Weekend Mom” Grace Faris is here to wax lyrical about her favorite fanny pack, parenting in different cities, and what happens when you leave a hunk of parm in a handbag (nothing good, let me tell ya). Grace is a DOCTOR and an ARTIST and you can preorder her newest book, MOM MILESTONES (out Spring 2022): https://bookshop.org/a/9875/9781523511471 

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No new episode of Gee Thanks! this week because Nora McInerny and I are: a) in Las Vegas, together, writing and working and peeing our pants laughing and b) we really wanted to share an episode of our new project, a Patreon podcast called NOBODY ASKED where we revisit the early 2000s reality television shows that shaped our lives (and pee our pants laughing).

SUBSCRIBE HERE! www.patreon.com/geethanksandfriends 

We start with Newlyweds: Nick and Jessica. This is an abridged version of our first episode of the...

‘Pretty Little Liars’ author Sara Shepard is here to talk about her newest book (‘Safe In My Arms’), what it was like to watch Pretty Little Liars on TV, and the $35 instrument her whole family is obsessed with!

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Writer and creator Emily Farris joins us to spill the beans about her fav Amazon underwear, her late-in-life ADHD diagnosis, and her new podcast, “Mother, Mother” which launches in October with ACast. We also discuss one of the worst New York Times articles ever from 2017 and my new obsession with Parade underwear thanks to so many of you guys in the Facebook group!

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This Is Yrs founder Jenna Fletcher is here! She’s a Geezer, a writer, a poet (though she won’t say so), and lately, a jewelry maker. We go deep on IMMERSION BLENDERS, and Jenna straight up LIES and says she paid $40 for a full Kitchenaid? Blender? We are still dying laughing about this via text. You guys, it’s like $150. She’s blocked it out. You’re going to love her.

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

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Author and illustrator Ann Chen is here to talk about her pandemic chicken coop, her pandemic flower garden, and her pandemic sweater (in its many pieces)!

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

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***RERUN!*** I could not pull a new episode out of myself this week so I am replaying a really fun one from last summer! Tonette Griffin is an event producer by day and by night she has made thousands of dollars reselling thrift store finds and discarded items on Poshmark. Now she’s here to tell us all of her secrets! 

Since she came on the podcast in July 2020 she has launched FAREWELL EXCHANGE, where you can donate clothes to be sold to those who want them (kind of like a cooler Goodwill, bu...

You know her and love her: Kate Kennedy of Be There In Five is here! We go deep on housewives and Dyson Air Wraps, and why it feels so weird (but also good! But also weird!) to enjoy reality television in the midst of a global pandemic. Also, table top vacuums! Fake nails! Hair shellac!

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

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Hey Geezers! I know what you're thinking — is it Friday already? No! It's Thursday! Sorry! but I wanted to update you guys on what's going on with our mini episodes. 

Jackie and I have had the best time recording these episodes -- in fact, we've had so much fun, we launched a Patreon together! But between our own shows, the minis, and the Patreon, we feared that something would get lost along the way and decided it was time to take a hiatus from doing the minis to focus on Season 1 of Ju...

**ANNOUNCEMENT: This will be the last mini for awhile! We’re taking a break to focus on Natch, Gee Thanks! and our Patreon, Just One Episode: https://www.patreon.com/justoneepisode**

If we could only sit in a room and record together with no other obligations for the rest of our lives, we would! We are so appreciative of the support of everyone who has been on this ride with us, especially those who gave $2 on the Palette Patrons tier with nothing in return. 

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Every Thursday morning, Jenn Falik tells me what she’s buying and loving in her newsletter THE ULTIMATE EDIT. We have a lot of TUE and Gee Thanks! crossover which is my most favorite thing ever — we compare notes. Jenn dives into all of her fav products as of late and maybe most importantly, reveals the trendiest sunscreen in tween bunks across America this summer.

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

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Apartment Therapy founder Maxwell Ryan is here to give me, well, apartment therapy. And I think I’m actually going to take his (great!) advice. Also, foam machines, dishes, and what to do with birthday cards from loved ones.

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

Follow along with recs (and share your own via DM) on the “Gee Thanks, Just Bought It!” Instagram: www.instagram.com/geethanksjustboughtitpod and shop all of our recs here: https://shoplist.us/geeth...

We launched a Patreon! https://www.patreon.com/justoneepisode 

Just One Episode drops weekly to subscribers. The best way we can explain it? Imagine if Jackie and I launched a new podcast every week, and then never did another episode of that podcast again. But then next week, there’d be a new podcast, with a new theme song and new topics. Patreon subscribers aka The Mountain Dew Producers Circle (#notspon) get access to every episode, plus bonus content, photos of behind the scenes during mini recording sessions, and a secret instagram account. We...

*Content Warning*: This episode discusses diet culture and disordered eating.

I joined Nicole Cruz’s FB group, Joyful Eating For Your Family, in an effort to reparent myself in regard to my relationship with food, and I am excited to say that over the last year I have learned SO much. We touched on these topics with Casey Johnston in the Swole Woman episode, and the feedback was so wonderful. ALSO, AIR FRYERS!

ICYMI, Jackie and I launched a Patreon! We’d love to see you there: www.patreon.com...

Carmen Myer James is here! We’re talking about rewatching our fav shows (in this case, Parenthood), the best necklace an Amazon link can buy, weddings, marriages, and air purifiers. You know, all of those things go together. 

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Stop what you’re doing and BUY COVER YOUR ASSETS. Jackie and her husband have to go to therapy about it! We also talk about the things we buy when guests are staying in our house.

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Today we welcome Geezer and blogger Eileen Shaklee aka Mama Fry to Gee Thanks! Eileen is a mom of a teenager with autism and has been a longtime advocate for the autism community. She’s also EFFING HILARIOUS. We get into walking shoes, eyeliner, and products and companies that directly support adults with autism through employment opportunities. Also, stay for her Cheap Trick connection and my jealousy!

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One of my absolute favorite people to follow on Instagram is here! Ayana Lage, blogger, Instagrammer, writer, mom of cute baby, wife of cute man...Ayana Lage! You may be wondering about the title of this episode. It is derived from the title of this movie. That’s really all I can say. Also: Candles from everywhere.

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The Stuff We Bought From Instagram Ads And LOVE, Mini Ep Edition! For me it’s Baboon to the Moon luggage bags and Sabah shoes. For Jackie it’s Cover Your Assets (the ad was from me), and an Amazon workout set that I also realized I own.

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Dan Nosowitz is back for another episode of Gee Thanks! The first time I invited him on he listed all of the things I bought in 2020 that he hated. Now I invite him to talk about gadgets, his favorite $35 smartwatch (seriously), and our LITTER ROBOT!

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Meet my old “work buddy” Lauren and learn about what it’s like to start a bathing suit line from the ground up! Ricki Rum is a self-funded, sustainable swimwear line with plans to keep expanding sizes and taking over the world. Plus, BACK PAIN. Plus, MIGRAINE CARE! 

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It’s so hot out and everything we’re putting on our skin is sliding off and sweating out. Here are the products Jackie swears by when you’re looking for sun protection, coverage, and stuff to stay on your face.

PS. Use Rakuten, you guys. It’s free money! I finally convinced Jackie, and it’s easy. Register for free, add the extension button to your bar, and click it when you check out tons of online stores. The money adds up quickly, and every 3 months you get a deposit in your PayPal account. E...

Okay, not a LITERAL shower WITH HIM (that’s not my place to offer), but celebrity stylist Lo VonRumpf (who also hosts podcast The Lo Life) is here to talk about the $20 addition to his shower routine that’s left him feeling zen and left his feet feeling much cleaner. 

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The New Yorker’s Helen Rosner is here to talk about the beauty of a chain restaurant salad bar (bacon bits 4eva) and her favorite crisp white tee shirt. No, really, she owns 30 of them and says they’re perfect under the GWOs (garden witch overalls, duh).

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This week Caroline and Jackie go deep on their favorite car accessories, snacks, and why Jackie believes La Croix is “too much” for her “sensitive stomach”. Plus, we don’t sing “Zoom Where It Happened”!

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*This episode is about weed!* Hallie Bateman, author of DIRECTIONS, is here to talk about art, creating, and her journey into the world of cannabis. We also discuss the absolute horsesh*t inequalities surrounding the recent decriminalization of weed, taking a break from smartphones, and much more.

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*This episode contains explicit content* Welcome to Nicola Bonn, host of the Outspoken Beauty podcast and my new best friend. Two words: Ceramic Dildo. You guys asked for more sex toy content and Nicola was up for the challenge! 

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**A NOTE: Some of you heard this episode last week and others didn’t. It was flagged for being rated R and we here at SVU believe because of that it was bumped off streams soon after going live. Here it is again. Rated E for Explicit. G for Gee Thanks. N for Natch Beaut.**

This week, Caroline is in Hawaii and Jackie is in California and they’re talkin’ Poo-pouri, duffle bags, TSA Security Theater, and singing some songs! You love it!

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Dia and Co. founder and CEO Nadia Boujarwah knows a little bit — okay, a lotta bit — about plus size clothing, bathing suits, and wedding dresses. Plus collagen in her coffee, GrandeLash on her eyelashes and much more.

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