oooh, another b-day gift - squeeee!!! :)

[derien]

eor set this one up skillfully. He asked me the other night if I would prefer bookshelves or a Morris chair for my birthday, and then when I said I'd actually prefer a Morris chair, but that it's way too expensive he said, "Maybe we could just get the footstool for now."

Tonight he met me at the door and presented me with a bag of chocolate-covered blueberries.

"Here's your present!"

"Oh, thank you!"

"You might want to sit down to eat it." And stepped back to reveal the footstool.

"Ooh!"

And after I tried that out he stepped back again and revealed that the actual chair was in the bedroom.

0.0

And then he showed me the blisters he got from assembling it before I got home. Aw, my sweet dear!

(ETA: The other thing I'm dithering on about in the back of my mind is "waaaay too expensive!" I'm trying to console myself with the thoughts of A) I think he likes the chair as much as I do and B) he does get an employee discount, so it wasn't as much as the catalogue price. And C) I do believe in having not a lot of things but the best - the old recliner has to go, now. And this chair will be much easier to keep clean. Even so, I've got to admit I'm feeling rather jaw-droppy. I'm never comfortable with spending money.)

(ETA yet again: Feeling better about that after a quick discussion. ;))

Comments

[littleredhead.livejournal.com]

happy birthday!

you'll have that chair for the rest of your life, it looks like - and odds are, everytime you sit down in it, you'll think of him and be happy. to me, that sounds worth it.

(and awww! blisters! that's so sweet.)

Thanks! :)

[derien.livejournal.com]

Y'know, you're right. ;)