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So how did you enjoy the overpopulated gnat community that seemed to live in incredibly close proximity to your head every time you set foot outside this summer?  Not much?  Me either.  I don’t claim to know anything about gnats except that they are small flies and I hate them.  But I have the coolest neighbors that turned me on to the coolest remedy.  Brown Sugar and Vanilla body spray.  Totally.  Cheap body spray found at the Crap-Mart I don’t want to name because I’m ashamed I set foot in there except this was the only reason I did and also sometimes they have cool Ocean Pacific clothes and swim suits there (which makes me mad at OP).  So anyway, the small 2oz pump was $2 and obviously the 4oz pump was $4.  I bought 2 small pumps.  One to stash at home and one to stash in our hiking gear.  What’s the best part of this spray besides the gnats are noticeably biting someone else and not you?  You don’t smell chemically enhanced.  You smell vanilla-y.  (Dudes, you can smell like vanilla and still be manly.)  What sucks about it?  You have to keep it close at hand if you’re out for a long period of time.  My experience is that it wears off after about a half hour.   So look out you stupid gnats.  Your secret is out and you are DOOMED!  What do you use to keep away the army of gnats?  Let’s hear it!

Heed this warning! At some point in the summer (summer of 2010 it was almost exactly July 1) the gnats stop being bothersome and the mosquitos are the new enemy.  This is the exact moment you should stop using the vanilla brown sugar body spray until next year.  For gnats, it’s a repellant.  For mosquitos, it’s a giant blinking neon sign that says FREE FOOD!