I tend to like gadgets. I seldom buy online or from tv shows, but I just bought two items that I really like. One is the Purse Brite handbag organizer. I love it.

Lightweight, it has 10 pockets for items such as your cell phone, lipstick, sunglasses, pillbox, keys, etc. I believe I paid $15.95 + shipping through home shopping network, but now I see you can buy it other places online cheaper. But, I do like it. You put your things in the pockets, wrap it in a circle and drop it into your purse. Drop your wallet in the middle and you're good to go. When you want to change bags, pick it up and transfer the whole thing to the other bag. I usually cannot find my office keys when I get to work and have to dig for 5 minutes before I find them. Not to mention other items. This thing is great. It has a light and comes with a pair of lighted magnifiying tweezers and a magnifying compact. Has anyone else ever bought one of these?

The other thing I bought that came yesterday is Clever Clasp. Again, I found I can get it cheaper by going to www.cleverclasp.com and ordering it there. I may go order more. These attach to a necklace or bracelet and have magnetic ends and make it so easy to put your jewelry on and take it off. Don't have to deal with small lobster claw casps or tiny spring rings. I think these would be helpful to those who love jewelry but also have a hard time because of arthritis or long nails. I'm going to look up the mall first because they have a store that has stuff you can buy on tv and lots of these items are sold there for less.

Speaking of jewelry: I bought another gadget at the Brookstone outlet store while in NH recently. A jewelry cleaning machine. I saw one similar in a book that I was going to buy that was $50. This one was 50 marked down to $20 so I tried it. It's great. You can put quite a few pieces of jewelry in a basket, drop it into the machine, add water and a few drops of liquid detergent, close the cover and press a button. The jewelry cleans in minutes. It comes out nice too. It's fast, easy and not messy. If I ew this, I would have paid $50 if I had to.

Now if I could just organize my messy computer room and my closet............

Thanks for sharing, Louisa. I always love it when someone I know tries things first...that way you get the REAL scoop! I saw the purse organizer on tv...nice to know it works well.

We have a store called Lakeland..Outlets in major cities.This shop has many gagets.
The best I have is a RAMOSKA..Humlan may know due to it being Czeck in origin. When my deaughter went there she bought another as a back up.
Basicly its an electric pot with the element in the lid.I cook chicken roast potatoes roast vegetables pizza sponge and no doubt I love it.There is a glass "window" in the lid to view the process. There are three sizes to suit everyone.Once prepared the meal cooks by its self..leaving the cook to enjoy her visitors.
MA

I remember a post (oh, who was it?) right after Christmas, about clever clasps.

RAMOSKA - is this anything like a crock pot?

One gadget, that I really like, that we don't see much in the states (at least not in my part of the country) is the electric tea kettle. Everywhere I have been in Europe has one. The water heats quickly and shuts of automatically.

I saw Clever Clasps hanging on a peg at our Hobby Lobby last week. I don't wear jewelry so I hardly looked twice, but I do remember the "As Seen on TV" in the red bubble.

The gadget I'd like to try is the Aero Garden. I'd like to have a room dedicated to a 1/2 dozen of them, with a mini fridge in the corner - a salad on the go spot.

REMOSKA I don't think it's exactly the same, anno... I had to know what it was too, so I looked it up.

Anno, that kettle was one of the things we loved so much while in Ireland. It was fab!

Anno
the Ramoska is different from a crockpot.
It stands on a trivet all metal apart from handle and glass "window" more like an electric fry pan but the lid has the heating element.
It seems it was used almost as an oven.Its been around in Czechoslavkia a long time and made a come back.Many of the recipes in the cookbook are for game..
It seems that caravaners use them. All the goodness is kept in the pot.
MA

Now, I never said I buy cooking gadgets. I used to, years ago, but not now. That would meant I might have to cook.

LadyJane, just an FYI - the space bags weren't so great. I didn't buy them on tv, but I bought them somewhere. More trouble than they are worth, I think.

My quest
the perfect bag.
Not too many pockets...where things get forgotten.
Nor too small...nor too heavy
safe with hidey places for spare knickers!!!
MA

I got an aero garden for Christmas, and it is fun. The herbs aren't as flavorful as they are when they are grown outdoors, but it's more fun growing them that buying them at the store 8 months of the year.

They also have smaller ones, flower kits and other such stuff.

Am I recommending it? They sure have been easy to work with - I had trouble with one of the bulbs and they replaced it right away, free of charge. They even offered to replace the plants if I wanted.