So how did Santa do? When it comes to gift giving, we have a tough time in our household because none of us really want to accumulate any more stuff. My mom travels a lot (or we do) and buys things to represent those travels. Plus, when she wants things, she buys them. For our part, we're not sure how long we'll stay in the U.S. and don't really want to have a bunch of stuff to bring with us or sell. So what to get each other? We haven't been in the States in a long time for the holidays, so really the gift was that we were all together, but you still need
something to unwrap! The Mom suggested a Key West sweatshirt.
That seemed simple enough until we started looking for one. Key West stores need to work on their sweatshirt offerings. There were plenty of cheap ones, but none of the quality we'd want to give someone for Christmas. We weren't having much luck in t-shirts either - too kitschy, cheaply made, or perverted. Hmm....We were recently turned on to
Tervis and had just bought ourselves a couple of cups in a store dedicated to the product. I decided to go back and get her a mug. Then I lucked out in a store,
Bon Voyage, that was always closed when I'd walked by it in the past. They had really nice quality and tasteful t-shirts, so I took one to the counter with much relief. You'll recall Zura helped me wrap the gifts, and everything was a hit. Beads too.
That seemed simple enough until we started looking for one. Key West stores need to work on their sweatshirt offerings. There were plenty of cheap ones, but none of the quality we'd want to give someone for Christmas. We weren't having much luck in t-shirts either - too kitschy, cheaply made, or perverted. Hmm....We were recently turned on to Tervis and had just bought ourselves a couple of cups in a store dedicated to the product. I decided to go back and get her a mug. Then I lucked out in a store, Bon Voyage, that was always closed when I'd walked by it in the past. They had really nice quality and tasteful t-shirts, so I took one to the counter with much relief. You'll recall Zura helped me wrap the gifts, and everything was a hit. Beads too.
Among other things, I'm a blogger. My last one was Island Babble about our life in the Caribbean island of St. Kitts. We (me, my husband and our two kitties) moved to Key West in September 2012 and figured we'd embarrass ourselves some more by posting our antics in a new blog.
Any of you sailors, wanna-be-sailors, or dreamers out there might be interested in A Sail of Two Idiots, a fun and informational book about our sailing adventures prior to landing in St. Kitts. It's available in all major brick & mortar stores around the world as well as from Amazon, Barnes & Noble, and their associated e-books.
