This Thursday, while everybody else is thinking about turkey and sweet potatoes and pecan pie, I will be thinking about how nobody remembers it's my birthday.
That's right, this year my birthday falls on Thanksgiving and let me just remind you that having a birthday on a holiday SUCKS. It especially sucks when your usual hostess decides to flee the country to go on an exotic vacation (Thanks, Mom!) and you have to invite yourself to your husband's cousin's house so you're not left out on the street sharing cranberry stuffing with a pigeon.
That might be a little dramatic, but you get the point.
You might also have noticed that I've been talking a lot about Mazzy's birthday lately which is on December 9th. Yep. Every year for the rest of my life, I'll be stuck planning my daughter's birthday festivities during my now irrelevant unremarkable non-event of a day.
Can I tell you how many people have called asking what Mazzy wants for her birthday? Probably about twenty. How many people have asked me what I want? That's right. NADA.
So. When Beso.com, a site that's part magazine and part online shopping mall, called to ask if I'd like to give away a $300 shopping spree and showcase a collection of my favorite items, I was all ears.
"You mean, you want me to talk about stuff that I would want? Not my daughter??"
"Well, we have kid's stuff too so you could do a Mazzy collectiโ"
"No, No! I like the idea of an Ilana Collection, thanks!"
*click*
So here we are. And yes, you read that right. You have the potential to win a $300 spree on Beso as long as you sing "Happy Birthday, Mommy Shorts" the whole damn time you're shopping.
Beso has so much on their site that selecting my favorites was a little overwhelming at first. Basically you can find every brand you've ever heard of on thereโ from Nine West to Alexander McQueen. But then I realized the best way to shop the site is to look through the editor's collections and the top picks at the opening of each section (women, men, kid's, jewelry, home, beauty) in categories like "Back to the Basics", "Borrowing from the Boys", and "Great Looking Trash Cans". It's kind of like looking through a fashion magazine except everything is right there available for purchase. A fabulous (and dangerous!) thing.
You can "heart" your favorites to refer back to later and make "collections" to email people who might need gift ideas. Like your husband (AHEM!) Plus you can sign up for deal alerts on specific brands or categories. For instance you can say that you just want to receive notifications if Marc Jacobs is having a handbag sale. Pretty awesome, right?
Ultimately I put together a birthday collection of my favorite practical, less than practical and totally impractical items. All are perfectly acceptable birthday gifts should anybody decide they want to get me something. (Really? You shouldn't have!)
Keep in mind, I did not take price into account WHATSOEVER. It's a birthday wish list that no one will buy for meโ why on earth would I create a budget?? But please know that you can find brands at every price point.
From left to right: Marc Jacobs Pretty Eliza Diaper Bag ($288), Proenza Schouler PS1 Medium Satchel ($1195), Rebecca Minkoff Beau Clutch ($250), Cole Haan Air Autumn Flat Boot ($398), Tory Burch Lawson Ankle Boots ($425), Christian Louboutin Two-Tone Pump ($675), Vince Honeycomb Turtleneck Sweater ($295), Phillip Lim Striped Wool/Silk Dress ($375), David Meister 'Cold Shoulder' Sequin Dress ($328), Tsovet Rose Gold Watch ($475), Marc By Marc Jacobs 'Jessica' Necklace ($118), Kenneth Jay Lane Coral Beetle Ring ($99)
I covet the aqua Proenza Schouler bag the most. Unsurprisingly, the most expensive item up there.
Before I get to the rules for the giveaway, you must promise me ONE THING. If you win, you are NOT ALLOWED to shop for your kid or your spouse. It's MY BIRTHDAY and I say you must spend the money on yourself.
Deal?
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GIVEAWAY RULES
1) You must be both a Mommy Shorts facebook fan and a Beso facebook fan to enter. This does not count as two entries. Just click here to become a fan of Mommy Shorts and click here to become a fan of Beso (if you are not one already) and then leave ONE comment below.
2) Answer the following question: What is the best or worst birthday gift you've ever gotten?
3) Contest open to US residents, 18 or older. Ending on Tuesday, Dec 6th.
2ND ENTRY (optional)
Today I posted Episode #2 of the Mommy Shorts Show. For an additional entry, subscribe to the Mommy Shorts YouTube Channel and then leave a second comment below. If you are already subscribed, just leave a second comment saying so.
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UPDATE: Congratulations to JEN! Since I am sure there is more than one Jen, this is the Jen that was given a "Dating for Dummies" book by her then boyfriend, now husband. Please contact me at myshort@mommyshorts.com to claim your prize.
happy early birthday! and i’m already a fan of all of those… i share a birthday (sometimes) with labor day… definitely does not compare to an actual holiday and often times i end up seeing fireworks… but when i was in school, no one ever remembered my birthday because school had always just begun so there were never any cupcakes or balloons in my locker – stupid spring birthday people with all the luck.
Fans of both, of course. Happy Birthday silly girl. Guess this Thanksgiving there’ll be 2 turkeys to celebrate!
I am a fan of both ๐ The worst gift was from my husband and were Pregnancy workout books…multiple of them. Thank God I was actually pregnant or we’d be divorced now.
First of all Happy Birthday Ilana! I just found the perfect thing to do now for Thanksgiving. Our kids are sick so we cancelled company coming over to spare them and now we’ve postponed the big meal for next week. I think We should for sure have birthday cake in your honor!!
OK so worst birthday gift, hands down was from a guy I dated in college. He was being so “thoughtful” that he decided that since I adore flowers, he would buy me plastic light up tulips that you plug into the wall. I should have dumped him on the spot but I tried to see the thought that went into the gift. But seriously what I ended up doing was taking those tulips, cutting a hole in the bottom of a coffee can for the cord and used them as a night light.
Nothing says “I love you like light up tulips” And naturally my best friend ever since will occasionally buy me one of those light up roses you get at parades or from the city street vendors just to remind me of “the good old days” Thankfully my husband knows the difference between flowers and plastic decorations.
LOL
Worst Birthday Present…how about nothing, not even a ‘happy birthday’ because it’s Easter and they forgot it was your special day. I totally feel your pain. ๐
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Best birthday gift is a date my husband took me on to the NY Botanical Gardens (before we had kids) complete with a picnic and a parasol for my pale skin. it was so, so sweet. It was hilarious when a picnic for 2 in his mind meant a cooler for drinks and a picnic basket that he lugged to the perfect spot all by himself while I followed, parasol in hand like a Victorian princess. He was so adorable insisting on carrying everything. Now he’d be like “hey hon, you gonna grab that bag or the kids?”
Happy Birthday! I totally undestand the no one notices your birthday thing… My birthday is 2 weeks after Christmas, which is two weeks after my anniversary, which is two weeks after Thanksgiving… talk about bad timing. My husband two years in a row didn’t get me ANYTHING… the worst part of this worst present was he also failed to say happy birthday to me. Next gift I got from him was diamond earrings and flowers.
First, I’m a twin, and my birthday is on 12/23, so I grew up getting combined twin/birthday/Christmas gifts. Family members could knock out two holidays and get by by getting us one present to share. Lame, huh? My daughter was born on 12/21, so my birthday has been further minimized! ๐
My worst gift ever? Easy peasy. My dad has a Corvette restoration business. Corvettes are in my blood. For as long as I could remember, my dad promised me and my twin sister a Corvette for our 16th birthday (yes…another shared gift, but this time it was a super kick ass shared gift). We knew Dad had been working some late nights in the shop, and we just KNEW it had to be on our super awesome 16th birthday Corvette.
Our birthday presents were often stacked under the Christmas tree (see?), and that year was no different. We saw two boxes wrapped in masking paper and masking tape and just knew that those boxes were going to have something supremely cool and related to our new Corvette in them. We ripped open the paper with gusto and sure enough, inside each box was a General Motors door and ignition key on shiny new Corvette keychains. We were positively giddy and my Dad was BEAMING!
He took us out to the shop and on the walk out, he started laughing. When we got to the shop, we realized why. Those keys did belong to a Corvette, but the car was in pieces. The door key fit a Corvette door that was not only the most hideous shade of brown, but it was also NOT ATTACHED TO A CAR! Talk about bursting a bubble!
I spent the better part of the next year…nights, weekends and the summer, working in my Dad’s shop alongside him, putting that car together. My sister and I ended up with a gorgeous ’81 Corvette, but the beginning was a cruel, cruel joke!
I subscribed to your YouTube channel. ๐
The worst gift I ever received was a birthday card at a job as they were letting me go. They couldn’t afford me anymore but wanted to still wish me a happy birthday. So f-ing thoughtful. Who gets fired for their birthday?
Hope this gives me karmic points to possibly win this prize to spend it all. On. Me!!
For my 30th birthday, my friend bought me that cellulite scrub called ‘fat girl slim’ from bliss spa.
I don’t really see how I didn’t already win this contest.
– emily
Worst present ever: black combat boots in a size 9 1/2 mens (I’m a 5 WOMENS) from my (un)loving hubby. When I said these won’t fit me he got mad and said we’ll sh*t I guess I’ll have to wear them. 2nd worst: padded white toilet seat. It cracked after a few months and would pinch the hell out of my butt everytime I sat down. :/
Well, then I don’t know your Dad but to appease your Mom who seems pretty cool, spin it that she couldn’t share a bday as would be too much perfection on one day … having your daughter and Dad share it is the Universe’s way of creating balance, like Ying and Yang ๐
FB fan of Both kathy Persons
The best birthday present was a set of pearls
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Best present … new trombone in HS sophomore year. I SO WANT A SHOPPING SPREE FOR MYSELF that I don’t have to share with my hubby or 3 kids!
My birthday is July 4th too. When my kids were little we had them convinced that the fireworks were for my birthday! The plus to having that birthday is I’ve never had to work on my bday because it’s usually a paid holiday!
My husband (at the time), who should have known me better, gave me a GIANT box of Obssession scented objects that the saleswoman clearly talked him into. At the time I wore no fragrances due to allergies. The box contained lotions, body spray, cologne, perfume, soap, talc etc. Most of it ended up in the trash when we divorced not much later.
follow both a Mommy Shorts and Beso on facebook (Margaret E. Smith)
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Happy birthday!
Best gift-finding out I was pregnant with twins!
Forgot to answer your question…
The best birthday gift that I ever got was a handmade dollhouse that my Dad and my Brother made for me when I was 8. They put so much time and detail into this house. It was a complete surprise and honestly, I loved it so much. Now my kids play with it.
Thanks
My memory is fading but I think the best birthday ever was at my sleep over party when I was 11 years old.
And I’m a fan of both!
I am entering for my friend (I shall call her “Crocodile”), who is too scared the person who gave her the gift (hint: it was her mom) will find out and get her feelings hurt to enter herself. If this gets picked I will totally give her the prize, I promise. We are both facebook fans of both you and Beso. FOR THE RECORD.
quoting Crocodile:
For my birthday last year she gave me a glass coaster. Point 1: glass does not absorb water, which is kinda the point of a coaster. The coaster is embedded with a brown metal cockroach, with glossy red nailpolish eyes. She thought it would speak to my quirky, bug-loving personality. Point 2: What the hell! Yes, I’m quirky and bug-loving, but I don’t see the beauty in a cockroach, much less a metal cockroach. Come on! Damselfly larva maybe, but a cockroach!?!
Exactly.
I’m also a youtube channel subscriber.
I got a $20 jaywalking ticket on my 20th birthday. That stunk.
I subscribed to your youtube channel.
My birthday is in August and I always used to get school supplies for my birthday…hello, you have to get those for me anyway, way to pass it off as a birthday gift.
best gift: 23rd birthday – louis vuitton mini rainbow murakami purse.
story: 2 months before my 23rd birthday i met a cute guy in a sweater vest at a bar. we spent the night fighting about the importance of loving your job vs. importance of the money you earn (i’m a teacher, he was in the mortgage business). the argument ended when he said, “there must be something you would buy if you had extra eff you money.” i told him i would buy the little rainbow louis bag, but that it didn’t matter anyway because as a teacher, i didn’t have eff you money and it was not even worth thinking about.
fast forward two months – i became the proud owner of the purse i wanted. i proudly carried that tiny little thing for a year, told the guy i loved him, and eventually married him ๐
oh and my birthday was last week, at the VERY beginning of the holiday season…and my husband’s is the day after mine….and my son’s is 12/20, so i totally get the whole getting screwed out of a bday thing.
and i’m subscribed to the mommy shorts youtube channel…and am a post whore.
I notice that no one else has a husband stupid enough to have given her a PREGNANCY PILLOW as a gift. A pregnancy pillow that he then slept with for the next four months, all cuddly and non-child-bearingly and homicide-inspiringly.
I would do very bad things to get that red clutch. I suggest you do just that yourself, instead of going to someone else’s house on Thanksgiving. Have you ever spent a Thanksgiving with just Mike (and Mazzy, now)? Good stuff, I’m telling you. Also, more pie with fewer people to see.
Happy early birthday, pal.
My god, I never win stuff just for myself. Once I won a weekend for four at the Moody Gardens hotel on Galveston Island, and my first question was: can I have four weekends for one? A weekend with my kids watching Spongebob Squarepants in effing 4-D at the Moody Gardens IMAX has to be my worst gift ever. Come on, random prize picker, mama needs an alone bag. Or some jewelry.
Wait wait wait, let me get this straight…it’s YOUR birthday and WE get the goods? This is oh so unfair, but oh so fantastic! Thanks birthday girl! I like you both on Facebook (Amber H) and the best birthday present I ever got was a surprise dinner and a show in NYC, and the worst was a body waxing kit. Yes, apparently someone thinks I’m Chewbacca. Thanks for the fun giveaway!
I subscribe to your YouTube channel for an extra exntry (scarletsnet)
Think the best present I ever got for my birthday was a jewelry box, not because I wear it but because it was from my dad who has been gone for a long time.
happy birthday to you!…I can’t say i have an exact worst gift or best gift per say… only accept this year i was so disappointed in that my friend said she was taking me to dinner, and it was already 9pm and she flaked & still hasn’t taken me! WOW! Ha ha! Kinda funny, NOW!..:/
How soon people forget, that’s all i have to say. :^)
Yippee – i did it! Subscribed to MommyShorts’s Channel on YOUTUBE, thank you! ๐
I’m a fan of both!! My best birthday gift was a “get healthy” trio from my husband that included dinner at a steak restaurant where we dined on Kobe beef (a few weeks before my bday the doctor told me my cholesterol was too low, so this was a healthy choice), tickets to a weekend-long music festival (to get a bit of a dance workout in) and a two hour spa treatment (for my mental health). It was amazing!!
Like both on fb (Cynthia Conley)
My favorite birthday gift was a a basket of violas from my son when he was little. My parents took him to shop and they told me he looked and looked to find just the right one.
OMG. OK I totally am a fan of Beso how awesome is that place????
And love the bag too. But seriously I would loooove a shopping spree – who wouldn’t?
Favorite Bday gift? The 3 birthday cakes I got one year. The worst bday prezzie? Again the 3 bday cakes that I ended up puking up do to overdose of sugar icing.
OH and I’m already a YouTube MommyShorts channel subscriber – I’m so excited for the hair tutorial I can’t stand it!
And I think you need to take a page outta my book. No one is EVER going to give a crap again about your birthday now that you have kids. That’s why I always plan my own party and I make a BIG deal out of it.
but when you are competing with the greatest gorging holiday of the year that’s tough… Happy Thanks– I mean Happy Birthday Ilana!!!
worst bday gift? Guess it would be “nothing” from my husband one year. We had just had our first child in June (my bday is in sept) and we were struggling to make ends meet since he was running his own business and I was staying home. So he couldn’t afford anything. Plus our wedding anniversary is the day before. Not a good couple days especially being postpartum!
Oops! I didn’t answer the question or mention that I already like & follow you (I do!)
My best birthday gift is a bit cheesy – but I met my husband on Jdate and, because it is sorted by age, I got lots of emails on my 25th birthday. I responded to one, my husband’s. He is the gift that keeps giving ๐
Ohh, I feel your pain! My birthday sometimes falls on Father’s Day, so when I was younger my dad decided to save some cash and took us both fishing to celebrate both at the same time. I despise fishing…worst gift ever. And since my son has been born my birthday gets blown out of the water because “its father’s day and we need to do something awesome for daddy!”
The best gift ever was celebrating my 18th birthday at the beach while attending a huge party with a bunch of other geeks.
My now husband, then boyfriend bought me a bumper. Really, a bumper for my car “in case I ever needed a spare…bumper”. Not really high on my list. It sat in the center of our living room for 6 months until I traded in the car and threw in the bumper.
That would be the worst.
I guess my best is supposed to be the day we got married. On my birthday. At the courthouse.
I have low expectations. ๐
I am a fan of you and Beso!
and I subscribed to Mommy Shorts TV as well!
Best gift-My daughter planted me a suprise secret graden when she was nine years old. It was very sweet.
I’m a fan of both now! Happy Birthday
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Happy Birthday.
Facebook fan entry:
What is the best or worst birthday gift you’ve ever gotten? well,nothing (from husband) and close behind that – bread maker. Uh, thanks?
Happy Birthday! By far the worst birthday gift I have ever gotten was a pair of pink feety pajamas when I was 23! They were from my ex-boyfriend. Now you understand why he became my ex
I keep trying to BS type something, but I can’t bring myself to complain about any gifts I have received. Can I still enter? ๐
Also- I subscribed on youtube.
Happy birthday!!
Best present ever was when I turned 22 – my husband proposed to me that day, and it was beautiful. We try to not tell people that we were very drunk ๐ He doesn’t regret it, and neither do I! HAPPY BIRTHDAY, Misss! I hope they send YOU a $300 gift card too ๐
…subscribed to your channel. You are so beautiful!
My best birthday gift EVER was when I was officially declared to be in remission from cancer in July 13, 2009 (my b-day is 7/14) after finishing chemo 3 weeks before. I was diagnosed when my first daughter was 10 months old and I was told I would never have any more kids 2 years later I got my second best gift EVER.. another little girl named Angeline who was born on 8/25/11.
I liked both pages on FB (Kristie Wright)
I “like” your fan page as well as Beso’s. The worst birthday gift I’ve ever gotten would have to be a broom set for my 13th birthday. It was an innocent gift from my mom, but at the time, I despised all attempts of domestication, so the gift really insulted me.
And, I have subscribed to your youtube channel.
Love all of your picks. I have no problem spending $$ on myself when it really isn’t my own $$ KWIM?
Fanned both F.B pages and subscribed to you youtube channel.
I never get birthday presents so it’s hard to think of one.. best birthday present was money from my mom last yr. ๐
I’m FB fans of you guys ๐ The best gift I got was a trip to the Big E to see Darius Rucker in concert with my hubby ๐ so fun!
Subscribed to you on YouTube!
Sorry you have a forgotten birthday, Ilana. I was born the day after my mom’s birthday, so my party often fell on her big day. My best birthday gift was the conception of my son. ๐
I feel you on the birthday being hijacked by a holiday thing…. My birthday has always been hijacked by Halloween, but I eventually embraced the whole costume party birthday thing…. so I guess I am kinda over that now that I am out of my real birthday party years anywho. And My husband complains about his birthday being hijacked by Christmas since he is just after New Years and before school would re-start. But the real kicker is that our son was born on Sept 3rd which by all accounts should be free and clear of holidays… except everyone in our area (Austin)seems to go out of town for labor day before school starts or wants to watch the first UT football game… ohmyjeezers!
…..but on a less rant like note- I got some awesome love on my birthday this year. It was a milestone year and my Dad gave me a really touching card and a thoughtful gift (work appropriate handbag)that was on time- which is a really big surprise since I can’t even remember a gift on time from him since I lived with him… and my hubs got me jewelry as a combo birthday/anniversary gift… and my mom got me earings… AND I got myself concert tickets for the whole fam :^)
worst gift: I have been given food products I am allergic too, but it has been a long time.
My best gift was a bracelet from my boyfriend, who is now my husband! I loved it because he put a lot of time into picking it out, and also because it was a surpirse! I don’t ever like to know what I am getting before hand because the surprise is half the fun.
Worst birthday gift ever. Hubby took me out for my birthday. He proceded to get drunk, act like an ass, and get mad at me when I wanted to go home, on my birthday. Cue: Huge fight scene in car. Happy F-ing birthday to me. Upside? He will NEVER live it down! ๐
Happy birthday and yes,shoppy spree please!
Worst birthday gift I ever got was from my now husband…eye drops and a “fancy” manual toothbrush…yeah.
Oh also subscribed to your channel! Keep em comin!
The yellow bike I got with a floral banana seat for the my fifth birthday. I loved that bike…
Worst Gift Ever: On my 16th birthday, my Aunt bought me footed PJ’s that had teddy bears and the “Gerber” brand name written all over it. And it wasn’t a gag gift.
I like you both on facebook as Susan Chester.
Happy Birthday! My birthday is Christmas day, so I know how you feel. The best birthday present I ever received was my late grandmother’s wedding ring that my mom gave me one year. It is black onyx and gorgeous!
I subscribed to your youtube channel as sweetsue46.
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Hard to day since my husband and I’ve stopped exchanging gifts. I can’t even remember birthdays gifts of yore… does that mean I’m getting old?
I am a fan of both Facebook pages!
The worst birthday gift was when my then boyfriend forgot it was my birthday and didn’t get me anything.
I’m a fan of both on Facebook! Love your site ๐ Love all of the handbags, that is my weakness.
Oh, and my favorite gift was on my 16th birthday. I received a sapphire ring and thought I was all that:)
I already like you both on facebook. As for the best birthday gift? Well, my last birthday, my sister got me tickets for both us to see Idina Menzel live. It was really amazing and a fun surprise!!
fan of both on facebook (Holly Chernoff), my birthday is close to Christmas so I can understand how you feel about have b-day on a holiday. I always wanted to change my b-day to mid summer, because I have always gotten combination b-day/xmas presents. my best though was when my mom took my sister and I to Disney World on my 16th birthday!
I like Mommy Shorts and Beso on Facebook user name Lantana Helm. The best birthday gift I’ve ever gotten was tickets to a 3 day concert on my 21st birthday. We stayed in a hotel in Atlanta and had a wonderful time! Every day when we walked between the concert and our hotel room and back we took a different route everytime! We could not remember the way we went before. It took us anywhere from 20 minutes to 2 hours to make the same trip! It was very memorable.
I subscribed to your YouTube channel user name n8sense2
I am a fan of both! Worst Birthday gift: Last year, I worked a 16 hour shift on my birthday, went home, slept for 4 hours, and did it again… three more times that week… needless to say I was too tired to celebrate my birthday, thus everyone took that as a ticket to get me absolutely nothing. By the time work calmed down, it was Christmas time (my birthday is December 8th).
I am a fan of both on facebook. The worst gift I ever got was from my stepmom. It was a clearance special NEON Green and Hot pink plastic cheapo purse. Imagine my “excitement” ๐ It was horrible. I still can’t forget that.
follow both
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Best Birthday gift was my laptop. Yay!
Liked both pages on FB!
Worst gift ever was a Christmas gift. We were at the house of a “odd” relative (we all have one). I received a gift basket of two mis-matched stemmed glasses, a coupon to olive garden (not a gift certificate but a coupon), and a bag of dried split peas. Ask my husband for verification – it was addressed to the both of us.
And I subscribed to Mommy Shorts channel! funny stuff!
My 16th Birthday sucked. Seriously. My (step)mom’s grandmother died a few days before, and the funeral was held on the DAY OF my “sweet 16.” Because my cake and stuff got cancelled, they picked me up a strawberry pie for my birthday cake/post funeral treat. I loathe pie. Seriously. I do not/will not eat pie. And, to top it all off, my extremely responsible parents got me a fireproof document safe, instead of the car I was hoping desperately to get. Talk about a let down.
My daughter MJ was born on July 5 and my birthday is the 11. When she was born no one remembered it was my birthday when they came over to meet her and this year no one remembered again. I guess that will be the way it is from now on… although I guess that’s good in that no one will remember how old I am ๐ Best birthday: was when I was 10 and my parents sent me and 10 little girls to a place called Casa Bonita in Colorado(watch South Park they go there – cliff divers, arcade, games, and Mexican food). You were the coolest kid in school if you had your birthday party there. It was awesome… well until I threw up on everyone. Worst birthday: when I turned 18 and my grandma almost died and so no one was around when I got home from spending the night at my friends house. This was before cell phones were in large supply and so when everyone left to go the hospital they forgot to tell me or wait to take me with them and I had no idea where everyone went. I was mad, then worried but then when I finally found out I felt so guilty. Crappiest birthday ever.
I am a fan of both. Thanks for the giveaway!
I gave myself the worst birthday present ever, for my 40th birthday this year. I signed up for an Ironman! Thanks, me, for the nine months of 20-hour training weeks and 16 hours of pain and suffering! Oh, and foot injuries that bother me to this day!
The best birthday gift was in January 2010. I took a pregnancy test and found out that my suspicions were right…I was pregnant! Woot! Then three days later the nausea hit me like a ton of bricks and lasted until the middle of my second trimester. But I try not to dwell on that or I’d never want another one. I don’t know why people say you forget…I still remember it quite vividly. *Shivers*
Long time fan ๐
By far the worst birthday gift I ever received was from a student when I taught 6th grade – it a was a glass (Swarovski wannabe) figurine of a bear ice-skating. The bad part? He was missing a leg.
My best guess was that the kid grabbed it off his mom’s shelf on his way out the door.
First, happy birthday to you! I can relate because my birthday is December 27 and I aalways have to compete with Christmas celebrations. My husband often forgets about my birthday until I remind him a few days before Christmas. The worst birthday gift I ever recieved was a sleeping bag. For my 26th birthday my husband gave me a sleeping bag. I was so disappointed. I know it is the thought that counts, but I am sure the thought behind this gift was purely selfish. He wanted to use it. Not to mention my birthday gifts never come with a card nor are they ever wrapped!
I’m a fan of both! The worst b-day present? News my parents were getting a divorce follwed by cake and ice cream………..all while trying to act like it was not happening. When they called me to come downstairs, I thought they were going to give me a Volkswagen Cabriolet (it was my 16th) but instead they sat me down and said they were splitting up…
Fan of both sites! (Mary Dively Plummer)
Mine is a combo of both. The best part was my now husband decided to propose to me on my birthday. He hid my ring in between the petals of a rose. Nothing clicked when he handed me the rose except my pregnant hormonal brain thinking “What a cheapskate! I’m freaking HUGE & all I get is a rose???” The worst part came when he tried to shove a size 4 1/2 ring on my finger. I was 8 1/2 months pregnant w/ fingers the size of tree trunks. No amount of veggie oil was going to get that ring on my finger!
OH – worst present(even though i like my best present better) was a bag of almonds and a 3 pack of jockey undies for my 9th birthday. i had been sick for a week straight and my mom wasn’t able to get to the store. looking back, it was sweet, but it sucked as a 9 year old.