Great Gift for anyone who Grills, why Go Outback tonight?

Your grilling friends will be impressed.  No need for going to a restaurant for steak.  Spice it up the way you want, or individually for each guest.  Add a grill charm so the steaks don’t get mixed up OR to show the “chef” how to cook it.

Grill Charms are dime-sized solid stainless steel charms that are placed in your food BEFORE grilling. The serrated stem holds the Grill Charm securely in place while flipping, moving and grilling like you normally do. You Grill Charm your food prior to cooking to distinguish spices and flavors, steak temperatures, or to avoid health or allergy issues.

Grill Charms can make a great host or hostess gifts when going to those holiday parties.  Also, for any office parties where you play the Thieving Secret Santa gift exchange, Grill Charms are perfect for anyone who owns a grill!  And of course, as a stocking stuffer, it’s the perfect size.

Grill Charms are available for $19.95 and come in 4 different collections – Steak Collection, rare, medium rare, etc. Spicy collection, mild, medium, spicy, etc. Charmed Life collection fun personalized collection. Pink Collection with the proceeds going toward finding a cure for breast cancer.

Be charming, give grill charms this year.  Go to www.grillcharms.com

You won’t find this one at the bookstore because YOU are the Star

Did you ever think you and your sweetie could star in a romance novel?  Are you too spicy for that or too mild?  yournovel.com will let you choose between a mild or wild version of romance and, starting at about $50, create a personal virtual fantasy for you and your sweetie beloved.

Yournovel.com’s founders Kathy M. Newbern and J.S. Fletcher, who form the husband/wife writing team Fletcher Newbern, have been penning the novels since they met and fell in love in 1992. Each book is personalized throughout with more than 25 details about the starring couple crafted from an online questionnaire, including names, hometown, places of work, eye and hair color, best friends, favorite perfume, cologne and music, affectionate nicknames for one another, and how long they’ve been a couple. There’s even the option of adding the starring couple’s photo to the book cover, and novels come in paperback or hardback.

One romance? I want the series! I want to laze on the Caribbean beaches, gaze into my beloved’s eyes over a fine glass of Barbera di Asti in Rome and take the Alaskan cruise, all without leaving our bedroom. Think of the fun we’d have – not only in the location of our choice, but reading about our wild encounters with pirates on the high seas! What’s your fantasy? Here’s your chance! A bodice-ripper? They have that!

What a very fun gift this would be for both of you.  Hurry there are only 17 days to Christmas!

Black Friday shopping tips PLUS a Holiday Gift Guide

For some great holiday shopping tips, from budgeting to what to buy, you must check out Jennifer Melnick Carotas site the Gift Therapist.  What is a gift therapist?  Well, we can all use some type of therapy when it comes to gift giving as there are so many extremes, from spending more than we can afford on gifts to buying so manyy gifts that you’re not quite sure who you’re giving them all to.  Or some people become so stressed out with the gift giving process that they don’t even know where to start and there is little enjoyment found in it. This year go to the Gift Therapist site and learn what Giveology is all about. According to Jen, when asked what is her favorite sanity saver… “As an expert Giveologist, my mantra is “focus on the giving, rather than on the gift.” Forget about price-tags and obligatory spending! Give the best you can with what you’ve got and feel great about it. If you take the time to put together a meaningful gift that reflects your cherished relationship with that person, you will hit a home run every time…even if you only spent $10.”

Jen can help you with gift ideas – check out Advice and Tips, Sanity Savers, and Top 20 Gifts for 2008.  I want you to know that Strappys Decorative Bra Straps are Gift Therapist Approved and have received her approval seal.  She didn’t actually know about Strappys until she had put her top 20 together.  Had she known I have a feeling she would have had to expand her list to the Top 21 gifts as all the top 20 are really cool.  Check them out – they’re available online.