In the next few weeks, we'll be entering into the craziest travel season of the year.  Did you know that there are roughly 10 million airline flights in the U.S. alone?  And a large percentage of that number comes from holiday travel.  Everyone wants to reconnect with family and friends around the holidays which means that most of us will take to the skies or the roads to get back home.

Unfortunately, if you're traveling by air, you must comply with the TSA regulations concerning liquids for carry-on luggage and/or costly baggage fees for checked luggage.  While there's always been a way to make travel size toiletries for shampoo, conditioner, lotions, creams and gels, there hasn't been a way to make your own travel sized toothpaste from a full size tube...until now!

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Most of the time, I'm bummed when the weather turns sour.  When it's raining, my daughter can't play outside, errands take a lot longer to run, thanks to more traffic and dangerous driving conditions, and of course, it's harder to stay dry and comfy.

When the rain begins to pour, I whip out my trusty umbrella and head outside, giving no thought as to the quality of the umbrella I've been using.  If the wind would blow too hard, my umbrella would always fold up on me, giving me a drenching.  Once I was inside again, my umbrella seemed to take forever to dry and subsequently soaked everything it touched in the meantime.

Thankfully, I finally discovered the best umbrella to use in bad weather...my new Cheeky Umbrella!  Keep reading to learn more!

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Gift cards:  I love them and I hate them!  Obviously, I love them because they're basically cash, yet I can't be tempted to pay bills with them, so they're like a special shopping treat.  The thing I hate about gift cards though is that they are so darn bulky!

My purse is crammed full with them and I never know how much is on each one.  This leaves me fumbling around in the checkout line trying to figure out what is left to spend on each gift card and what I'll have to pay for myself.  Right now, almost half of the storage space in my purse is being spent on a large stack of gift cards.  Thankfully, there's now an app out there called Gyft which is designed to eliminate the gift card madness.  Keep reading to learn more!

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Earlier this month, I was telling you all about the seemingly endless to-do list of mine and how the holidays were already giving me the blues...before they were even here!  That's when I knew that I needed a relaxing night out with my husband, stat!

Of course, there's no place I'd rather be than at Ruth's Chris Steak House.  On October 18th, we attended their Port Wine Dinner and had a wonderful evening filled with conversation, fabulous food and delicious port wines, with absolutely NO children in the room!

I found this event particularly interesting, since I didn't know much about port wines before attending.  The good news is that the expert wine afficionados there did a great job of showing me the ropes, and now I think I can "hold my own" in a conversation about port wine.

Ruth’s Chris Steak House is also an amazing eating establishment because they never disappoint with anything on their menu. I thought everything was superb, especially the butternut squash bisque and filet mignon.  The bisque was so tasty that one of the other diners asked when would this be on their menu.  I felt very important when the General Manager said that this was a one night only treat especially for us and would not be showing up on their menu!

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Now that we're midway through the month of October, I'm sure you're well aware that this month is indeed, breast cancer awareness month.  I love this time of year, for it always warms my heart to see so many valuable companies pitching in to raise money for this extremely valuable cause.

I honestly don't know anyone whose life hasn't been touched in one way or another by breast cancer, and so it is with pride that I introduce a swimwear company striving to support the cure...Dry Dudz.  Dry Dudz is a premium performance swimwear company that makes hybrid boardshorts and belt liners for active lifestyles in and out of the water.

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My husband isn't one for wearing cologne that often, that is, until we go out for a night on the town.  While he doesn't wear it much to the office or while lounging around the house, he always smells great when we paint the town red.

Now, I'll admit that while I like the cologne he currently wears, I don't necessarily love it.  So when Michael ran out of cologne recently, I wanted to surprise him with two of the most popular men's colognes for fall from top designers, Nautica and Guess.

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