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Friday, March 21, 2008

Groomsmen Gifts: Don't make them an afterthought

You have so many details to worry and obsess over for your upcoming wedding that you can forget about a lot of the little details. Groomsmen gifts are a perfect example. You're so busy worrying about the menu, the tablecloths, the limo or the photographer that you forget to get something for your best friends to say thanks, thanks for standing up for you on the biggest day of your life. Maybe you remember the night before and you get them something at the local mall or you buy them a round of beers. Don't let it come to that.

Like everything else in life, they key is not to procrastinate. Leave yourself a couple of weeks at the minimum and you should have no problem. You can go online and with a simple Google search, you can find the perfect gift for all of your groomsmen. Got a beer drinker - How about a personalized mug? Maybe one of your buddies is a budding Wall Streeter - how about a business card holder with his name and job title? You can always go with the old standby, an old fashioned liquor flask that he'll be sure to employ on the night of your wedding!

Again, I hate to sound redundant, but the key is to leave yourself plenty of time. If you try and order your groomsmen gifts 3 days before your wedding, one of three things will happen. First, you may get turned down flat. The company you order from may not be able to deliver in time. Second, even if they can deliver your gifts, they may not have enough time to engrave them, losing their personal touch. Finally, even if they can get the gifts to you in time, and they can engrave them, you will probably get stuck with an exorbitant overnight charge. You can avoid all of these problems by buying your gifts with time to spare. The added benefit is that you can really shop around for the perfect gifts to fit each groomsman's personality!

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Money Clip Wallets: The features of a wallet with the ease of a money clip!

Money clip wallets combine the best features of both a money clip and a traditional men’s leather wallet. These handy items are usually, if not always, contructed of leather and offer features you’d find in a traditional wallet as well as a sturdy clip for carrying your billfold.

The wallet section will usually feature multiple slots for your credit cards and ID. Whereas a traditional wallet will allow you to carry all of your credit cards (within reason) as well as your ID and some business cards, a money clip wallet will normally only allow room for 2 or 3 credit cards and an ID. The obvious advantage to this is the space in your pocket that this frees up. The main disadvantage being that you can only carry a few of your important cards. If you have one main credit card that you always use, however, this shouldn’t be much of an issue.

The money clip section of a money clip wallet is usually composed of a hard flap with leather wrapped around it. For magnetic money clips, there will be a magnet in the flap as well as in the wallet section. These are very handy but they do have their limitations. If you’re holding an unusually large amount of bills, the magnet may not hold them as tightly as you’d like. For the most part though, if you’re not Donald Trump and you have less than 20 bills in your wallet, the magnetic money clip should provide secure enough hold!

For non-magnetic money clips, your bills will be cinched to the wallet via a firm clip pushing against the wallet. The clip is designed to hold firmly against the main body of the wallet and you’ll just slide your bills between the two. These money clip wallets provide a firm grip and, contrary to popular opinion, that grip will last for years to come.

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