Monday, February 14, 2005

The Perfect Gift.... Or Gifts
To some of you, today is SAD (Singles Awareness Day). I wish you an awesome day regardless. For me, however, it is Valentines Day. This means today is the day where I give Pixie a few gifts to show her that she means alot to me.

On Saturday, I went shopping for her gifts. I've never ever been Valentines Day shopping but for the strangest of reasons, I had little trouble doing so this year.

I first went to the card store and stayed there for about 20 minutes looking at a billion different cards. Some were sweet; some were funny yet none were worthy. So I bought one of those blank ones because I wanted to write the perfect message.

I was then off to some store that sold chocolates. I bought those Ferrero chocolates because I once saw her scarf one down faster than I could. So I automatically assumed she likes them.

With two bags in hand, I thought, "Just chocolates and a card? Aiya, this isn't enough. This is the type of thing you buy people when they're sick. I gotta find something else." After pacing through the mall at my unusually fast walking speed, I stumbled (literally) into the Bath & Body Shop.

I've never seen so many different flavoured bath & body stuff. If I didn't know any better, I would've started tasting the body butter. BUTTER! C'mon... Finally this bubbly girl walked up to me and asked if I needed help. I quietly nodded and she proceeded to show a whole buncha products. I said I was going for something out of the ordinary, perhaps even tropical. She showed me this gift box of papaya scented/flavoured products. I must tell you it was intoxicating! "Your girlfriend will love this!" She said. I've never been told that before so I had the goofiest smile on my face. "I sure hope so" I replied. For an little extra, they put it in a green gift bag with tissue paper and such. Green is Pixies favourite colour. How convenient!

So by this time, I was actually skipping through the mall because I was so proud of myself for actually doing this. I stopped dead in my tracks when I saw a toy and stuffed animal store in front of me. A rush of thoughts blitzed into my head. "Hmm. Pixie has a bunch of stuffed animals. Would she like another one? Hmm." I stood there trying to remember what animals she didn't have. Then it hit me like a freight train. A PANDA! We were once talking about how baby pandas are so adorable so I rushed in and saw a whole shelf full. There were some small pandas but what good are they? I bought a big one. It is SOOOOOO soft. While waiting in line to pay for it I hugged it while making those 'mmmm' noises one would make when i contact with something of such softness.

I got home and put everything on the floor to examine my receipts. I'm telling you, I spent more than half of what I paid for my cell phone bill just for gift for one day. I surprise myself sometimes. It's all very very much worth it though.

I hid all the stuff in my closet so family members wouldn't peek in my room, see them and go, "Who's that for? Who's that for?” That gets annoying. I finished up my origami bouquet. It's a lily bouquet because they are so simple yet so incredibly pretty. My friend asked me why I didn't just buy regular flowers. Here's why:

1) Regular flowers die. Origami lasts forever. Much like my feelings for Pixie.
2) Simply buying a gift is thoughtful but sometimes lacks meaning right? A little handmade something is always nice.
3) Real lilies are expensive!

So now, for your viewing pleasure is a picture of Pixie Presents:


There's the panda plushie, the chocolates, the card with a little jewel type thing in the center, the papaya bath stuff gift pack with the green gift bag behind it and in the pandas hand is the origami bouquet.


Here's a close-up of the flowers. I even threw in some leaves.

(The red background? Those are my bed sheets. They are rose-red and very soft which is why I like sleeping.)

I'm hoping everything today goes smoothly. I'm getting all nervousy just thinking about it. It's all for Pixie. It's all for Pixie. *trails off*

Anyway, I hope you all have a wonderful day, whatever you choose to celebrate. Be it Valentines Day or Singles Awareness Day. I'll tell you all what happens tomorrow.


Cheers!

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