Birthday Presents

Yesterday, my dad and I went shopping for a late birthday present for my mom, up at the mall. The reason we were getting her "late" birthday presents is because we hadn't been able to buy for her on her real birthday (February 12), due to the fact that we had to spend Thursday night at my grandparents' house, because we had no heat, or hot water at our house. (This was due to a snow storm we had) Plus, with school, and all, we really wouldn't have found the time to go shopping anyway.

I'm getting a little off track here. As I was saying, we were at the mall. Mom had really only listed two things she wanted for her birthday. Now, I'm not going to list what we ended up getting her, for obvious reasons, but I will list something we almost got her.
It was when we were in Borders, looking to see if there were any books we could get her. We were also looking for other things we could get her, since getting her just the two things she listed would have made for one crappy birthday (we'd probably be singing that at her party as well; "Crappy Birthday to You!....").
We had some things to get her, (along with an AC/DC album I bought for myself, which mom is still complaining about, since I was buying for myself, instead of for her. Quit nagging, Mom, we got you something too!) and after checking out, I noticed another book on a nearby shelf.

"Hey, Dad," I called, "Maybe we should get her this!"
It was a book on "How to Belly Dance."

Dad got a grin out of this. He knew I was only joking, but then he said, "Should we?"
"No way!" I replied. I knew watching Mom try to belly-dance would be just as catastrophic as another Hurricane Katrina. Dad thought it'd be a good gag-gift for her, but something tells me he was hoping Mom would end up using the book. I knew she wouldn't, though, so it would end up being a waste of money.

So, Mom, I hope I didn't ruin your birthday by not buying you a belly-dancing book. Why don't you just stick to Wii Fit?

Speaking of holidays, I wanted to wish all of you a Happy Valentines Day! Give that special someone a hug for me!


Yours in awesomeness,
~Ry.