(Hardie Grant Books, $32.95)This book is a must for any self-respecting shopaholic. Thirtysomething oelburnian Nicole Hopkinson trawled the internet looking for the best online shopping sites to buy anything from handbags to kids’ toys, to knitwear, to life-size cardboard cut-outs of the stars. And this little gem is the result.
At first I was miffed that many of the stores don’t ship to Australia or, presumably, New Zealand, but Nicole can tell you all about mail forwarding (see The Global Shopper, page 179). I think Nicole might have expensive tastes, but even so, window shopping is free.