Cigars

I have to say that I can't stand the smell of cigars. My husband smokes cigarettes and is trying to quite. He always jokes that maybe he will take up smoking cigars instead. Some people really actually enjoy the smell. They say it's a sweet kind of smell. When I visited Holland back in 2001 I remember there being a ton of Cigar shops in Rotterdam. You could smell them just when you were walking by.

Hard Drives

My future brother in law is quite the handy computer person to have around. He knows all about taking apart and putting together computer and working with hard drives and other internal computer stuff that I wouldn't know how to even begin to mess with. I bet he makes some major money some day. Or at least is able to fix all of our computers when stuff goes wrong! That is a skill that most people wish they had.

If you think that Amazon books are to expensive and are looking to purchase books as gifts this year, you should check out a promotion that is going on at buy.com. You can currently get 10% off Amazon books. There is a huge selection of titles to choose from. You can even price match. Since I can't afford to get my sister in law that laptop she wants, maybe I will get her a couple of new books to read. She is quite the avid reader.

Laptops

My sister in law really needs a laptop. I wish I had the money to get her one for Christmas but I don't. She's currently taking college courses through work and it's really hard to schedule the time to use computers and the internet at a library when you work during the hours they are open. It's amazing how it's become absolute necessity to have a computer and the internet these days. Our son's elementary school newsletter and any important announcements come through e-mail so if you don't have the internet or a computer, it must make it extremely difficult.

Personalized gifts

So as Christmas fast approaches (I know, I know, Halloween hasn't even happened yet!) i'm on the look out for cool personalized photo gifts I can give to my parents. Did you know you can even put pictures onglass tiles these days? You can put them on anything. I am thinking of putting my son's picture on a gift to give to my parents since they hardly ever get to see him, us living so far away and all.