Happy Birthday Mr. Avocado (and I Guess America Too)
July 4th, 2008 @ 8:29 am by Mrs. Avocado
When I was creating my profile I tried to put Mr. Avocado’s age as 27 but he was not having it. He was 26, and he wanted all of you to know. Today my love turned 27 years old. This bumps him up into the late 20’s age bracket, although he doesn’t like to admit it. I’m still too young to get all stressed about getting older, and I eagerly look forward to each birthday I get to have. I would celebrate half-birthdays if they would let me.
That whole “better with age” thing is so true.
Unfortunately, I don’t get to spend this day with him, for the second year in a row. This meant that I had to find a way to give something to the ultimate non-materialist. He hates receiving gifts, and I of course love giving them.
Etsy came through for me as always, where I found a fun variety of bar soaps (get the mint chocolate from seller Daisycakes Soap) and one of the cutest collections of cards that I have ever seen (from seller smackofjellyfish). He likes the “squeaky clean” feeling that bar soap leaves him with, and I thought it might be fun for him to venture away from the blue Zest he has been depending on for so long. I left him one note for each day, and told him not to open the package full of soaps until today.
If you can’t read the tiny text, these cards have the cutest phrases like “you launch my rocket”, “you light my fire”, and as an English major my personal favorite “you (verb) my (noun)”.
He’ll love the notes and although he will appreciate the gesture, I’ll probably end up using up all of the soaps. Men always seem to be really hard to buy for. Has anyone else found the secret to giving gifts to someone who consistently claims he has no desire to receive them?
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11 Responses to “Happy Birthday Mr. Avocado (and I Guess America Too)”
Those phrases are too cute! Happy birthday to the man.
You need to start giving ‘experience’ gifts! I don’t know how adventurous Mr. Avocado is, but I took my FI on a mini road trip to a winery town, stayed at a B&B, did a BIT of drinking, and then went on a helicopter ride to see the fall foliage. Total cost of the whole weekend was around $1,000- could be done for much less. But in his eyes it definitely beat getting a flatscreen or something!
You can do a less grand version of this in the form of a ‘tourist’ day in your city. Visit that new art exhibit you haven’t made time for, pack a picnic and eat it at the nice park, take pictures doing something only visitors usually do! Can be cheap and very fun, and booking a hotel for one night downtown could add a little extra something to the experience 
happy birthday mr. avo!
i’m still trying to figure out the gift part for my bf. sigh…it’s so hard sometimes. lol. but you know, i’ll be 27 next month and i’m STILL excited about birthdays. i always try to find some way to top the previous year’s celebration. trust me…it does get better with age!
Happy Bday to Mr. Avocado - and here’s a quick tidbit to cheer him up - 27 is AN AWESOME age because it means he’s a perfect cube (3^3)!!!!!
I second the suggestion of “experience” gifts. My husband’s family is big into gift certificates for things like cooking classes, aerial tours, and more. If you really want to mark an event with a physical gift, do something experiential, take a bunch of pictures, and give them a little scrapbook to remember it by. Or have something little to wrap up–like a keychain to signify a stunt driving class.
Gift ideas:
-Gift cards to his favourite place that he hates to spend so much money on (i.e. Starbucks)
-Useful things (new watch to replace his sad excuse of a watch, jeans that will fit - he hates clothes shopping)
-Any gimmicky gift with his favourite team logo (Toronto Maple Leafs: Christmas tree ornament, keychain, car air freshener)
That’s what has worked for me lately!
As an aside, I love birthdays, too, and I would ALSO celebrate half-birthdays if I could! Yay, a kindred spirit!
Hey Miss Avocado…..this is a totally unrelated question but where in Central Washington are you from?
I’m from Central Washington too and getting married on an island on the Puget Sound!
@Melissa: I’m from Royal City. You’re getting married on an island? Where, I love that idea!
I started giving him “planned” gifts. For his birthday last year, I created a mini vaca brochure and did all the research of where to stay, what to see, which dive shop to use, etc. When we finally went on the trip, I paid for the diving, but we split the rest. I couldn’t afford to pay for the whole trip and he knew it, but I could afford the time (*read-late nights at work and early mornings*) to do the research and planning of something that I knew he wanted to do.
@Michelle: Michelle, that is the perfect gift for him. I can’t wait to give him that for Christmas, he will be so excited! Thanks so much.
Mrs. Avocado, Seattle
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Wedding Date: October, 2008
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Happy b-day to your sweetie!!!