Father's Day Gift Ideas Featuring Duluth Trading Co // + A $50 Gift Card Giveaway

There are only a few things I pride myself on, but one of them is gift giving. I really enjoy giving gifts, and I think I've finally found the perfect place for Father's Day shopping. Although I really love giving gifts, alas I'm a last minute shopper, often giving gifts late. The way I see it, it's an added level of anticipation. "Did she remember? Or is she late?" Ha!

Can you believe that Father's Day is this Sunday already? Wasn't it just Father's Day?! Are you as behind in your Father's Day shopping as I am?

Duluth Trading Company is perhaps the most manly place of all places to purchase gifts. I don't think Ron Swanson would be caught dead shopping online, but if his wife were shopping for him online, Duluth Trading Co, undoubtedly would be where she'd shop. Here are just a few of their offerings I had my eye on for Chris:

1. Bashful Billionaire's Briefcase // 2. Six in One Nautical Knife // 3. U.S. Military Pilot Sunglasses // 4.  The Sprucer Upper Grooming Kit // 5. The Meteor Rocket // 6. Snake Eyes Lawn Dice // 7.Working Man's Grooming Kit // 8. Bison Driving Moccasins
Chris recently told me a cute manly story about how he complimented a dude's leather laptop bag at work and it began a friendship. Since he will be traveling a lot for work this year, I wanted to get him a bag that would make him put his bag envy to rest. He got the Bashful Billionaire's Briefcase, and he says that it's the kind of bag that he can use for the rest of his life. Top notch quality! (Photo coming soon!).

If, like me, you're scrambling for the perfect gift for the dads in your life, please don't just get him another tie or hastily try some disastrous, sentimental art project you've pinned. Maybe celebrate the manliness of him. Order tonight and spring for priority shipping -or- pick out something so freaking awesome that he won't even mind that it's a tiny bit late.

Enter to win a $50 gift card to Duluth Trading Company below:
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Details: The giveaway will be open on Wednesday, June 11 and end Sunday, June 15, 2014. Two commenters will be selected to receive a one $50 giftcard to use at DuluthTrading.com. Winners will be selected automatically via Rafflecopter once the giveaway closes. Duluth Trading Co. is responsible for prize fulfillment. 

Be sure to check out the Duluth Trading Company blog for dad gift ideas.

The things we carry

This family is a bag family. And by bag family, I mean we each carry a bag almost every where we go. Here's a peek at what's weighing us down, er, what we're currently carrying around:
The bag: Oversized Colorblock Handbag c/o GoJane.com:
The contents: 1. iPhone 4s with pink OtterBox // 2. Sharpie pen // 3. Death & Texas wallet // 4. AnneMarie mini-wallet (for loyalty and business cards) // 5. Blum Naturals Oil Absorbing Facial Tissues c/o BeautyBox5 // 6. Clinique Sunset Glow blush // 7. Clinique Chianti lipstick // 8. Buxom mascara.
The bag: Skip Hop Bee Bag purchased at Baby Earth
The contents: 1. Tommy Tippee cup // 2. Bumkins sleeved bib // 3. cheap calculator (seriously one of his favorite "toys") // 4. Best Bottom diaper // 5. Huggies Natural Care wipes // 6. Planet Wise wet bag // 7. Best Bottom diaper liner.
The bag: Ogio c/o his work
The contents: 1. airline peanuts ("You never know when you're going to have a protein emergency!") // 2. lock for gym locker // 3. chalk for weight lifting // 4. New! bar shampoo c/o Lush // 5. Old Spice Classic stick deodorant // 6. Verb hair paste // 7. Macbook Pro (work computer) // 8. Clinique Men's Hydrater // 9. Clique Men's Shave Aloe Gel

I don't know what the things we carry say about us, but I do know that this post turned out a little more boring than I anticipated. I wish one of us carried something interesting. Like a concealed handgun. Or really, anything, from Sky Mall.