If you haven’t finished your Christmas shopping, you still have time to get some presents!  There are two sections to this post – the first section will focus on helping you buy different personal gifts for the people remaining on your list, the second section will help you if you need to give the same gift to many, with lots of ideas on how to still make them personal and really fit the recipient. 

Tips for Last Minute Shopping for Getting Different Presents for Each Recipient

In order to minimize stress, I suggest making a list of the people that you still would like to get presents for, then look at each recipient and write down a few things about them that come to mind.

For instance:

Lauren – Loves hats, skinny scarves and strong coffee; has new job and new home; enjoys knitting.
Tim – Loves …read more

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In yesterday’s post I suggested some specific books (or for the mom who really loves reading – a Kindle would be another fantastic gift) that would make nice Mother’s Day gifts.  For the second part of this series I am going to embellish on the idea and show you different ways to make any book or publication into a really thoughtful and personalized present.

By M. Gauvin – www.matthewgauvin.com

Part II
Ideas for Making Any Book or Publication Into a Really Thoughtful and Personalized Present
Books are great presents for a variety of reasons, including, you don’t have to worry about getting the wrong size or color, they ship well, wrap easily, and there is such a wide variety to choose from that, as long as your recipient likes to read, you can find something that really suits …read more

Spring has sprung, Summer will soon be arriving (yeah!) and I’ve eaten one too many donut holes, cookies and bites of ice cream.  Combine this with reading in a magazine (a fitness mag, of course) that they polled women and 90% of them said they wouldn’t be offended if they received a fitness related gift – I was impressed that such a large majority of women would like and enjoy a fitness related gift (Way to go, women!) – and all of this got me to thinking of fitness related gifts in general…

So, this week’s gifts will all be geared toward fitness.  Perhaps the inspiration from writing about fitness related gifts will get my own butt in gear!

Fitness related gifts do not have to carry a negative stigma if you are giving it to the right person (someone who is interested in fitness, exercise or sports) and you give …read more