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OUR 2025 HOLIDAY GIFT GUIDE: WHAT MIDLIFE WOMEN REALLY WANT · Uncluttered and Unfiltered: The Podcast For Women Over 50

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  Welcome to Uncluttered and Unfiltered, the podcast urging
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  you to let it go and don't look back, with nationally acclaimed
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  professional organizer Christine Stone and self-proclaimed Hot
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  Damn Mess radio and TV personality Eden Kendall.
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  Welcome everyone to Uncluttered and I filter the podcast for
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  women over 50. I'm Eden Kendall along with
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  Christine Stone, professional organizer, and we are talking
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  today about how to not make the holiday season another
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  opportunity to give someone more clutter.
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  Yes, exactly. And great gifts for women over
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  50. That's exactly right.
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  Thought about this one. I put a lot of thought into
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  this. Well, you never know who what
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  little else could be listening. Right, that's why you have.
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  To be really careful. That's why.
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  We also asked you over on our Uncluttered and Ladies Only
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  Facebook page to chime in as well.
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  So we'll have some of your suggestions as well.
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  And those were pretty eye opening.
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  I thought they were really great.
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  But how would you like to do this?
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  Because whenever we do our products episodes, we go back
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  and forth. Is that what you want to do?
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  I think that'll be. Fine.
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  How many did you come up with? Well, you'll see mine some.
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  I had to cluster them together so it wasn't really exactly, but
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  do you want to start? I'll start.
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  I overachieved a little bit. We were going.
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  We were, we said, what did we say?
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  We would do 3:00 to 5:00. Three to five, yeah.
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  So I. Overdid it a little bit, but
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  that's OK. I'm going to start out with just
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  something that sounds so incredibly simple, but I think
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  this is something that a lot of women, not all women over 50,
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  but I would love to receive a very beautiful pair of gold hoop
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  earrings. And I.
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  Have that I have a lot of costume gold hoops, but it if it
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  was a you know, beautiful pair of 14 karat gold.
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  I love that or even even some platinum or silver earrings are
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  great too. But just some really nice hoops.
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  They go with everything. I love you and I right now, for
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  those who are watching the video, I'm wearing some really
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  thick but smaller hoops. You're wearing some big.
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  Very thin, but they're costume. But they're costume, but it
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  doesn't have to be that they're so nice, but it's just a nice if
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  you're if you're wanting to give jewelry, that's a piece of
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  jewelry that goes with everything.
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  I totally agree and I think jewelry is a lovely gift.
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  But here's here's the thing. If you're over 50, you kind of
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  as a woman really know what you want and don't want, correct?
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  And you're past the point of pretending like when someone
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  gives you a piece of jewelry where you're like, oh, I love
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  it, but really you're like, where's the receipt so I can
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  return it and get something I want?
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  Never a bad idea to include that gift.
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  Receipt, right, right. So I think jewelry could be
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  tough unless the woman kind of hints around and picks something
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  out and, you know, gives a little wink of boy, I would love
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  this. Or has one of your kids hinting
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  around? Right, if you've never seen her
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  wear oops or even pierced earrings for that matter.
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  And that's a whole other whole other topic.
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  Yep, I agree. I love that one.
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  OK, on mine I'm going to start off with the gift cards and I
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  know everyone. It usually says it's so
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  impersonal. I think for a woman over 50, a
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  gift card is probably one of the best ideas.
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  Now I would make it personalized to something that they love.
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  I wouldn't just throw out a Target gift card.
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  You know what I mean Correct. So I I have hair like if they go
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  and get their hair blown out or get color every few weeks a
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  really nice gift card to their hair salon.
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  To know where they go is showing the thoughts so you don't have
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  to worry right about it not looking like you put thought
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  into it. That's what I think because you
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  know where they go and get their hair done, so you're doing
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  something that they really, really would use and want.
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  Same with if they go and get a pedicure, get their nails done
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  at their favorite place, or a gift certificate for a
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  professional organizer. If they are really living in a
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  bunch of clutter and they need help, giving them a gift card so
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  that someone can come after the first of the year and help them
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  room by room or pick one room and really help them declutter.
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  OK, when you hear what the ladies in our group are saying
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  they want to receive, you will then realize how dead on right
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  that last gift card is. There are a lot of ladies that
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  we have as listeners. Well, this makes sense.
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  I mean, if they're tuned in, they obviously have a little bit
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  of an interest in getting their life a little bit less
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  cluttered. But still, I mean that that just
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  really goes to show you that it Yep, it can be a very
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  appreciated and very personal gift.
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  Well, and you'll see after the first of the year, because one
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  of the topics I want to talk about is when you are
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  decluttering your adult parents homes, you know your parents,
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  you've been. Doing that a lot.
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  Lately we've been, I've been doing that a lot lately, so
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  that's going to be one of our New Year's topics.
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  OK, I have one on my list that I would be shocked if you didn't
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  have on yours, even though you don't need another one of these
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  and I don't need another one of these but a red light mask.
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  I could always use another red. Light mask.
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  You only have one face, honey. I love, I think in.
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  I know they're expensive, yeah, but you can get siblings to go
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  in on it with you. You know what I mean?
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  You don't have to. Everybody can chip in.
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  I love that. And I don't think you could ever
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  have too many. Red but there are other also
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  other body parts that there are now.
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  I have a friend who just went and purchased and I think it was
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  a few $1000. She got the head to toe red
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  light. I would love that.
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  And so again, if you're talking about siblings going in, if
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  someone has chronic pain, the, you know, it's more than just
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  about the, the, the facial. Oh yeah, piece of it.
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  If you, if you are suffering from inflammation, chronic pain,
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  there are all sorts of studies out there.
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  I believe in it. Not to the point where I've gone
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  out and invested in a big giant lamp, but I.
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  I totally. There are little parts too.
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  They have things that wrap around your knee or slippers
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  that have red lights. Best gift ever.
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  So there you go. Anything with a red light?
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  Stop and look at that one. OK, so my next one is you've
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  heard me talk about this before Hulkin bag, one of those bags
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  with wheels, because if you're a lady over 50, it is the best
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  thing that ever happened to you. And they sell them everywhere.
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  So it's not like it's just at one place, but I have in two
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  different sizes and I don't my daughter uses it and she's 30.
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  I mean, we share them back and forth.
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  It's so great just to not have to wrench your back out every
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  time you have a bigger load to carry back and forth, even to
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  the grocery store. It's just a really great item to
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  have. Let's spell that for any
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  husbands that might be listening right now.
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  Looking for gift ideas? HULKEN.
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  Winking, winking at the camera. We have guests on the TV show
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  River City Live that I host here locally in Jacksonville and both
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  both rants and I. I bet rants are.
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  My Co host has no idea what they're called but we see guest
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  after guest after guest bringing in all of their wares in hulking
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  bags and I always think to myself, love your hulking bag.
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  Yep, wish I had one. Yep, winking at the camera.
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  They are. Once you have one, you'll think,
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  how did I ever live without this?
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  And I mean any age, anybody, but especially a woman over 50,
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  bring it to the beach. Bring it if you live in a in a
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  condo building. It just makes life easier,
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  that's all. I go so far as to say if our
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  director Ryan, who's producing this podcast right now, was
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  looking for a gift for someone, a hulking bag is a good gift.
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  Boy, she's a good hinter. I'm just trying to help, just
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  trying to help a brother out, OK?
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  He says. Thank you.
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  OK, that was your next one. OK, this one's a tough one.
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  This one. You're going to need some
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  context. You're going to need to know the
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  person. But very rarely do women
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  purchase their own perfume. And I mean, some do, but a lot
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  of us are like, oh, I couldn't possibly splurge on myself in
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  that way. So if she has a favorite perfume
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  and you've noticed that it's been over a year since she
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  bought a bottle of it, that could be something to, you'd
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  have to know her. You'd have to know what she
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  likes. But I think a bottle of perfume,
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  a lot of people forget that, that especially after COVID
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  started to feel like such a luxury.
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  Yeah. And there were so many, so many
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  other things you wanted to spend your money on.
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  And it didn't seem, I don't know, it sort of fell, sort of
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  fell away from like my perception, to be honest.
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  And for some women, it's just an accessory.
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  I know you're not a fragrance. Person No, I'm not so.
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  It's difficult for you. You get very irritated by.
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  Things. Yeah.
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  I don't like fragrances. But but for those who do, it's
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  very hard to pull the trigger on spending 150 two $100 on a
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  bottle of perfume for yourself. I agree with that.
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  Yeah. So that's something to be
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  thinking about if you know what they like.
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  OK, Next up, the monogrammed Land's End boat and towed.
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  They come do tell. They come in so many different
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  sizes. I mean extra small, small,
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  medium, large. They come zippered, unzippered,
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  long handles, short handles, and you can get a fun monogram on
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  there. So that's the big thing with
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  these right now is you pick a funny monogram to go on the
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  funny one. Yeah, like something about the
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  person that's funny that that's. It's grumpy.
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  Like any little kind of tagline. It's like their own tagline, you
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  know what I mean? It's really cute.
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  And a lot of people are getting these now because they are
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  called the unplugging tote bag. And unplugging means people are
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  unplugging from their phones. And so they're filling their
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  tote bags with things like like mind puzzles, like Sudoku or
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  whatever those are crossword puzzles, books to read.
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  And they go somewhere and unplug and they have all these things
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  in their totes that they carry for an unplugged hour or two.
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  Kind of. I call it the old school bag.
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  But anyway, I love that they're very inexpensive.
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  The bags itself, the tote. What?
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  Is it called again? It's lands.
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  End Land's End Boat and Toads. Boat and toads, Yeah, OK.
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  And you can use them for the beach, you can use them for the
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  gym, you can use them anywhere you can, I mean.
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  You can. I mean, a good bag is a great.
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  Is a great gift always exactly so anyway that's.
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  And a beautiful handbag, that's another thing you have to know
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  the person and you'd almost want to ask them in advance or do a
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  gift card for that. But that's another thing a lot
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  of women won't spend a lot of money on themselves.
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  So any kind of bag if you want to go expensive and you want
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  their input for sure. But a beautiful a beautiful bag.
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  I'm just. I agree I'm.
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  Just kind of piggybacking off of what?
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  to do with people that are runners, gym rats, anything like
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  that. Air compression boots air
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  compression. Boots.
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  You have, well, a lot of people. Wear them.
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  My husband's a golfer, so he has them.
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  Yeah, yeah. And they are like a big pair of
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  boots. You put them on, there's a
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  little air compressor and they squeeze, squeeze, squeeze,
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  squeeze, squeeze and they feel amazing.
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  And you can't do anything while they're on but sit there and
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  relax. I love them.
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  I've used it. I mean, I like it.
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  That's a great idea. Yeah, I have a pair and I
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  absolutely love them. OK, this may seem silly, but I
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  have to tell you, I've been really into simplifying like my
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  makeup routine and really simplifying my skin care
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  routine. And there is one brush.
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  It's makeup by Mario, and it's the F4 brush.
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  It's the only brush you'll ever need in your whole entire life.
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  You can use it for blush. You can use it for bronzer, you
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  can even use it for concealer under your eyes.
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  You can use it for anything. Why is it?
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  So great because it's double ended.
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  OK, so you only need one brush and it's double duty it it does
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  so many different areas. Like I said, blush, bronzer
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  under the eyes. It is the best brush.
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  I've had it for over a year and I I really could throw out all
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  my other brushes. So women that love makeup
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  either, they might already have this brush so you better check,
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  but if they don't, you'll be like the star of the show.
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  I love it, I think. That's a great gift.
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  OK, I have one. I'm going to get up for just a
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  second here for those who are watching us on on YouTube.
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  Let me just get up. Hang on one second.
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  Let me go get this. OK, I'm going to show this off.
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  This is a blanket hoodie and I know we've all gone through the
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  the snuggy phase. Right.
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  Remember those? Remember these Snuggies?
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  This is a little bit different and I wear this often here at
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  work where it's very, very cold and everyone asks me about it.
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  People are like, I need that, I need that.
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  So I feel like it's something people would never buy
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  themselves. It's a great white elephant
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  gift. Oh, that's a good idea.
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  So if you. Have one of those to go to and
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  you want to be the gift that everybody argues over.
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  I mean, that's my plan. If we have a white elephant here
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  at work, I'm planning to to find one of these on because they're
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  all different brands. This one my husband got for me
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  one Christmas, I think it was at Marshall's, but it's like a
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  hoodie, but it really is a blanket that goes down to my
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  ankles and it's yummy and cozy. And when you wear it, you look
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  like a little Eskimo. And I like it.
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  It is so warm, so delicious. And I, I want to say it goes
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  past my knees when I'm standing up in it.
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  And so I work in a building where a lot of the women will
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  wear blankets. They'll just be walking around
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  because we're a TV station. Everything has to be really
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  cold. I love that.
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  So it's it's fun. Does it come in different?
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  Colors, all different colors. There's different, you could get
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  different teams if you just go on Amazon.
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  There are all kinds. Just love that.
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  Hoodie, blanket, and make sure that the model is showing that
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  it goes down to her ankles. You know what?
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  One that's just a giant hoodie, one that's more of a blanket.
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  This is something you should be able to easily move around in
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  and it's so much fun. Great white elephant gift.
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  So this one I think I just is personally that I love and I
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  don't know if anyone else out there would love it.
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  Let. Them get a podcast if they want
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  to talk about it. Monthly flower delivery.
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  I love flowers, I love Trader Joe flowers, I love any kind of
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  flowers, even if it's just a simple 3 buds of hydrangeas.
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  I just love flowers. So I think it would be so much
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  fun to get a flower delivery every month of something
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  different every single month and kind of like you get a monthly
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  surprise for 12 months. What if, let me just bounce off
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  of that, what if you gave them a beautiful vase and 12 Trader
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  Joe's gift cards? Oh, that's a good idea.
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  Too so they could go get a bouquet every month.
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  Just an idea. I mean, I love the the flower of
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  the month delivery, but if you're trying to go the budget.
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  Right. Budget way for that.
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  I I love anything that has to do with flowers.
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  I just I buy them for myself every single week.
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  I just think it makes a home feel homier.
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  It does and it just brings it just makes me happy when I see
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  flowers. So I think that would be a great
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  gift because right now we're talking about women over 50 and
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  really a lot of women. We have everything.
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  It's like everyone always says, your kids always say what do you
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  want? You have everything.
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  I don't know what to get you. You have everything.
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  This is the perfect gift for a woman who has everything is to
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  have a monthly flower delivery. There are also wine of the
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  months. There are all these little gift.
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  Boxes. Different things there.
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  Are all kinds of monthly boxes so those kinds of things are
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  really nice very. Nice that you get every month
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  you look forward to it. So what else do you have on your
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  list before we jump into what everyone else is saying?
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  Well, the last thing I have is a gift card.
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  And I know we talked about gift cards earlier, but if you have a
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  mom, a sister, someone over 50, a relative, a gift card to a
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  makeup artist to show you how to do your makeup at this stage of
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  your life. For a woman over 50, because
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  things do change and how you apply your makeup and different
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  types of makeup. And also for a stylist, I think
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  to give a gift card for a stylist.
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  I see this a lot in my business where people are stuck and they
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  hate everything in their closet and they want to start from
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  scratch. And I think having a stylist
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  even, and if it's just one time to like stock your closet with
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  the basics or help you kind of get your style and what your
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  lifestyle is right now, I think that would be an amazing gift.
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  I agree with you. I think that would be fantastic
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  and it actually everything you're saying goes so hand in
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  hand with what our ladies in our community are saying.
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  Here, Oh, I can't. Wait to hear Are you ready now?
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  I'm ready. OK.
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  So definitely having a professional organizer was
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  multiple times that was mentioned an infrared sauna.
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  They have those infrared saunas you can do.
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  Now, yes. Portable that's a little bit
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  more on the pricey side, but Family photo calendar Sandy
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  loves a family photo calendar so cleaning service was on there
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  quite a bit. Spa days Spa days are are big on
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  here Garage storage makeover that's.
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  I agree. Part of all of that.
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  I love that. Paulette, we love you Paulette.
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  Paulette is a woman of simple, simple dreams.
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  She wants a steam mop and a fold up small step stool on those are
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  on her wish list. Listen, you have to know.
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  You have to know that the recipient really does want this
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  before you go on a limb and give.
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  A mop. I get it though.
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  I love the step stool too. I have like 4 of them so I I
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  hear you. It's.
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  A great. It's a great gift.
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  I'm just saying proceed with caution.
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  Yeah, if you're giving. A step stool A.
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  Clean or a cleaning supply. You have to be really careful
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  there. Another one for closet
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  makeovers. Lots of pairs of sneakers.
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  Oh, I I agree with that. I think I think sneakers are a
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  really hot gift right now. Really hot.
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  They. Are they're a great gift.
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  Also gotta love Bonnie. Bonnie wants an upper bluff.
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  I I love. That's what that's the surgery
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  that takes your eyelids up. Yeah, Bonnie, I hear ya.
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  Let's just say what we want and then there's there was 1 here
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  for a raised garden, you know, pre planted.
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  Yeah, raised garden where all she has to do is take good care
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  of it. I love that, you know, there are
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  so many companies that do that. Yeah.
• 20:05
  Yeah. Where they come and set
• 20:06
  everything up for you and then you're just in charge of taking
• 20:09
  care of it. I probably I'd probably kill it,
• 20:12
  but I love the. Idea.
• 20:13
  What a great gift idea. I love it.
• 20:14
  It's different too, yeah. I love that too.
• 20:19
  OK, well, having said that, there's a really important
• 20:23
  reason why you want to be a good gift giver, and that's because
• 20:25
  if you're not one, you're part of the problem that Christine
• 20:28
  has to deal with on a regular basis when people are displaying
• 20:32
  things that someone gave them and they didn't really like.
• 20:34
  No. But when I asked them then why
• 20:36
  do they have a display, they said, well, what if she comes
• 20:38
  over and I don't have it out? Meaning I didn't want it.
• 20:42
  I don't like it, but I feel obligated and that's where the
• 20:46
  clutter starts to happen. So yes, especially for women
• 20:49
  over 50, if they do have everything, you just don't want
• 20:52
  to add to all that, you really want to make it special.
• 20:55
  Right. Well, having said that, we think
• 20:58
  of you as a gift. So thank you so much for
• 21:00
  listening and what you can do as a gift back at us if you were so
• 21:05
  inclined to do it, I guess that'd be a double gift for us
• 21:08
  is tell one friend on a podcast. In the meantime, if you haven't
• 21:11
  yet, make sure you ask us to let you into our Facebook group.
• 21:15
  It's uncluttered and unfiltered ladies only.
• 21:18
  That goes along with all of the other social media that we do
• 21:20
  have and basically anywhere you can be on social router and we
• 21:25
  just, you know, love any reviews that you give us thumbs up that
• 21:29
  stuff. That stuff helps, believe it or
• 21:30
  not. I don't know how.
• 21:32
  But it doesn't, right? We don't.
• 21:33
  We don't get it, but it does. But remember this, scratching
• 21:37
  your head and then going out and just buying a candle because you
• 21:41
  have no other idea what to get a person, you can just let that
• 21:44
  go. And don't look back.