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I LOVE being in the water.  In fact, remember I mentioned my surprise vacation?  Well, I spent the vast majority of my time in, on and next to the water.

My favorite!

Alex's fave!

The great thing about water floats is that you can find them for very inexpensive prices – even at places like grocery stores (where I got mine!) and drugstores. Of course, you can also snag them online, expect to pay more but, if you get a good one, your recipient will totally love it and the little bit of extra cost will be worth it!

The styles above are some pics of the floats I stocked up on for summer fun – I purchased four total, two of the chair kind (they were $3 each!) and two of …read more

Summer isn’t over yet, although the stores would have us believing that we need to break out the sweaters, the plaid, the knee high boots, the back-to-school gear. Go ahead – plan for these but stay in the present!

Whether it is a birthday, graduation, wedding, thank you gift, etc. – make sure that it is seasonally appropriate.

Summer is the season for playing outdoors, swimming and taking relaxing vacations so if you need a gift consider the person first (do they love to swim, sun, hike, bike, cook? what are their particular interests, hobbies, things that make them unique from the other people in your life?), your relationship to them (lover, parent, friend, child?), the reason for the gift (just because, birthday, milestone, thank you?) and the season in which you are giving the gift (you …read more