
This would sound less jocular if I hadn’t loaded it and gone to bed confident in the power of democracy. Things are terrible.
Hi gang! So, we have our three beautiful totes (Mermaid (SOLD OUT, GONE FOREVER MINUS POSSIBLY A FEW STRAGGLERS I WILL MAKE AVAILABLE AFTER INVENTORY), Ship (SOLD OUT BUT BEING RE-ORDERED, YOU CAN STOP EMAILING ME NOW), and Spear (SOLD OUT, GONE FOREVER MINUS POSSIBLY A FEW STRAGGLERS I WILL MAKE AVAILABLE AFTER INVENTORY), now available for sale via our Shopify page. I’ve put nice shiny resolution close-ups of the artwork at the bottom of this page.
READ THIS FIRST
(if you are one of the eager beavers who found the storefront AFTER we took the password off in the middle of the night but BEFORE I discovered you and put it back on, read it now!):
Shipping is about five bucks domestically, but to make things simpler, we are charging $25 for a tote INCLUDING domestic shipping, and if you buy, like, ten totes, I’ll ship them in one big thing and if it costs less than sending them each individually, I’ll refund you some money.
If you are International (how classy of you!), just buy your tote like everyone else, and then I will shoot you an email (make sure you include your email when you order, I think you have to anyway, and if you can’t, email ME at nicole@the-toast.net) with what the additional costs will be for international shipping (since I will be doing international orders manually anyway, you can tell me if you prefer USPS or dogsled or if you want me to send fifty of them to one chick in London to distribute accordingly. I’m prepared to be very open-minded.) Some people are being charged $15 for international shipping, which is really $20, because the $25 tote cost INCLUDES five bucks worth of shipping credit, so we’ll refund or ask for more when we ship yours!
If you are Way Too Broke To Buy a Tote But Will Honestly Die Without One, we have a little Toast Totes Bursary cobbled together by the Editors and also Sweet Toasties who wanted to help, and you can email me your address and your preferred tote and I may be able to send you a freebie (we are on the honor system here, obviously.) If you want to contribute, please donate $25 or $50 to the usual place and I’ll know it’s what you meant, and you’ll be a true hero.
If you Woke Up and Didn’t Care About Totes But Where’s My Link Roundup? it is up half an hour later than usual today to give this post some space.
Yay! Go buy a tote! Domestic totes will be in the mail relatively soon, as I want them out of my entryway and the UPS Store is padded-envelope-stuffing them for me, but I AM cutting out shipping labels and taping them to said envelopes, so, you know, I want people to applaud my labours.
Here are some close-ups of the artwork:
MERMAID:
SHIP:
SPEAR:
Nicole is an Editor of The Toast.
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ToastiewithCheese 120p · 457 weeks ago
What if you were an International Eager Beaver and bought two totes + shipping? Will that work out or should I contact you about how to manage the shipping?
Dangerfield5 140p · 457 weeks ago
30Litresof 132p · 457 weeks ago
contrarianbear 110p · 457 weeks ago
NicoleCliffe 145p · 457 weeks ago
sigaloenta 120p · 457 weeks ago
EDIT: which is to say, thank you Nicole for proving that! (there is always hope for eventual human progress, even if just toward Taking to the Sea with a tote bag, I guess?)
notreallysure12 105p · 457 weeks ago
pretty_monster 106p · 457 weeks ago
(tote acquired. going back to bed.)
bookwormV 119p · 457 weeks ago
(Everything else today is terrible, obviously, and the fact that the value of the pound has dropped makes buying stuff from abroad feel idiotic. But I am trying to block this out with retail therapy.)
kaylaelisabethblog 125p · 457 weeks ago
mariahnotmaria 113p · 457 weeks ago
katmarie13 98p · 457 weeks ago
In other sadder news, Leave won?!?! UK toasties, I'm so sorry, that sounds like awful news. :(
haunting_of 127p · 457 weeks ago
ppyajunebug 137p · 457 weeks ago
annecara 125p · 457 weeks ago
gcf · 457 weeks ago
TLO 132p · 457 weeks ago
rallisaurus 101p · 457 weeks ago
littlehuntingcreek 135p · 457 weeks ago
kayloulee 88p · 457 weeks ago
A bunch of us Australians are thinking of doing a bulk order, and I stuck my head over the parapet and volunteered to do the actual ordering and stuff. Would you be able to tell me the size of the totes, like what size envelope do you plan on putting them in? I'm trying to work out postage for when I send them onto people and it's doing my head in. If I have the dimensions I can figure out what kind of mailing satchels to buy and how much it'll cost to mail them.
It's 11pm here so I'm about to go sleep but THANK YOU for looking after us international readers!
Frumiosa 141p · 457 weeks ago
foxinthe_snow 130p · 457 weeks ago
sourwatermelons 125p · 457 weeks ago
muttershanks 102p · 457 weeks ago
aravisthequeen 134p · 457 weeks ago
dupreema 118p · 457 weeks ago
Period_eye 115p · 457 weeks ago
Though my English husband is the one who really needs to take to the sea this am.
Commiserations, UK Toasties.. May tote bags succor you.
rachelthistle 83p · 457 weeks ago
Rillquiet 118p · 457 weeks ago
heyheyemkay 137p · 457 weeks ago
Janesy 143p · 457 weeks ago
sausagedog 127p · 457 weeks ago
(Hugs to UK Toasts and those affected, one day maybe we can all take to the sea together.)
friendofdaja 127p · 457 weeks ago
Any UK Toasties taking to the sea, feel free to cross the pond, and we will welcome you with open arms.
Fluffernutter 111p · 457 weeks ago
VioletandIrises 120p · 457 weeks ago
Although I may start carrying the empty tote around as a way of detecting kindred spirits in any given area.
Or I'll just use it for groceries. Whichever.
I would like to add that I got extra joy from the fact that the official company name for the tote operation is Manderley, LLC.
Dangerfield5 140p · 457 weeks ago
espriterrant 88p · 457 weeks ago
_SazeracAttack_ 133p · 457 weeks ago
Thea · 457 weeks ago
kayloulee 88p · 457 weeks ago
I am organising a bulk order of totes! I have made a Google Form https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1j8ZyCrPGXR5v8vPu... and you can pay about $7.20 AUD shipping (I'm gonna buy flat rate prepaid post satchels) plus the cost of the tote. I will leave the form up until 8pm Sydney time on Sunday 26 June, after which I will order whatever totes you lovely folk have asked for. It's 11.30pm here so I'm going to bed but I'll be home all weekend and keeping an eye on it.
sagerenee 107p · 457 weeks ago
moxycrimefighter 112p · 457 weeks ago
outoftheatlas 107p · 457 weeks ago
GoatlessSon 129p · 457 weeks ago
Frumiosa 141p · 457 weeks ago
Notreallydorine 91p · 457 weeks ago
My thoughts are with those of you in the U.K.
ProfPumps 90p · 457 weeks ago
[ETA: Looks like I was, indeed, just four minutes too late, as now everyone else is reporting it's sold out. WHY GOD WHY]
eleanorstrousers · 457 weeks ago
happysadcat · 457 weeks ago
I'm sleepy and my thumbs ache, but I acquired a tote! I can hardly wait for it to arrive, accompanied by a giant dog. She is a gift-with-purchase, right?
effableobject 97p · 457 weeks ago
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