STUPID STUPID STUPID. Stupid. Me.
Those who know me well, know that I HATE ruined surprises. I would rather scoop my eyeballs out with a spoon than ruin a surprise for someone or have someone ruin a surprise for me. That being said, the gift giving part of Christmas is something I get so so excited about. I LOVE finding the PERFECT gift for someone. Something that I just know they will love love love. (Might my Love Language be 'gift giving'?? hmm??)
Anyways, now that we no longer live in an apartment, we have been excited about slowly but surely turning our garage into a kind of a 'game room'-complete with a handmedown foosball table, a garage sale dart board, and an air hockey table from the inlaws. John has been known from time to time to enjoy a good poker game at friends houses when enough of them want to get together and shell out $10-$20. I have been planning for a VERY long time to complete Johns 'fun room' with getting him a poker table top for Christmas so that once in a while he can host those 'poker nights' at our house, and on Black Friday I found one!! wahoo!! I was SOOOOO excited to SURPRISE him with it Christmas morning. What a great wife. I got him a gift to use with the guys. Not even something I would use. Man I'm good.
Well fast-forward to yesterday afternoon and John was going to run out to the car to get our things from having been at church that morning and I mentioned 'don't look in the trunk' suddenly realizing I still hadn't gotten the poker table out. 'But thats where I threw our stuff' he said innocently. 'WHAT?? DID YOU SEE ANYTHING??' 'no, I just opened it up and threw our stuff in cuz it was raining then shut it.' B.S. There is no way he couldn't have seen it. So being the idiot that I am, instead of leaving it alone, I pushed and pushed and PUSHED and finally he admitted that he saw it. I LOST IT. I thought I was going to throw up. I felt like crying. He felt so bad. It wasn't his fault! I'm the butthead that left it in the freaking trunk. ugh.
So immediately I went into: ' well, I'm returning it!! I can't give it to you now that you know what it is!! I'M SO STUPID....WAHHHHH!!!'
I can't believe I'm so lame. Being as obsessed as I am with perfecting this whole gift giving thing, why would I leave it out in the open to find?? Blech. My tummy hurts now.
I love you John but now you are getting socks and underwear. Share THAT with your guy friends.
Monday, December 3, 2007
I suck at life.
Posted by Abbie at 10:56 AM
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Abbie- I am the same way! I LOVE giving gifts. It consumes me. I can't stop thinking about what to get the one's I love, searching, finding the best price, getting it and then wrapping it up in all its splendor. Every year I swear I am going to not go crazy at Christmas and I break it every time!
I am so sorry your gift got spoiled. That would have wrecked me too. I can't stand for the surprise to be ruined. Maybe you could keep it as a second surprise. Act like the socks and underwear are his gift all day. Then before bed give him a card with a treasure hunt. One spot could have a deck of cards, the next some poker chips, the next a few dollar bill and then finally to the table! You can still make it a surprise, I know you can pull it off!
Oh man...I'd be pissed too! (and I don't use that word either.)
It's ok Abbie...I totally know how you feel. It is fun giving the perfect gift and it sucks to ruin surprises. However, you have to still give it to him somehow...it's to perfect to bail on. :)
Ok, this cracked me up! You have to give him the poker table though! Maybe you could surprise him with something else, for me, it would be putting the cordless phone back on the charger!
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