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Have you ever noticed that there are two kinds of people when it comes to holiday gift giving?

There are the people who have their stuff together.

They budget for the holidays and when they're out and about and spot something that would be perfect for someone on their list they buy it. If you're friends with

one of these people as you're having coffee in October she'll probably mention I just

finished wrapping all our holiday gifts and in that moment it takes all your energy not to

spit out your pumpkin spice latte.

Because you are firmly in the other camp of holiday gift giving.

I like to call it the Oh, crap of holiday gift giving, which I'm pretty sure is 95% of us who haven't really started shopping yet, let alone finish wrapping it.

Sometimes the camp you fall into changes from year to year.

When I had more free time, I used to be more put together on holiday gifts.

Now it's not the highest priority on my list that early and that's okay.

By now I know who I'm going to be exchanging holiday gifts with and I have a few retailers I hit up time and time again because I know they're going to have quality stuff that my people will love.

Usually those people are small businesses, a few in Pensacola and a few online, and let me tell you one of my favorite small

businesses for gift giving is definitely the Tiny Tassal. If you know the Tiny Tassal,

then you know how delightful everything about that brand is.

The Tiny Tasl makes handmade jewelry, clothing, and accessories in Charleston, South Carolina

and is founded and run by Mimi Striplin. Mimi is one of those people who is as beautiful on the inside

as she is on the outside.

I'm dead serious.

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