The Ideal Gift

You may have heard that the ideal gift for the eight anniversary is bronze or pottery. But it’s not. It’s collectible vinyl toys!

I’ve been collecting these keychains for a while but the local store that carries them hasn’t had them in stock lately which has been pretty disappointing. Well, yesterday N surprised me with a wholesale-sized box of them!

Twenty-five yummy breakfast keychains in all their blindbox glory. *drool*

On top of that, N had swapped out one of the keychains and hidden another present inside its box. So I had to open all the boxes to find it. It turned out to be a lovely pair of earrings! Best. Husband. EVER.

In general N and I are pretty frugal, but anniversaries are fairly big deals to us so we like to do something a little special for them. But N’s gift really blew me away this year: it was so creative and thoughtful. Only someone who knows me as well as he does could have put it together which makes it mean so much to me.

Poor E, though. He really liked the keychains and had a hard time understanding that all these brightly-colored toys weren’t for him. He kept swiping one and trying to run off with it, probably intending to throw it in the toilet (as is his wont). Luckily, all of the keychains were saved from such a fate.

After opening all of the boxes I’m just a few pieces away from having a full collection (Musk Melon and Burnt Toast, you’re on notice: you shall be mine!)

I ended up a few duplicates and so I think I’ll have a small giveaway later this week to share the Yummy Breakfast love. So be sure to check back for it!