Category Archives: Gifts

Free Holiday Gift Ideas

By Susan | December 15, 2009

Giving gifts during the holiday can be a wonderful custom, full of fun and memories. But it can sometimes cause extreme stress due to lack of time and, in this economy, lack of money. But using a little imagination and maybe a little time, can turn this holiday tradition back into the thing it was [...]

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Stress Relieving Ideas — We all win

By Susan | December 15, 2008

Last month I posted a blog about ways to relieve holiday stress and encouraged others to share their ideas. I offered a gift from Calm and Sense for the winning post. Interestingly, two people shared similar insights that they relieve stress by ending the gift giving rat race and instead donate to a charity. Bravo to [...]

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Lost and Found

By Susan | November 29, 2008

My father was never a sentimental person and he resorted to cash for most of his gift giving. So any piece of jewelry that he gave my mother was exceptional, not for its value or its beauty, but more because he actually went to a store and picked something out. So years ago when my [...]

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