Ha. Not. So totally not about the bling.
The car for Christmas wasn’t inexpensive and it was nice but it wasn’t the best gift TW has given me.
The really expensive and very special 40th birthday party was fantastic (even if I did end up having to do all of the work for it, ahem) but again not the best present (sorry Melissa and travelers from far away.)
I’m not sure I know what the best gift was, there have been so many…
1) The photographs from the newspaper, printed and framed, that TW described to me in those very early days. (want to see a picture?)
2) The carved jack-o-lantern she sent to me via USPS for Halloween.
4) A little pillow book with TW marshmallowy sentiments tucked inside.
5) The quilt, oh lord the quilt. TW doesn’t sew – or even cut straight – but I have a tiny practice quilt and a full sized quilt made by her own little hands.
6) The little book of, well, more marshmallow fluffy conversations that she and I have had. Very sweet.
7) The socks. Errr. So I don’t actually have those yet. She’s been working on them for 9 months because, again, she doesn’t knit. Or she didn’t ’til she decided she needed to knit me a pair of socks. But, she’s working on them and I might have one sock by Valentine’s Day. And I will love that one sock a lot more than any piece of jewelry, not because I don’t really like jewelry but because it really IS the thought that counts.
Forget the bling, give me a sock instead.
Happy belated birthday!
Ha! I didn’t know about most of those things. 🙂
I like to make quilts for people I love–though I can actually cut and sew straight. I don’t know if that makes them less sentimental. I’m not into bling either. If I got some, I wouldn’t know what to do with it. 🙂
Those really are the best gifts.
That’s a pretty nice list I must admit. You really are just a sentimental ‘softie,’ and I love it.
Car, what car?