Group Gifts Make Sense

It's already November people, time to start thinking about shopping early for the Holidays. It'll be here before you know it, and we'll all be kicking ourselves - AGAIN! So put on your holiday thinking caps and get to it. And while your at it, give a serious nod to the idea of giving together. You might just save some precious time, gas, and money!

Group Gifts Make Sense. Times are 'financially challenging', no question, so pooling money together enables you to give more. If ten of you contribute $10 each, that's a heck of a nice gift card to Williams Sonoma for Aunt Sophie, or Eddie Bauer for Cousin Joe, right? I don't know about you, but I love getting gift cards and choosing what I really want, so much better that ten little knick knacks. And what about for the boss, did you get stuck with passing the hat around again? No worries, there are a plethora of sites (see previous post) that let you bypass that ardous task and still get your 'real' work done.  No one should have to beg for money, but anyone can send an email.

Organizing a group gift is 'green' - well, sort of right? It is if you do it online. There's no driving around wasting gas to collect money or searching for the perfect gift. Thanks for sparing the air on that one. I've even read that some companies are recycling gift cards; brilliant (kudos to Rodd Gilbert @ Earthworks)! It takes a minimal amount of your time to organize online, (and a minimal amount of electricty for your laptop), which leaves plenty of opportunities to bake cookies, get together with friends or just bask in the joys of the holidays.

Now go pour that second cuppa, boost up your laptop, it's almost Christmas people.

Happy Holidays,
from: Everyone

Shout Out of Thanks

As this business plugs along, I just think it's nice to say thank you to those of you who make it work along the way. To anyone who's just taken a peek to see what the heck a group gift is - Thank You. To the looky-lou's who take the time to set up a group gift in the name of checking out the competition - Thank You. To the spammers who can't help themselves - hmmm, no thanks. But mostly to the Organizers and Contributors, a huge Thank You for trusting your gut, for using from: Everyone and for providing great feedback to make your experience even better. I hope you'll continue to pass us along and share the gift of giving.

I'm happy to report from: Everyone's been spotted on the East Coast. Keep it up folks, and thank you.

Paula