It’s almost Nancy’s birthday!

It’s Nancy’s birthday on Sunday, and I have no idea what to buy her.  Around birthdays and Christmas we always “suffer” a bit because we’re prolific shoppers through the rest of the year as well, so there’s just not that much left to buy for a special occasion.  Sure, there are always the REALLY SPECIAL things, like Hawaiian vacations, but it’s hard to sneak a couple thousand dollars out of the bank account without Nancy getting suspicious (or pissed off, if we need that money for stupid stuff like, oh, the mortgage).  My other problem is that while I have ideas, I feel guilty if the thing I buy her is also something I can use.  For example, I’ve thought of getting her an Interferential Therapy Unit to help treat her back and shoulder pain, but I’ve got a lot of pain too, and what if I end up getting more use out of it?  That just doesn’t seem right.  I also thought about buying a Flic barcode scanner to use with a program like Book database software, because we’d both love to have a complete, searchable inventory of all our books.  However, it’s a “we” thing again—it’s something “we’d” like, so it just doesn’t seem specific enough.  I had planned/hoped to buy her either a Tie Domi autographed Toronto Maple Leafs jersey, or to put a cool Toronto Maple Leafs wrap on the car, but it now looks as though Tie Domi might end up playing for the Pittsburgh Penguins so that’s the end of those ideas.  Perhaps a big Canadian flag wrap for the car?!  Naw, that would freak out Nancy’s parents, who probably think I’ve brainwashed her enough.  I tried to convince Nancy that we should adopt Muster the Rabbit for her birthday, but oddly enough, she didn’t seem excited by that idea. 

So, with just 6 days until her birthday, I’m rather boggled.  I’ve got a few small things already purchased, but otherwise I might just have to tell her to engage in a day of Internet gambling as a gift.  Not that she’d do that of course, because it’s illegal—I meant to say, perhaps I’ll need to send her to the casino for a few hours.  If any of you have a better idea, please, speak up!

Posted by Leigh-Ann on 08/01 at 10:19 PM

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  1. I’m happy just going out to, say, the Wynn casino buffet, to try it.

    Also, if Tie signs for the Penguins, maybe you’ll get a heads up and be able to get that personalized long-sleeved t-shirt I saw on their site.  Although, we won’t even know what his number will be, so perhaps that won’t work.  I also don’t mind sharing my b-day presents with you.  So, whatever makes you happy, makes me happy.  Oh yeah, and don’t drain the bank account for a couple of weeks.  It’s a big mortgage/car payment whammy time.

    Posted by Flippy  on  08/01  at  10:38 PM

  2. I think you can get her a raspberry chocolate anything and she will be happy.

    Thinking back to Diva birthday presents that made a big hit.

    1.  Diamond earrings ... these were hard to top so be careful how high you set the bar.

    2.  Ugg slippers, I think that was Christmas but what the hell, still was a winner exit was the year everything Ugg was at a premium and she wanted to try to seel them on E Bay!

    3.  Oxford English Dictionary, her’s is the kind you have to use a magnigying glass to read and weighs something more than I do, but now you can get it on CD, much more manageable.

    4.  Oh I know!  I got it!  Two round trip tickets to Rochester!  Come for the fall leaves and you can sleep in the red room, cat footwarmers providered by the management at no extra charge!

    Posted by Nursie  on  08/02  at  08:09 AM

  3. Nancy’s mother gave her diamond earrings a couple of months ago, for being in the emergency room with her or some such nonsense.  Sheesh, you sit with your mother after a serious car accident and you get diamond earrings—how twisted is that?! tongue wink

    I like the Rochester idea, though—I’d love to see some fall colours!

    Posted by Mudpuppy  on  08/02  at  11:30 AM
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