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SockMonkey
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom88 Posts
Last Edited: 2011-05-16 02:02:45
May 15 2011 22:39 GMT
#1
After a series of chin wags with the better half she finally asked me to get her something.

Well we were on the topic of me spoiling her really. But anyhow she's asked me to get her something that....

Every girl wants,(apart from shoes)
It's a bag but not a bag, a shoe but not a shoe,
it's that but not that,
and it doesn't have any colours of the rainbow.
And she already has one of it.

Now this drove me absolutely up the wall. I started guessing things far fetched. Doesn't help when your mentor used to play riddles with you when you're way young I guess. But I started going for crazy things like "3 wolf moon shirt?" "diamond ring?" "christian louboutin shoes?"

Only to get "what?" "please don't" and "oh god no".

So I thought of all the times we've had together so far and then I said "swarovski necklace?" "a new handphone?" "hot air balloon date?"

Only to further receive
"No too generic"
"I thought you were already getting me one anyway" (complicated story)
"I dare you but no that's not it."

So it had me absolutely baffled. Like waddaheck issit. Plus it's for an anniversary of ours.

So I figured.

I should give up.

Then in the middle of a friend's wedding the next day. The penny drops.

And I figure it's this.

[image loading]

It's a charm it's a bike but not a bike! (I used to repair her bike in the early days of hitting on her anyway) and she's got a charm bracelet. So she probably meant stuff like that.

But here's the problem. Am I actually right on this??? I could be wrong. And blowing a bucketload of cash on silver so small it can't even make a werewolf flinch...

only 1 way to find out!

Edit:

I think I should go for this double combo because... well I like spoiling my girlfriend.

[image loading] plus it looks amazing enough to beat the bike!


The only bottlecaps one should collect are from the beers he drinks.
GoDLy MD
Profile Blog Joined February 2011
United Kingdom258 Posts
May 15 2011 23:01 GMT
#2
On May 16 2011 07:39 SockMonkey wrote:
It's a bag but not a bag, a shoe but not a shoe,


Makes me think of those shoes with hidden compartments in the soles where you hide something.

Maybe she's a ninja?
SockMonkey
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom88 Posts
May 15 2011 23:04 GMT
#3
On May 16 2011 08:01 GoDLy MD wrote:
Show nested quote +
On May 16 2011 07:39 SockMonkey wrote:
It's a bag but not a bag, a shoe but not a shoe,


Makes me think of those shoes with hidden compartments in the soles where you hide something.

Maybe she's a ninja?


She told me she rides her bike like a ninja
The only bottlecaps one should collect are from the beers he drinks.
Tamburlaine
Profile Joined April 2010
Canada288 Posts
May 16 2011 00:34 GMT
#4
Hm. I don't think that's it, but I can't for the life of me say what is. I... I really don't know.
I like things.
HULKAMANIA
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States1219 Posts
May 16 2011 00:56 GMT
#5
Hahahaha. Wow. I like the mind games:

Does "every girl" want a charm? I know my wife likes charms, but I don't know that it's a universal female impulse.

Let me go run this by my wife and see if she's got any insight.
If it were not so, I would have told you.
minus_human
Profile Blog Joined November 2006
4784 Posts
May 16 2011 01:01 GMT
#6
Well, whatever you do, do it with confidence. She'll like that regardless.
HULKAMANIA
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States1219 Posts
May 16 2011 01:04 GMT
#7
Hey, is the "she already has one of it" specific to your girl in particular? Or is it something that every girl already has?
If it were not so, I would have told you.
Pawsom
Profile Blog Joined February 2009
United States928 Posts
May 16 2011 01:09 GMT
#8
The charm is a good present even if its not what she was thinking of.

Do that
SockMonkey
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom88 Posts
May 16 2011 02:03 GMT
#9
Well specific to her really but yeah i think the charm is spot on cause it answers the question of a bag and not a bag. But to be honest I was thinking of getting her a charm all along anyway. But hey if it's what she wants. Kick ass.
The only bottlecaps one should collect are from the beers he drinks.
HULKAMANIA
Profile Blog Joined December 2004
United States1219 Posts
May 16 2011 02:09 GMT
#10
On May 16 2011 11:03 SockMonkey wrote:
Well specific to her really but yeah i think the charm is spot on cause it answers the question of a bag and not a bag. But to be honest I was thinking of getting her a charm all along anyway. But hey if it's what she wants. Kick ass.

Haha, go for it!
If it were not so, I would have told you.
SockMonkey
Profile Blog Joined November 2010
United Kingdom88 Posts
May 16 2011 02:43 GMT
#11
Bought. Paid. Ouch. Worth it.
The only bottlecaps one should collect are from the beers he drinks.
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