Shopping Quandary!
Hey friends! I have to tell ya... I am in quite a quandary!
My dad AND my husband have a birthday this weekend. BOTH of them!! And I struggle. OH, I struggle to buy either one of them a gift because, let's face it, I seem to get them the same things every single year. Pants. A shirt. Maybe socks. And it's so amazingly boring.
You know, girls love to get a new top or skirt every now and then... or a new purse and we are all over ourselves with excitement!! I can shop ALL DAY LONG for my mom and still have things that I wanted to buy. For me, girls are just so easy!! I know that the men in my life appreciate the clothes, I mean they can not go naked for heaven's sake, but I just want to buy them something they will LOVE!
My friend Amy gets real creative with her man's gifts, but she's engaged and it's all new and all...
Well, I have been married for 12 years and I have used all of my creativity! Well, not really.. it's just that I have no direction.
Then my friend Jennifer had to buy her husband a birthday gift recently and he likes computer games so she got him a new game. It was a great idea!! I just don't think my husband will play it... so that's out.
My dad is a singer. He sings in a barbershop quartet group and he plays the banjo!! (YEE HAW!) Last year we got him a new guitar strap for the banjo and a pitch pipe for the a capella pitches that they need when singing barbershop. Here he is holding up his guitar strap.
Thrilling people. I tell ya.
Those were great ideas.... for last year!!!!! Now, it's this year and I am fresh out.
SO what do you do when you don't know what to buy? Gift cards? The same old clothes thing and just hope that they love it? ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Sorry to bore you with this entry. It's where I am today. :)
My dad AND my husband have a birthday this weekend. BOTH of them!! And I struggle. OH, I struggle to buy either one of them a gift because, let's face it, I seem to get them the same things every single year. Pants. A shirt. Maybe socks. And it's so amazingly boring.
You know, girls love to get a new top or skirt every now and then... or a new purse and we are all over ourselves with excitement!! I can shop ALL DAY LONG for my mom and still have things that I wanted to buy. For me, girls are just so easy!! I know that the men in my life appreciate the clothes, I mean they can not go naked for heaven's sake, but I just want to buy them something they will LOVE!
My friend Amy gets real creative with her man's gifts, but she's engaged and it's all new and all...
Well, I have been married for 12 years and I have used all of my creativity! Well, not really.. it's just that I have no direction.
Then my friend Jennifer had to buy her husband a birthday gift recently and he likes computer games so she got him a new game. It was a great idea!! I just don't think my husband will play it... so that's out.
My dad is a singer. He sings in a barbershop quartet group and he plays the banjo!! (YEE HAW!) Last year we got him a new guitar strap for the banjo and a pitch pipe for the a capella pitches that they need when singing barbershop. Here he is holding up his guitar strap.
Thrilling people. I tell ya.
Those were great ideas.... for last year!!!!! Now, it's this year and I am fresh out.
SO what do you do when you don't know what to buy? Gift cards? The same old clothes thing and just hope that they love it? ANY SUGGESTIONS?
Sorry to bore you with this entry. It's where I am today. :)
Comments
My dad is the HARDEST person to buy for!
Tomorrow is the birthday jaunt! Let's see how it goes!
I imagine you have already made your decision by now and I am sure that each of them will love whatever you give them. The older we get, I think the less it matters. We care more about just being with those that we love.
Happy Birthday to your dad and Steve!