Sunday, June 16, 2013

it's a gift, really.

Today is Father's Day, and I'm happy to claim my dad as the Best Dad Ever in the Born in 1950s Division (it would be 'ever, period' except obviously Matt would also need to hold that title, so I created divisions based on birth-years so that they can both simultaneously hold the title). We were thankful to get to celebrate the weekend with him (and the rest of my fam-- much more on that tomorrow!) and give him silly gifts and have yummy food.

But as you would probably expect, Matt and I also exchange Mother's and Father's Day presents with one another. Call it 'from Lola,' call it 'consolation prizes for infertility,' call it 'we want to be parents more than anyone on earth ever,' or just call it 'we like excuses to buy presents for each other!'...it's just how we roll. 

Sometimes our gifts are traditional (flowers, chocolate), sometimes practical (beach towels), and then sometimes you just shop where the Spirit leads you...and you come up with the Best Present Ever. For your husband. For Father's Day.


When I saw these *cough*ontheclearancerackatTarget*cough*, I knew. I knew. Matt needed them.

#1) We've had a ridiculous, sappy, stupid-to-anyone-except-us inside joke about unicorns since before we were married. Unicorns are equal to love for us, but they've never managed to make it into our home decor...or kitchen utensils...or anything, really. Until now. WHAT AN OPPORTUNITY!!

#2) Matt really likes corn handle thingies. We got some a few years ago as a part of a BBQ set. They were some kind of cheap dyed wood and the color bled onto our fingers as we used them. I never used them again. It doesn't really bother me to touch my corn, so it wasn't a big deal for me. But Matt...he missed them. A few weeks ago he actually dug through the drawers and found those holders. He started using them again (we eat a fair amount of grilled corn). I tease him every time, but he doesn't care. So in a way, these are actually rather practical.

#3) Read that description on the card!!! I mean...hilarious. How could I not purchase them?

Obviously, I was going to wait until Father's Day to give him this amazing gift (along with some other treats). But then on Friday night, we were at my parents' house and we were having a fish fry and my mom grilled some corn. As we sat down at the table, I noticed there were no corn holders...and I knew. I just knew. It was Time.

Basically, everyone died laughing. Even if you don't have inside jokes about unicorns...or care about touching your corn...these are just dang funny. SO funny. Matt generously allowed everyone else to use them, too...as long as he got the green ones. 

They made a fun dinner even better, and I'm just gonna have to say...uniCORN holders are a way better FD gift than ties. And now we have to find a place of honor for them in our kitchen. Forever and ever. Amen.

18 comments:

  1. WAY more original than the gift card and beer I gave Wade... WTG!

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  2. Now you can toss the ones that dye your fingers!!! :)

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  3. Those things are hysterically funny! Love them! I really like their slogan :)

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  4. Put your corn on the horn. I love it!

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  5. Those. are. AWESOME. Obviously your Target has a much cooler clearance section than ours!

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  6. Oh. my. word. I'm rolling. Too funny. What an awesome gift! Seriously.

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  7. These are amazing. That is all.

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  8. I made my husband pause his tv show and come see this. I laughed SO loud. A.MAZ.ING!

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  9. I'm in the hunt for those...my boys would love them!!! We live for grilled corn all summer long.

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  10. Oh my WOW! This is awesome, hilarious, perfect… I love that you get each other gifts…. but then to get the PERFECT gift! Amazing!

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  11. This is pretty great, but how do you expect Matt to live up to this for the next gift-giving occasion?! His only choice will be to get you the banana slicer or Bic-for-her pens!

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  12. Hahaha! That is hilarious. Seriously.

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  13. those. are. amazing.

    Surely you can whip up something that preferably involves castles and rainbows to hold those gems in your kitchen. Because castles and rainbows make for good kitchen decor.

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  14. HA! LOVE these. Stocking stuffers. 'Nuff said.

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  15. Hilarious! LOVE this.

    And I am always impressed by the way you can take a little moment in life and turn it into a fabulous, super funny blog post. THAT, my friend, is a gift.

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  16. Hilarious! It's moments like these that I think God must have had someone design and create these knowing that someday, you and Matt would have inside jokes about unicorns and that Matt loves corn-holders, and thus, the uniCORN holder was born for such a time as this. :)

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  17. Have to ditto what "Em" said.

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