My Gift from Gracie

Yesterday the doorbell rang and it was UPS delivering a box addressed to me. I was a little confused because I hadn't ordered anything online. When I opened the box and saw the contents I was even more confused. I looked at the addressee again thinking it may have been delivered to me by mistake. Nope, it was addressed to me.
I started to pull the items out of the box

• Hannah Montana folder
• Hannah Montana spiral notebook
• Acne cream
• Snickers candy bars
• Top Ramen
• Blue nail polish
• Teeny bopper magazine
• Adam Sandler movie - Big Daddy
• Highlighters
• Pens
• Calculater
• Black eyeliner
• High School Musical Tee Shirt from the junior dept.
• Bootie Shorts (these I knew were not for me)
• Maxi-pads

So, you can see why I was totally confused. I asked myself, "is there a theme here"? I thought maybe it was a care package someone had mistakenly sent to me - my first thought was it should have gone to my niece, Gracie, who is attending BYU Idaho. On the bottom of the box was a card, and surprisingly it WAS for me, and it was FROM Gracie, and there WAS a theme.

I turned 50 this year as I mentioned in an earlier post. Well, this was my birthday present from Gracie. This is the most cleaver gift, and I loved it so much I had to share it.

Each gift came with an explanation. She first said:

"Happy Birthday Auntie!!! I wanted to get you some presents to match how you feel instead of your age!!! Explanation of Presents (because even though you feel like a teenager, you still might not understand!)

So for example:

• Snicker Bars - Because every women needs chocolate no matter what the age! Chocolate is the answer, no matter what the question!
• School Supplies (Pens, highlighter, calculator) - Every teenager needs the best school supplies to do the best in school.
• Make-up (Black eyeliner and Blue nail polish) - Well, duh! Teenagers need to have the blackest, thickest eyeliner. Top that off with some blue nail polish for some pizzazz and you will be rockin' in the classroom!
• Ramen -Since you are a college student, you are poor. So, here is some cheap, cheap semi-delicious food!!
• Maxi-pads - Because you are closer to puberty than to menopause. (she's got that one wrong)
• Movie (Adam Sandler's Big Daddy) - Every teenager needs to have a collection of Adam Sandler movies. He is the funniest man ever!
• Teeny Bopper Magazine -teenagers need to be up to date with the latest celebrity news!!
• Shirt and shorts - Every teenager needs a pair of skanky short shorts - "Who wears short shorts"

Those were a few of her explanations. I loved it. I was going to take of picture of myself in the "skanky short shorts" and post it also, but I thought better of it. There are just some things that should not be in print.

What a fun surprise this was. It made my day and to know she spent so much time putting that much thought into this - just for me. I loved it. I love Gracie.