An "A" for Effort

Remember how upset I was about not winning the bid on the super gorgeous watch at the wine tasting a few months ago? Well, I've been dropping hint after hint trying to get Darrell to buy one for me (don't ask why I didn't just buy one for myself). And he finally did!

But.... Let's rewind for a second at take a look at the watch I wanted from the wine tasting:

He really did a pretty good job--he knew I wanted something with a little "bling", and he knew I wanted a metal band (I know the ceramic bands are really "in" right now, but I'm just not a fan). He also knew that I wanted one with the date, which was something the one from the wine tasting didn't have. However, he thought it was more important for me to have a date than to have a solid silver band (which, for the record, the opposite was true). So he picked out a nice one that had a dual-tone band (gold and silver if you can't tell) and a date feature. Unfortunately, what he didn't know was that growing up my mom always wore a dual-tone gold and silver watch. And I just couldn't look at the watch he picked out without thinking of my mom (which, not that that's entirely a bad thing... But it made me feel "old"). So while I told him "thank you thank you thank you" and really appreciated his effort, I just couldn't keep the watch because I knew I'd rarely (if ever) wear it. And that would just be a waste of money.

So we exchanged it for one that I totally love!

And I can safely say we're now both quite happy (although Darrell is a little discouraged that he didn't "get it right" the first time--hopefully this doesn't deter him from making other purchases for me!)