This holiday season some how turned into a competition with DH and I, who could get the best gift with the littlest about of money. Course I have more time to hunt sales than he does so there is an advantage I admit to but come on, if you know my husband, I need every advantage I can take! 🙂
So last holiday season our oldest daughter got this sparkly blue guitar that she had begs for years for. Course then I could not find lessons for her that where close, affordable, and that would work with our time line. Then DH ask for one for his birthday and so he got a black guitar. DH has been playing when he can on his own. We then looked for joint lessons for them, that was impossible as well. So I got this idea to make him a silver pic key chain to remind my husband I love his hobby time and that I want him to take that needed time for himself. Then I got this need to seek out lessons again not expecting to find anything. I called around got some times and numbers and still no one would do joint lessons until I found David. He was happy to do a joint lesson with my husband and daughter, could go with our time line, and he has the best price for an hour that I have ever seen for lesson. $25! For both of them. For one of them, for 30 minutes it was near double that most other places.
So I got the date and time and set it up for the times next year as well. Wonderful. So for $25 I think I got the best gift. The first lesson is in a few days, before our vacation so I needed to come up with a creative plan to present my gift.
So I left this on our front door knowing my husband would be home soon. He came in and found me looking very worried. He didn’t have my gift either. “Are you expecting a little gift on the door from someone?” he asked. “No, thats for you silly!” I said. “Wow, for a minute there I was worried about something suspicious and didn’t see any little boxes on the neighbors doors.”
Oh for the love of a military guy with an interesting job. So what made his mind jump to worry over a cute little box? The wikileak leak guy is on trial here, down the street, and the post is full of news trucks and protesters and it is a bit crazy. I honestly don’t know much about it all as the soldiers where told NOT to read any of it and it would be risking their positions to do so, specially those with clearances. It made me edgy at first as I love information but alas, not worth it. So I glace over all things about it sadly. So because of this feeling on post where we live, my husband saw a little box and didn’t think wonderful things, but rather worry. Would you have worried? My mind did not even consider that a possibility at all. At worst I thought a neighborhood kid would walk off with it. But I thought I had it well timed, and I did.
So in the box:
So I stamped some words into the pic for his key chain that mean something to us and also added the details of the lessons I set up. He is so very happy and I think he knows I won. He says it is not over and that I cheated as my gift is a weekly cost, not a one time cost but I still think I won. LOL I guess we will see in about a week! = )
Wish me luck!
