The Ultimate Valentines Gift

You always hope to give a gift that will leave a lasting memory.  I’m not one for giving Christmas gifts to people I barley know, or just met. So as Christmas 2011 rolled around and we had our tree all set up I began to wonder if I should get my roommate a gift.  It didn’t come up in the topic of conversation so I sort of just dismissed it.  One day we were talking and he commented that he wanted me to order him his some pillowcases like the ones I just ordered to keep out the dust mites. So I did and said I’d wrap them up as his Christmas present, kind of as a joke. Well, while he was away visiting his family for Christmas he asked me what I wanted and I told him since this is the year of practical gifts I’d really like a full length mirror.  And when he came home he had one for me and installed in behind my door.  End result we were both happy with our gifts.

I was at Costco the other day and I saw this pedal garbage can.  We have one but the pedal doesn’t work so it crossed my mind that maybe I should get it for him for Valentines Day, being the practical person I am, but then opted that it might not be the most appropriate Valentines Gift.

Last night we were in the kitchen and I told him about my idea and we laughed so hard we cried. He did point out that it was shiny and that is always a good sign of a gift.  On the other hand how do you tell your friends that a girl gave you a trashcan for Valentines Day.  How would one interpret getting a trashcan as a Valentines Gift, because we know we love to interpret our gifts?  One thing is it would really make an unforgettable gift.  He also told me that if I actually gave it to him it would be one for the books and he’d never let me forget it. At least when people asked him on Feb 15 how was his Valentines Day went he’d be telling “the story” that the whole office would be laughing about for years to come. No one would ever be able to top that.