Another weekend comes and goes, and it's back to Monday again. Anybody else want to help me petition the government to approve 4 day work weeks and 3 day weekends? I feel like I'd be just as productive in 4 days of working as I would be in 5!
But anyway...I digress. This weekend I helped throw one last shower for my friend Carolyn before the 2 weddings I have in August. I have next weekend free and then bring on the weddings! The shower was a success and Caro got a lot of good stuff. I didn't take pictures because my friend Holly had her "family cam" and had all that covered :-)
On Saturday night we went over to Carolyn's and her fiance, Chris's new house and hang out with everyone. Then yesterday WEG and I went out on the lake and rode around. I'm trying to get rid of bathing suit strap marks because my dress for Bess's wedding is strapless! AND, I am peeling. NO BUENO.
So, that was my weekend. Now, I must ask you for some help, dear readers. WEG's birthday is coming up on August 22nd. I have weddings 2 weekends prior to that, so I have to find something to get him, preferably this weekend!! He has said that he doesn't want anything, but I can't just give him a card and not get him anything! I am going to take him to dinner at our favorite restaurant, Mr. Friendly's (win, win!). He has agreed to that, and then I'd like to get him something else small, but meaningful. He is the type of person that goes out and buys whatever he wants whenever he gets the whim that he wants it. So, it's hard to buy for him!! I just bought him some new clothes, and he honestly has plenty.
I'd love to get him a few small items to open, but I am seriously drawing a blank. Have any of you had really creative ideas for your husbands, fiances, brothers, boyfriends, etc.?
A little background- WEG is a huge outdoorsman. He loves to fish (all types- offshore, inshore, on the lake) and he hunts anything that moves. (Unfortunately, he has all the gear he needs for that sort of thing). He's also a big Clemson fan- ugh.
Any ideas that you have are welcome & appreciated!!
You've been one busy bee!!
ReplyDeleteK-dawg is a HUGE fisherman too...I found the cutest NC State lure for him at a Hallmark store. It's not touched the water, but has a prominent spot with his fishing tackle. Another idea is a dry bag for his excursions.
I'm sure you'll find just the right thing to celebrate his special day!
Do you have something like a Bass Pro Shop or Cabelas nearby? They have workshops where avid fisherman can make their own tackle and it's a pretty cool process - see if they've having a workshop around his birthday and sign him up! Does he have magazine subscriptions? A hunting/fishing one would be a good idea! How about a monogrammed fishing vest (or hat or jacket or t-shirt)? One Christmas, my fiance got me a new wallet full of little giftcards ($10 to Old Navy, $5 to Starbucks, $10 Barnes & Noble) - you could play up that for him and personalize it that way! Good luck - hope these ideas helped!
ReplyDeleteI would sign that petition!!!!!
ReplyDeleteI just said that recently. Plus, add in a week of vacation once a month. Yes please, sign me up.
ReplyDeleteSome of Mr. Potts' favorite gifts I've given him have been:
Bruce Springsteen concert tickets
A weekend in New Orleans (he proposed that night - coincidence)
New Sirius sportster & boom box
New Reef flip flops (the kind with the bottle opener on the bottom)
I like the earlier idea of a wallet full of little giftcards. I may have to use that this year!
There is also a book out there called "Stuff Every Man Should Know". Although, I don't know if he would like something like that.
ReplyDeleteHi! My office actually gives the option of a 4-day work week, 10 hours per day. It is long hours, but so worth it to have an extra day off for errands or for traveling. Aren't boy presents so hard?? I hope you find something!
ReplyDeleteAlong with the book thing- why not a hunting/game cookbook? There's tons on Amazon (just do a Wild Game Cookbook search). That's something fun for both of ya'll because he can cook the meat and you can make the sides. Or for entertaining after he's been hunting?
ReplyDeleteMy wedding gift to my husband was a framed picture of him as a little boy, fishing with his Grandpa. Also, I included a poem called "The Bait" by John Donne. It's about love and fishing. "Of golden sands, and crystal brooks, with silken lines and silver hooks." He cried when opening the gift, and it is one thing he treasures.
ReplyDeleteI second the "ugh" on the clemson fan thing! hehe! but seriously... no ideas... good luck.. tell us what you come up with!
ReplyDeleteA VV tie with fishing lures? A new waterproof outdoorsy watch? What about a painting of water or fishing or his favorite lake? If you have a great pic, maybe you could ask an art student at the university to paint a picture from the photo. I did that for B's wedding gift and he loved it!
ReplyDeleteYou guys are probably season ticket-holders already....but maybe tickets to a big game? A weekend trip for an away game?
ReplyDeleteWell I know my husband always says he loves any item with one of "his" team's logo: hat, new shirt, coasters, etc. Maybe pick up something he doesn't have?
ReplyDeleteDoes he have a set of Clemson logo Tervis Tumblers?
Tailgating chairs, logo'd cooler or grill cover?
how about a gift card to whaleys or the thirsty fish?!?! :)
ReplyDeleteLet's get that petition started!
ReplyDeleteMmmm Mr. Friendley's.....I wish I didn't bring my lunch. I love their lunch.
ReplyDeleteWe wish we could have met you Saturday. We will have to get together soon and do a girl's night or something!
Fun weekend!
ReplyDeleteGet WEG a GC to an outdoorsmen shop or make him a basket of various fishing necessities. I'm not good with the outdoorsmen, but I wish I cuold be of more help!
my dad's birthday is august 22, too! :) look at REI.com! great stuff for outdoors people!
ReplyDeleteat the legal counsel department of dhec in columbia they do some sort of alternative friday thing and it is awesome.
ReplyDeleteneedlepoint him a belt? that is personal and different. hmm. any classes you could sign up together that would be fun. i am not good at gifts. make a scrapbook? good luck!