A Cup Of Holiday Tea

Minimus has two NEW tea flavors to make your holidays cheery this year:

Bigelow® Eggnogg'n and Pumpkin Spice

These yummy teas would be an excellent choice for gift baskets or hostess gifts this holiday season.

Have Poncho, Will Travel!

Not long ago my aunt and my sister set off on a road trip. They were driving cross-country from Southern California to Miami, Florida (where they left the car for a short flight to the Bahamas so my sister could scuba dive and swim with the sharks!). After flying back to Miami they drove to Key West, Florida, then north to Washington, DC. My mom flew out to meet them in DC, my aunt got on a plane to come home, and then my mom and sister drove back across the country to finish the trip.

My sister, you see, hates to fly. So she devised an itinerary where she flew as short a distance as possible, and they were taking the opportunity to see a lot of major sights and attractions along the way.

Well, a road trip calls for some special preparation, so I loaded them up with a care package of travel size things to make their journey more comfortable and enjoyable.

What did they find the most valuable? Rain ponchos.

My aunt in front of the Lincoln Monument.

Apparently it rained the entire time they were visiting the National Mall in DC. It made for a great day - it wasn't hot, there were no crowds, and they could take as many pictures as they wanted without dodging other people.

What else did I send along on their trip?

Shout® Portable Wipes (also got heavy use!)
Charmin® To Go Toilet Seat Covers and Bathroom Tissue
Gearaid Mini Roll Duct Tape
Purell® Aloe Hand Sanitizer, 2oz
Pepto Bismol® Chewable Tablets (for my poor motion sick sister)
and packets of SmartShield® Serious Sun Protection Lotion and After Sun Pain Relief Gel

Avast Me Hearties!

September 19 is International Talk Like A Pirate Day!

This is one of the funniest holidays I have ever come across, and so, in honor of my sister, who LOVES pirates, take 5% off of your order of Robert's American Gourmet - Pirate's Booty with Aged White Cheddar with Coupon Code: PIRATE5OFF

Coupon expires Monday September 21, 2009.

ARRRR! (Pirate for Enjoy!)

Don't forget: Domestic orders over $20 receive FREE ground shipping!

National Celiac Awareness Day is Coming - September 13

Celiac Disease is a common topic around my house, and in honor of National Celiac Awareness Day (coming September 13), I wanted to share a brief story with you.

I just learned that my young nephew is on a gluten free diet to see if it will improve his symptoms of Autism. After only a short time, both his mom and kidnergarten teacher are reporting vast improvements in his behavior - his teacher says he's like a new child: he's had fewer melt-downs, he's interacting with the other children more, and is now doing his work with the rest of the class.

However, his mom is frequently faced with difficult choices of what to feed a young boy who is not only on a restricted diet, but as picky about what he eats as any other child.

As anyone with Celiac disease knows, this is a challenging food plan to follow - there are so many foods that he cannot eat because they contain wheat, rye, or barley products. Eating out is a special challenge, since most restaurants are not prepared to meet the needs of celiacs.

Happily Minimus offers a number of Gluten Free foods, and even a special sensitive skin body wash that contains no nut oils, gluten, soy, oat, or dairy.

We have a great travel size kids' cereal EnviroKidz Organic Amazon Frosted Flakes Cereal that I know my nephew will love, several salad dressings, pancake syrup, chocolate syrup, packets of peanut butter (great for snacks on the go!), our VERY popular Kari- Out Soy Sauce Packets and some great new chips from Mary's Gone Crackers that are not only Gluten Free, they're Dairy Free and suitable for Vegans.

My nephew loves chips and peanut butter, and like most kids he'll eat anything drenched in ranch dressing, so I'm sure these will soon be staples in the pantry at his house.

Want to see the full selection of Gluten Free products Minimus carries? Follw this link: Gluten Free at Minimus.

Unique Travel Size Product: Poo-Pourri

We have seen some interesting travel size products in our 5+ years in business, but the recent addition of the Poo-Pourri products has to be the most unique. It is a liquid that you spray onto the toilet bowl water before you do your business, and it seals the smell underneath the surface. Yes, you read that correctly. It seals the smell underneath the water.

When the product was pitched at our new-products meeting, I thought it must just be a gimmick. It had nice packaging, a funny hook, but did it really do what it claimed? Out of curiosity, I took some home to try. And, believe it or not, it actually worked! My wife was a fan as well (and I will refrain from the obvious joke here).

Not only is it a great guest bathroom conversation piece, but it works great for keeping the busy bathroom smelling fresh during a party. The company went one step further and offers a fashionable travel-atomizer where you can fill it up and drop it into a purse to take with you wherever you go.

So, in honor of being one of the most unique travel-size items to-date, please feel free to use this coupon code for 10% off the atomizer:

• PPATOM for 10% off the Atomizer

Then, pick from one of four scents to fill the atomizer and use one of the following coupon codes:

• PPORIGINAL for 5% off the Original Scent
• PPROYAL for 5% off the Royal Flush Scent
• PPHEAVEN for 5% off the Heaven Scent
• PPNO2 for 5% off the No. 2 Scent

Codes are good through the month of September.

Minimus In the Blogosphere

Yesterday, we added a new "Minimus in the Blogosphere" listing of blogs that have mentioned us in the bottom right column of this blog. If you've mentioned us and aren't on there, please email us and we'll add you (sandra@minimus.biz)!