Inspiration for gifts and party ideas always comes at the last minute for me. I didn't have one thing planned yesterday for Jeff's birthday at 2:47 when school released, but at 2:55 I had an entire game plan: haul ass to Target to find the perfect gift, pick up Patrick, haul both our asses to the grocery for cake frosting, wrap gift and have it displayed in line of view from door, cake made from scratch will be frosted and candled by 7 pm, ham & pineapple will be in oven along with scalloped potatoes . PHEWY. All of this whilst a certain child hung on my legs and tickled my toes.
Now, don't think I'm this excellent wife who always takes care of her husband. The reason I wanted to go all out was because I'm not. I don't take care of him enough. We didn't spend much on eachother at Christmas, Valentine's Day is always something small, our anniversary was Chicago (but we didn't buy eachother gifts, per say), so I really wanted to spoil him this time.
As I was perusing the aisles of Target wondering what on earth I would purchase for my husband who insists he needs
nothing, I thought back to our trip to Chicago. There was a Keurig in the apartment we stayed in and Jeff really got a kick out of it. He drinks coffee every morning but we just have some dinky thing that makes it.
That's it! A Keurig! So I bought him one of the really sweet ones, programmable, 3 cup sizes, etc. He was pretty stoked.
My cake wasn't perfection, although when it's mixing in my Kitchen Aid it always seems like it will be. I have a tendency to cook them too long and they end up a little dry. And though I would normally make my own frosting, there was no time so we opted for the new Cool Whip frosting - don't waste your time. It sucked, and totally ruined any chance my cake would've had. We each still ate a slice after putting the babe to bed so that it felt like a celebration. Jeff made a wish and blew out candles and it was a very happy 29th birthday for my hubby.
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