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gift advice (a bit long)
My mom's birthday is in a few days and I'm having troubles making a decision on her gift. Months ago Trav had come up with the idea of giving my parents a night in a nice hotel up near their place... something they would really enjoy, but never do for themselves. And we figured planning it for August would be perfect since my younger brother will be away for a month in Europe... their first real long term "empty nest experience" and a preview for next year when he leaves for college.
We just figured out a weekend that my parents are free and we are free as well (to come dog sit since that is a prohibiting factor for them)... it all looked perfect until we called and the hotel is completely booked for that date! I'm so bummed... I meant to plan this a lot earlier, but with Trav's broken leg and surgury... well it just snuck up on me. And you know when you have something all planned out and then something completely unexpected throws a wrench into the works? Well, I was so caught off guard by it being booked up, I almost feel incapable of deciding what to do next. Ugh.
Here are my options as I see them:
1) Call my parents and try to figure out another day that they are free, and we are free, and book that instead (nice because its still the same plan, but hard because its not that many weekends that my brother is gone... and I'm not sure that we have another where we are both free).
2) Just get them a gift certificate and let them decide whether they want to use it for a room or a nice dinner at the hotel (nice because it gives them freedom, but my dad is a pain in the ass and I know it will be a pain for my mom to get him to go out... plus I know that they will feel bad excepting a gift certificate from us for that much).
3) Just take them out for a nice dinner that night, as we already had them "reserve it", and save the hotel thing for next year, since they don't know that was the plan anyway... (still a nice gift, but not the whole getting a night to themselves thing that I was hoping to give them)
4) Fill in the blank.
Any ideas or suggestions? What would you do?
We just figured out a weekend that my parents are free and we are free as well (to come dog sit since that is a prohibiting factor for them)... it all looked perfect until we called and the hotel is completely booked for that date! I'm so bummed... I meant to plan this a lot earlier, but with Trav's broken leg and surgury... well it just snuck up on me. And you know when you have something all planned out and then something completely unexpected throws a wrench into the works? Well, I was so caught off guard by it being booked up, I almost feel incapable of deciding what to do next. Ugh.
Here are my options as I see them:
1) Call my parents and try to figure out another day that they are free, and we are free, and book that instead (nice because its still the same plan, but hard because its not that many weekends that my brother is gone... and I'm not sure that we have another where we are both free).
2) Just get them a gift certificate and let them decide whether they want to use it for a room or a nice dinner at the hotel (nice because it gives them freedom, but my dad is a pain in the ass and I know it will be a pain for my mom to get him to go out... plus I know that they will feel bad excepting a gift certificate from us for that much).
3) Just take them out for a nice dinner that night, as we already had them "reserve it", and save the hotel thing for next year, since they don't know that was the plan anyway... (still a nice gift, but not the whole getting a night to themselves thing that I was hoping to give them)
4) Fill in the blank.
Any ideas or suggestions? What would you do?
Maybe I don't have a heightened sense of smell, but I've never smelled any vagina on my pants. -- TSD
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Re: gift advice (a bit long)
i would do #1, because its a great idea and you might as well explore another weekend - what does it hurt to give a call and see?
if that doesnt work, i'd go for #3.
very thoughtful gift
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