remember what i got last year for my birthday? (hint: a car) and remember how i said it was untoppable, and hard to beat? i confess, i had little confidence in jud that he could find a gift ever again that would be better.
so there sat my presents. i looked at them from a distance. then i got a little closer for further inspection. yep...no way this could be better than a car.
i opened my card first. a pickle card. it read "bet you didn't expect to get a paper pickle for your birthday". i could tell he was trying hard to beat last year. he was on the right track with the card, that's for sure. but still...not better.
then i opened the small bag. it consisted of paint colors on the card you'd get at a home building store, with the promise that he'd paint the downstairs bathroom this month. again, on the right track, but he just needed to face the facts. no way was he going to do better than last year.
so i moved on to the big bag. the one he suggested i save for last. the one that he had obviously tried with all of his might to be better than a car. i opened it with low expectations. it was clear that his efforts would have all been in vain. and that was ok. at least i still have my car from last year.
but when i saw it, i couldn't believe it. i was honestly in shock. how? how on the earth had he managed to find the one, singular gift, that was better than last years?? i don't know how, but he did. yes, he did.
the blanket that has sleeves, people!!!! the SNUGGIE!!! and not just any old snuggie....a leopard print snuggie!!!
and let me tell you, it's every bit as wonderful as the commercials make it out to be! i can read my magazine, in the cold, but keeping warm (my arms too!!) thanks to my snuggie! and don't even get me started on the fantastic book light that comes with it!
that's right...a reading light!! that clips on!! and all i do is push a button, and up and out it comes, all mechanical like...lighting up the words for my enjoyment...while i sit. snug as a bug in a snuggie.
happy birthday to me, indeed!!
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8 comments:
you have married a prince among men!
Suh-weet!!!
Is it made from the type of material that snags on your toe nails?? I must know.
Where did you find him??? Enquiring minds want to know (24 year old single Enquiring minds).
Happy birthday to you!
(If you don't remember me, ask Lorinda or your mom)
mom...i know.
low...it's made of soft fleece. so far, no toe nail snags. however, i'm the type of person that would just take it as a hint that i need some trimming if it did snag.
gloria...i searched long and hard, far and wind. he does still have one single brother though (c: (sorry eric)
i searched far and WIDE...wide, wide, wide. i can type.
i'm so impressed. jud seems to out do himeself every year. and the presents were actually wrapped. that in itself is an impressive thing! that's something I don't even do anymore! happy birthday.
My husband gave me a vacuum cleaner for Christmas one time. A VACUUM CLEANER!!! I wanted to suck him up in it and be done with it. (Sorry - I know that doesn't meet the keep it nice criteria for comments, but it does meet the keep it real criteria though)
ok...you've gotten a LOT of mileage out of this "birthday" post...move on! time for another exciting new blog (0:
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