Thursday, August 28, 2008

yes, i will gripe about hubby on his birthday

he has a habit of ruining surprises. i've all but given up on giving him gifts because anytime i get a gift idea for him, he goes out and gets it for himself before i have a chance to give the gift. it's frustrating. and i'm not a good gift idea-er so it's hard enough to come up with something that i think he'll actually like. i've always done whatever i could to make a big deal about his birthday but this year he's seemed really down about it (and we've been crazy busy) so i didn't really do anything. so this morning he had a board meeting for the condo association and it was the perfect opportunity for me to slip out real quick and get a birthday cake (which he'll probably gripe about anyhow because it's not good for you) and card. i made it to the store and back before him. i walked in the door and shouted out to him to make sure he wasn't already home and got no response. i opened the fridge to hide the cake and he walks in the door. jerk. i yelled at him and told him i wasn't talking to him anymore. so much for surprises.

(the earbuds are in because he got a family singing call at the same time i was singing to him)

2 comments:

Notes and letters to myself.... said...

my husband does the same damn thing (ruins surprises) and I hate it. Ugh!

You are a nice for getting him a cake. Did he end up wearing the cake. He looks darn good for 42 sister!

arcanai said...

it is certainly frustrating trying to come up with something every year for someone who has a knack of spoiling it but i keep trying. every so often it works. on his 40th, i brought him to tears when i surprised him (yep, i managed to get one past him) with a photo book of his life. i'll probably never top that. and yes, he is much more youthful than his age. i love my husband!