The cold air stings your cheeks, pretty colored lights and shiny wrapped packages adorn every department store window. Great food and parties with friends are a couple of the things I look forward to every holiday season. But what I really love is … gifts! I won’t lie, I absolutely love giving and receiving presents. Gift giving can bring so much joy to people and that’s a lot of fun to be a part of.
From an early age I learned there are two kinds of Christmas gifts, there are gifts you want and then there are gifts you need. Let’s be honest, most of us are looking for the things we want. You start to understand who in your family gives the “want” gifts and who gives the “need” gifts. Am I right?
One set of grandparents would show up with socks, and on a good year… socks AND underwear! It never failed, I would open up my new package of socks and my grandmother would say, “I bought the next size up, so you have room to grow!”
The other set of grandparents showed up with bikes and TV’s and if they did show up with clothes it was leather jackets and the newest and coolest tennis shoes on the market.
Now that I’m an adult, I have discovered there is one more type of gift: one that you need and you want. I’ve requested cologne and given perfume every Christmas for almost 15 years. For me cologne is something I need (everybody loves to smell good) and something that I want–  there is nothing better than discovering a new favorite scent. One of my secrets for saving money on, sometimes pricey, cologne and perfume is to buy discount fragrance online at BeautyEncounter.com. Beauty Encounter sells the same brands as the department stores at a fraction of the price!
If you’re looking for a gift this year that will no doubt bring joy to whoever receives it, consider giving a new bottle of perfume or cologne. It’s a gift that keeps on giving all year long!
