My husband, Will and I are creeping up on our two year anniversary. Which brings with it a sudden mad scramble in the household. You see, my husbands birthday happens to be nine days prior to our anniversary, which makes me kind of crazy, since I want to spoil him and make up for the random romantic gestures he manages to find time for, while at the same time trying not to break the bank, and get two thoughtful and awesome gifts. On the other side of the coin, is Will's fanatical desire to come up with something really spectacular, something meaningful, something that will leave me glassy eyed with joy. Out of the two of us, he has been winning the gift giving game.
For example, last year, he got me an antique secretary from the store that I work at. This wouldn't seem like such a big deal, except I had been drooling on it for about 2 months. Upping the wow factor was that he had the store owner tell me that the secretary had sold, and then had her help him sneak it into our living room, and cover it in roses, while I peacefully slept in the other room. I'm ashamed to say, all I got him was a pin. It was a really cool sterling pin, which he liked, and wears, but, I still feel lame.
This years present comes with a bit of a back story. You see, my driver side window had to be glued shut a few years back, when the mechanism that allowed it to stay closed broke. At the time we didn't have the time or money to do the repair, so we just glued the window and hoped for the best. J B Weld did the job rather nicely, but sadly my cars AC was also out, which made summer driving a nightmare.
A couple of weeks ago, Will met me at the front door, "I know this is kinda early, the color is wrong, and I can't get it installed without your help," he said sheepishly "but I got you your anniversary present in the living room". I came into the apartment rather confused, to find a dark green car door leaning up against the entertainment unit. My squeal of joy sent the cats, and my husband ducking for cover.
The next clear day we hauled the new car door outside to install it. After a few glitches (not having the proper wrench size, breaking a handle, almost breaking the lock) I have air flow whenever I want! I'm also frantically racking my brain for something really cool to get him, because, you guessed it, I got him a pin.
Car doors really are romantic! So it open and closes now?? Like your heart??
ReplyDeleteHaha! Yeah, the window rolls down and everything!
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