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Monday, July 7, 2014

my turn for birthday fun

BF's birthday is on Friday, so it's officially my turn to be thoughtful and creative.  We hit the six month mark on Thursday, which was pretty cool.  :-)  Seems that summer is a busy time for us, starting with my birthday, then the 4th of July, then his birthday, and in a couple of weeks, his daughter's b-day.  It's a good time!

He's much more practical in terms of gifting, so I won't be searching for a heartwarming piece of jewelry for him.  ;-)  Instead, I'm going with a selection of smaller things I think he will enjoy.  They include:

A card and a couple of little Bluemoon style written things I will be doing. I have to add my personal touch!  :-)  I am also getting him a t-shirt that supports his favorite NASCAR driver, a small collection of cooking gadgets that he's been wanting, and a wok.  The man does love to cook, and a lot of the fun we have on the weekends at his place is trying new recipes or new cooking gadgets.  This weekend we made homemade potato chips!  YUM. The t-shirt breaks up the kitchen theme a bit at least.  I'll also be getting him some Reeses Pieces, as they are his favorite.  :-p

We are celebrating the actual birthday by going out for an Italian dinner friday night with his daughter.  No other plans have been determined yet, but that's our starting point!

** I also got a new bikini and will either be a) sending him a picture of me modeling new bikini and/or b) wrapping it up in a tiny package to present to him since it's more of a gift to him than it is to me.  ;-)  HA!

Crossing fingers that my birthday plans are a success!  He says birthdays are not a big deal to him, but I feel like may be because no one has made a big deal out of his birthday for awhile.  I want to change that, but within reason.  :-)  Nothing over the top, just lots of little things to let him know he's appreciated!

8 comments:

  1. I think everyone likes to say that birthdays are not a big deal, but they secretly hope someone special makes them a big deal. Sounds like you're doing just that!

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    1. I think this is probably true! Hopefully I'll do a good job of making him feel special on his birthday since I feel like he focuses more on his daughter than on himself generally.

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  2. Wow, what thoughtful gifts! You are definitely a great girlfriend.

    I bet you're right about him going in with low expectations for his b-day because of past ones... (That's what I do/say about Valentine's Day too but secretly hope it will be great!)

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    1. Thanks! :-)

      Today's the day, so hopefully tonight will be fun. I have everything all ready, and I hope he enjoys everything!

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  3. I like the idea of wrapping up the bikini in a tiny package! But that's because I'm bad at trying to look sexy/sassy/fierce in photos.

    Very thoughtful gifts. :) I think everyone loves to be shown some appreciation, and the more mature ones in a non over-the-top way.

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    1. I ended up doing the bikini pic right at midnight LOL. He got it this morning and was quite pleased, ha!

      Thank you on the gifts, I hope everything goes over well!

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  4. I love how inventive you are with gifts! I hope he appreciated it :)

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