Happy Birthday Mr. Avocado (and I guess America too)

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-birthday’s 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). I left him one note for each day, and told him not to open the package full of soaps until today.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.

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?