May 22, 2026

Five grads on your summer list, one gift budget, and a calendar of open houses that runs from June through August. Granny's been here. The good news: with the right marketplace tactics, the same money buys closer to $135 worth of brand-name gift cards instead of $100 worth at retail — across every grad on your list. Here's how to stretch the budget without overthinking …

May 22, 2026

Three grad parties in one weekend. Four cards to mail. The neighbor's kid you barely know plus the cousin you're close to. The packed grad summer is a logistics problem before it's a gift problem — and the answer isn't shopping smarter at the drugstore checkout. It's not shopping at the drugstore at all. Here's Granny's practical playbook for handling a multi-grad summer in one …

May 22, 2026

The supermarket gift-card carousel sits at the front of every grocery store, conveniently between the milk and the checkout. It's the path of least resistance for the multi-grad summer. But the math doesn't actually work — and Granny's done the math enough times to lay it out clearly. Here's the side-by-side on what you actually pay when you buy grad cards at the supermarket versus …