corporate gifts
My brother and I used to always fight when we were younger about everything. We would fight over who had to do the dishes. We would fight over who got which colored socks for Christmas. We fought over who got the bigger portion of mashed potatoes at dinner while our parents attempted to mediate (sometimes it would end with both of us getting disciplined, which we deserved.) You could say that each day of our pre-teen years was a mini war in our home. I dont know how our parents put up with us, but thats for another day.
Anyways, one thing that never failed to bring us together is when we would go to the market or local super-bulk grocery store and get free samples. Our family would always drop by one of these stores on Sunday afternoons, often the busiest time, and spend hours there perusing the aisles, buying tons of food, and battling the crowds and lines. At first, these days were excruciatingly long, as both my brother and I were itching to go home and play video games. But when we discovered the free food sample stands peppered throughout the store, we formed an alliance to get as much free food as we could bite-sized cookies and Dixie cup juice samples breed strange bedfellows indeed.
My brother and I are one of the closest friends now, and I appreciate him for many things. One thing that still remains, however, is our love for free things. Thus, when he travels on business now, he always brings home bags of promotional products and corporate gifts. We attack these bags like a couple of giddy schoolchildren and divvy up the spoils among us. He attends so many conventions and meetings that he always has a stack of logo merchandise to give me.
His, and consequently my, favorite items are tradeshow giveaways, where he always gets the best promotional products. Ive never seen so many logo merchandise in the form of mugs, pens, key chains, shirts, and even stuffed dolls in my life, and I love all of them! These corporate gifts are handy and very appealing to us, not only because they are free, but because they are so useful around the house. With tradeshow giveaways and other logo merchandise, we can stock our closets and cupboards with cool items that youll see us using from our morning coffee to our night shirts. I love my brother, and we love free stuff!