Weekends Away: Gift-Giving Advice
Need some gift-giving advice? You've come to the right place. Here's some food for thought when it comes to giving a wide range of gifts to the people in your life.
Romance Isn't Just for Saps!
You both know it's corny, and neither of you would ever admit it aloud (not even to yourselves), but some of the "chick flicks" that find their way onto your TV screen on rainy Saturday afternoons actually stir something inside of you. Naturally, of course, you pretend to read your newspaper or do a crossword puzzle while the movie just so happens to be playing in the background. Each of you is way too engrossed in your other activity to notice that, from time to time, the other is sneaking peeks at the screen.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under Romantic
Mom's the Word
He's got your nose (prominent). Her eyes (green). Your mother's stubborn streak (no comment) and her father's chin (minus the beard). He's the sweetest personalized gift in the world.
He's going to be the first man on Mars or Jupiter or whatever the latest planet to be discovered is. After he's done being a fireman, football player, and movie star (just look at that face!), of course.
"Isn't that right, baby?" you say to your wife, dripping a glob of ice cream from your spoon onto the floor she just wiped up after your beautiful new astronaut spit up on it about five minutes ago. But she just glares at you with those green eyes and mumbles something you're glad you can't hear.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under New Mom
Job Well Done!
He stayed overtime to beat the deadline on a major project, even though he had tickets to the big game he'd been looking forward to for weeks and had already worked through lunch. Of course he grumbled, but only for the first few minutes. (You don't mind the grumbling. You'd worry if he didn't.) Then he rolled up his sleeves, literally, shouted a ridiculous, "Let's get this party started!", slapped you a high five, and got to work.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under Employee Incentives
The Truth About Friendship
She tells you the truth when you ask if the stylist cut off too much hair— but assures you it will look adorable in a few days, after it's had time to "settle". She nods her head in sympathy when you ask if those pants make your butt look big — but is quick to add that it's not your butt that's the problem, it's the pants. She treats you to lunch and a margarita or three after the salon debacle and the fitting room terror, and lets you flirt with the cute waiter even though she saw him first.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under Friendship
Way to Go!
Her eyes are closed. Her breath is bated. She's gripping the zipper pull on the fly of her favorite jeans in anticipation of its long-awaited journey. She counts to three (1, 2, 2-1/2, 2-3/8, 2-7/15 ...) — and then ... up ... up ... UP IT GOES! Without stopping! And not only that, but without the jerks and spasms she'd encountered one week ago today, when she stood in her bedroom doing the same exact thing at 6:42 a.m.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under Congratulations
They Say It's Your Birthday
Every year on her birthday, for the past decade or so, your best friend has joked about being "over the hill". So every year, as part of your birthday gift idea, you brought a huge bouquet of colorful mylar balloons to her house, with those very words emblazoned across each balloon as a gentle reminder. You playfully punched her arm (one punch for each year she's been on the planet!). And of course you had to pinch her, too. Just one pinch, though, for extra emphasis and luck.
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Posted on October 06, 2006. Filed under Birthday
Wedding Belle Blues
Something old? Check. (The vintage ribbon on your bouquet.)
New? Check. (It's ... unmentionable! [but rhymes with "lacy wong"])
Borrowed? Check. (Mom's diamond earrings, natch.)
Blue? Workin' on it. (He loves your big brown eyes, so is it wrong to be thinking about contacts this late in the game?)
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Posted on September 06, 2006. Filed under Wedding
Why a Gift Card? Just Because!
Her birthday has passed, her anniversary isn't for another few months, and her new job is already old. She graduated long ago, the "baby" just finished second grade, and she's not moving into a bigger house. She hasn't won anything, she hasn't lost anything, and every time you ask her, "What's new?" she tells you, "Nothing much."
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Posted on September 06, 2006. Filed under Just Because
Girlfriend Getaway — A Weekend Away (No Boys Allowed)
When you were seven years old, you had no doubt you'd be a full-fledged, card-carrying adult by 18. You pictured yourself all glamorous with impossibly glossy lips and perfect blue eyeshadow, lazily blowing smoke rings into the narrow space between you and your incredibly cute boyfriend with the slow smile who, yes, really did look like he could star in "Grease".
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Posted on September 06, 2006. Filed under Girlfriend Getaway
Weekend Getaway — Just the Two of You
When you started dating, you drove each other crazy — in a good way. You were literally breathless at the mere thought of getting together. You thought the world could see your heart pounding through your chest every time you met, even if it was just for coffee. Now you're together every day. The craziness isn't always good, and at times you're short of breath due not to the flush and blush of romance but from bickering over the same old stuff that both of you know you'll never settle but which you refuse to give up on anyway. (Stubborn? You? Never!)
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Posted on September 06, 2006. Filed under Anniversary
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