It STARTED off so easy . . .

I love birthdays! It such a special time to honor that person and thank their parents for not watching TV that night they were conceived. My roomie’s b-day is just around the corner and I was torn between what to get him. And when I get in this mind frame and can’t decide I just buy it all, so before this gets super expensive I better ask if there’s anything he wants for his b-day. I was thinking he’d want that spa day we have been talking about, the XBox 360, or that leather sport coat jacket I fell in love with and he could use it when he bounces at the night club, or something like a nice cologne. Nope, he comes back with “a clip board” as his response. “You know the ones with compartment to put stuff in.” I was like “What?... a clip board” He said he saw someone at his work with one and could totally use it. He’s a personal trainer and I agree it would come in handy. So I thought that’s easy, I’ll do a search on Staples.com and OfficeDepot.com and see what my options are. Who would’ve thought there would be so many options? There’s some made of pressed wood, plastic, aluminum, some with funky colors like green or pink, some with a side handle and the options are endless. Arrgg! I think I am going to print them all out and have him choose. I feel a little weird saying, here look through all these and let me know which one you like. Cindy said she thought this was HILARIOUS. It’s like when her judge asked her what she wanted for her bday and she didn't want to trouble him or cost him too much so she told him "bookends." He ended getting her these 2 marble lions that are the replicas of the one outside a museum in NY. And another year, she told him corkscrew, thinking THAT's damn easy and cheap, and he gave her a complicated expensive set that came with wine guides, foil cutter, and this intricately handled mechanical bottle opener.