Have you tried to book a vacation around the holidays lately? You have to do it six months in advance.

While Easter shopping is the window to spring, back-to-school is the doorway to fall and the holidays. So back-to-school shopping is a really important momentum builder.

And Siobhan says people go on holidays to see new things and relax, but it wouldn’t make me relaxed and you can see new things by looking at earth under a microscope or drawing the shape of the solid made when 3 circular rods of equal thickness intersect at right angles. And I think that there are so many things just in one house that it would take years to think about all of them properly. And also, a thing is interesting because of thinking about it and not because of it being new.

This is it. The summer guest birds are gone. The last week of summer is upon us and fall is just around the corner. You blinked, and suddenly it’s almost the end of summer! Let’s blame it on September, for getting it a speeding ticket. Bye bye summer time. We enjoyed every single moment! The good, the bad, the beautiful, the ugly, the stunning, the not-so-glamorous and awesome moments. Summer 2013 was pretty incredible! We heart it. The tans will fade, but the memories will last forever.

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year. This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.

We look for actual GAF (General Merchandise, Apparel, and Furniture/Furnishings) spending - which accounts for most holiday spending by consumers - to reach between $172 - $174 billion, which would represent a 5 - 6 percent increase over last year, ... This could make the 1998 holiday season the best since 1994's 8 percent gain.