Disclaimer: My husband is extremely hard to buy for. Like, high school calculus hard. But he gives really good, thoughtful gifts and is a good man who deserves a day where I take a breath to show him that I appreciate the husband that he is to me and the father that he is to our daughter.
January 12: Thinks to self: Oh, I should get Craig something really good for Valentines Day. He’s gone out of his way to get me thoughtful, nice gifts, I should do the same. Oh, and I should get him something cute from the little one, since it’s her first Valentines Day and all. I have a month and I used to be really good at this, I can come up with something.
January 26: Thinks to self: Only a couple weeks until Valentine’s Day. I wonder if I should see if Craig wants to go out or stay in. Oh, and I still need to get him something. Maybe I’ll do something sentimental like a calendar with photos of our family or a nice frame for his desk at work. Nothing expensive and elaborate just something sweet.
February 1: Sends text to the go to friend for advice: what should I give Craig for Vday? She answers: “From you, sex. From the baby, the I Love You pictures are always a hit.” She is so helpful. Make mental note to charge the camera.
February 3: Little brother calls me to find out where he should take his girlfriend for Valentine’s Day. I make suggestions and think that it’s sweet that little brother is thinking ahead. I make a mental note to ask husband if he wants to go out.
February 5: Finds out that Craig has games both Friday and Saturday night on Valentines Day weekend. No big deal that we’re not going out. Restaurants are always overcrowded anyway.
February 6: Look outside and see 12″ of snow. Will not be leaving the house to drive 25 minutes to the nearest mall. That’s OK. I still have time to order something online.
February 8: Go to work and Google “Valentines Day gifts for him.” Spend 4.2 seconds browsing before someone comes into my office with a fire for me to put out.
February 10: Ask Twitter for gift recommendations for a hard to buy for husband. Think about running out a lunch to get a card but decide against it because I still have time. Besides, I want to get him a gift too.
February 11: Craig surprises me with diamond earrings (to replaces ones that I lost before our wedding) for me and a card for the baby. I tear up reading C the card her daddy bought for her. Fuck. Now I really have to come up with something good for him. I wish I had an idea. Any idea will do at this point.
February 13: Wake up, make plans with friend to meet for lunch and shopping with our kids. Decide I will find Craig’s gift at the mall. Probably a cool picture frame and something electronic. At 1:00PM, it starts to snow and as the snow falls so do my hopes of leaving the house. I cry and think about how I used to be so much better at all of this stuff. Before there was a job that consumed every second of my time between 8am and 5pm and a baby that consumed every second after that.
February 14: Beg Craig to let me make the grocery store run. Buy him a card, two bags of Swedish Fish and a book.
Wife Fail!
Please tell me you did better than me! And give me some hints or tips for next year.
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Oh yeah, definitely just give him a little bedroom action and he’ll forget all about those Swedish fish!! LOL!!
This made me laugh, seriously love your mental notes on “paper”. Did he like the swedish fish?
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