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<?xml-stylesheet type="text/xsl" href="http://www.babble.com/CS/utility/FeedStylesheets/rss.xsl" media="screen"?><rss version="2.0" xmlns:dc="http://purl.org/dc/elements/1.1/" xmlns:slash="http://purl.org/rss/1.0/modules/slash/" xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/"><channel><title>droolicious : gift certificate</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/gift+certificate/default.aspx</link><description>Tags: gift certificate</description><dc:language>en</dc:language><generator>CommunityServer 2007.1 (Build: 20910.1126)</generator><item><title>Jessica Alba Baby Shower "Gifts"</title><link>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/02/01/jessica-alba-baby-shower-quot-gifts-quot.aspx</link><pubDate>Fri, 01 Feb 2008 22:24:00 GMT</pubDate><guid isPermaLink="false">42a08a39-daf3-4129-8a63-8a27b879cc03:68576</guid><dc:creator>Chris Ford</dc:creator><slash:comments>7</slash:comments><wfw:commentRss xmlns:wfw="http://wellformedweb.org/CommentAPI/">http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/rsscomments.aspx?PostID=68576</wfw:commentRss><comments>http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/02/01/jessica-alba-baby-shower-quot-gifts-quot.aspx#comments</comments><description>&lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/02/01/jessica-alba-baby-shower-quot-gifts-quot.aspx"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/albashower.jpg" border="0" height="257" width="269" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;If you haven&amp;#39;t heard yet (and if you haven&amp;#39;t, then you really should be reading &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/famecrawler/archive/2008/02/01/jessica-alba-amp-tyra-banks-shower-together.aspx"&gt;FameCrawler&lt;/a&gt; more often), Tyra Banks just threw Jessica Alba a baby shower on her television show (because really, if there&amp;#39;s one person who needs free kids stuff, it&amp;#39;s the Fantastic Four&amp;#39;s Invisible Girl). Apparently the Tyra Show got together with &lt;a href="http://www.momlogic.com/2008/02/jessica_alba_tyra_banks_baby_s.php"&gt;MomLogic.com&lt;/a&gt; and came up with a bunch of new products that every new Hollywood mom must have. After the jump I&amp;#39;ll list them (along with some of my own snarky comments).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/cariboo_bassinet.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/cariboo_bassinet.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cariboo.us/"&gt;The Cariboo Classic Bassinet&lt;/a&gt; ($359.95) &amp;amp; Cariboo Activity Gym ($159.95). A beautiful, expensive bassinet that she&amp;#39;ll use for about six months and then get rid of.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/cariboo_blankets.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/cariboo_blankets.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cariboo.us/"&gt;Cariboo Puretec Blankets&lt;/a&gt; $99.95 - $159.95. A baby blanket for $159.95 doesn&amp;#39;t even deserve a comment.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/eurotote.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/eurotote.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.lillebabyusa.com/"&gt;Lillebaby Euro Tote&lt;/a&gt; ($119.95). Baby in a bag! &lt;a href="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/2008/01/16/lille-baby-worth-it.aspx"&gt;We&amp;#39;ve been talking about these for a while on Droolicious&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_highchair.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_highchair.jpg" border="0" height="130" width="153" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.svanusa.com/"&gt;Svan High Chair&lt;/a&gt; ($249.95). Even at that price, it&amp;#39;s hard to make a snide comment about a beautiful high chair. Even though if you so much as cut a piece of pizza on it you&amp;#39;ll dramatically reduce the resale value. OK. It wasn&amp;#39;t that hard.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_scooter.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_scooter.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.svanusa.com/"&gt;Svan Scooter&lt;/a&gt; ($119.95). For the right age group (i.e. not Jessica&amp;#39;s impending infant) this is a really cool product.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_bouncer2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/svan_bouncer2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.svanusa.com/"&gt;Svan Bouncer&lt;/a&gt; ($119.95) For a hundred and twenty dollars it better take care of the midnight feeding too.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_booties2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_booties2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yomybooties.com/"&gt;Yo My Booties Baby Booties&lt;/a&gt; ($50). If you can&amp;#39;t put your infant in Uggs, super-furry baby shoes are probably the next best thing.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_sweaters.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_sweaters.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yomybooties.com/"&gt;Yo My Booties Zebra and Cheetah Sweaters&lt;/a&gt; ($85). Expensive, but these look pretty cool.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_hat.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/yo_hat.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.yomybooties.com/"&gt;Yo My Booties Pom Pom Hat&lt;/a&gt; ($50). Isn&amp;#39;t a baby hat for $50 the definition of conspicuous?&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/valco_stroller2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/valco_stroller2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.valcobaby.com/"&gt;Valco Baby TriMode All Terrain Stroller&lt;/a&gt; ($425) &lt;a href="http://www.valcobaby.com/"&gt;with Infant Bassinet&lt;/a&gt; ($150). No comment. I&amp;#39;m a Bugaboo man myself.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/diaperbags2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/diaperbags2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.timiandleslie.com/"&gt;Lautrec Toulouse Diaper Bag&lt;/a&gt; ($236), &lt;a href="http://www.timiandleslie.com/"&gt;Mommy Chic Diaper Bag&lt;/a&gt; ($395) &amp;amp; &lt;a href="http://www.timiandleslie.com/"&gt;Femme Chic Diaper Bag&lt;/a&gt; ($360). Any one of these would be way too much money, but three? If you&amp;#39;re worried about your kid crapping on it, it&amp;#39;s time to get a new diaper bag. And if you don&amp;#39;t care about your kid crapping on a $395 diaper bag? More power to you.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/shoes2.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/shoes2.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.striderite.com/"&gt;Lil Safari Girl Pre-Walker and Lil Dino Boy Pre-Walker Shoes&lt;/a&gt; ($34.95). A new Robeez &lt;strike&gt;competitor&lt;/strike&gt;? [Reader Laura correctly points out, Robeez is also owned by Stride Rite, having a virtual baby shoe monopoly. -mdd]  I&amp;#39;ll have to check them out. &lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp; &lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/sheeptoys.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/sheeptoys.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.cloudb.com/"&gt;Sleep Sheep, Sleep Sheep on the Go, Lavender Lab, Baby Sheep Rattle&lt;/a&gt; ($6 - $24). Finally. A baby toy.&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&amp;nbsp;&lt;a href="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/belbambini.jpg"&gt;&lt;img src="http://babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/2008/02/01-07/belbambini.jpg" border="0" alt="" /&gt;&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href="http://www.bel-bambini.com/"&gt;Bel Bambini Gift Basket&lt;/a&gt; ($500) and &lt;a href="http://www.bel-bambini.com/"&gt;Gift Certificate&lt;/a&gt; ($1000). Oh. I guess there wasn&amp;#39;t enough free crap. Now she can go pick out some more herself.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;So there it is. And the grand total of all the free swag Jessica Alba is getting? About $4,861.50 by my calculations.&lt;br /&gt;&lt;br /&gt;Check out more about it at &lt;a href="http://www.momlogic.com/2008/02/jessica_alba_tyra_banks_baby_s.php"&gt;Mom Logic.com&lt;/a&gt; (including a clip of the show).&lt;/p&gt;&lt;p&gt;&lt;i&gt;Photo of the Tyra Show source: Pagesix&lt;/i&gt;&lt;br /&gt;&lt;/p&gt;&lt;img src="http://www.babble.com/CS/aggbug.aspx?PostID=68576" width="1" height="1"&gt;</description><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/Yo+My+Booties/default.aspx">Yo My Booties</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/high+chair/default.aspx">high chair</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/nursery/default.aspx">nursery</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/diaper+bags/default.aspx">diaper bags</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/blankets/default.aspx">blankets</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/shoes/default.aspx">shoes</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/Toys/default.aspx">Toys</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/television/default.aspx">television</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/pregnancy/default.aspx">pregnancy</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/scooter/default.aspx">scooter</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/hats/default.aspx">hats</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/clothes/default.aspx">clothes</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/strollers/default.aspx">strollers</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/svan/default.aspx">svan</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/booties/default.aspx">booties</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/sheep/default.aspx">sheep</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/diaper+bag/default.aspx">diaper bag</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/sweaters/default.aspx">sweaters</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/celebrities/default.aspx">celebrities</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/baby+gear/default.aspx">baby gear</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/bassinet/default.aspx">bassinet</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/cariboo/default.aspx">cariboo</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/tyra/default.aspx">tyra</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/baby+shower/default.aspx">baby shower</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/valco+baby+trimode/default.aspx">valco baby trimode</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/valco/default.aspx">valco</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/sleep+sheep/default.aspx">sleep sheep</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/jessica+alba/default.aspx">jessica alba</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/lil+dino/default.aspx">lil dino</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/fantastic+four/default.aspx">fantastic four</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/bel+bambini/default.aspx">bel bambini</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/high+chairs/default.aspx">high chairs</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/bouncer/default.aspx">bouncer</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/lil+safari/default.aspx">lil safari</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/tyra+banks/default.aspx">tyra banks</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/gift+certificate/default.aspx">gift certificate</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/lillebaby+euro+tote/default.aspx">lillebaby euro tote</category><category domain="http://www.babble.com/CS/blogs/droolicious/archive/tags/mdd/default.aspx">mdd</category></item></channel></rss>