Monday, December 21, 2009

Thine name is Awesome

Girlfriend put us on a budget of twenty dollars for Christmas. This would have been awesome except that I already had a working list of ideas of things I could get her, none of which were under the $20 limit. I am not a generic gift giver (see Girlfriend's birthday last year) and it was KILLING me to give her some random, non-special, run of the mill $20 gift. I went as far as calling my mom for help and her non-helpful statement was, "Sorry kid, sounds like you're screwed." Needless to say my attitude was in the crapper and I was beginning to seriously stress about this. That is until today when I was getting Christmas cards and random stuff at Target. I saw this and the lightbulb inside my little head sparked!
The wheels started turning, the ideas started flowing and my excitement because uncontainable. Girlfriend is totally getting a new travel mug (which she needs) BUT it is going to have several custom hand-made inserts of the animals (individually and collectively), our trip to Hawaii and all things saxophone. Who's awesome? That would be me. I was so excited at Target that I high-fived myself (don't judge) and called my mom (who agreed that yes, I am awesome) because I was too proud to keep this to myself. Oh, and I got Girlfriend's mom a gift certificate for a massage. Yes you are correct, I did just get more awesome.

6 comments:

Kel said...

That is totally awesome -- and staying within the limits! Just one thing.. HOW do you high five yourself?? LOL

Anonymous said...

Right on with the creativity :-) Sure you will get extra points with the GF

beans said...

Yes, I would say that puts you in the awesome category!!!! Looks like it will be fun as well . . not like some torturous project or anything!

The Surprise Dyke said...

Kel-I even came in under budget. It's kind of like a really excited clap in the air :-)

The Surprise Dyke said...

Dragon-That's what I'm hoping for!

The Surprise Dyke said...

Beans-I even found a template online so all I have to do is import the pictures and it does it all for me :-)