So yesterday was Peter's birthday: the big 2-9. And I was faced with the annual conundrum of what to get him for a thoughtful and loving birthday gift. There are a number of issues at play here that make the situation way more difficult than your average birthday.

1. Peter has everything.
2. Peter doesn't give list of potential gift ideas. "You know what I like" does not count as birthday gift idea help.
3. Christmas just happened, like, less than a month ago, as much as it feels like it was in another lifetime. So Peter was just recently inundated with pressies, which means he REALLY doesn't need anything right now.

Unfortunately none of those reasons get me off the wifely birthday hook.

So what do you give the guy that has everything?

I asked a few people and the answers were pretty much unanimous...



But here's the thing. We went to The Keg for dinner, followed by birthday cake. Big dinner belly + sexy time = no. no. no. They don't mix. It's GROSS!

I needed something more materialistic. Something that Peter will look at every day and think of me fondly. The birthday gift that keeps on giving all year round.

So I settled on this:



Yeah, that's right. I gave him a Magic Bullet. Before you rag on me and tell me it's the lamest gift in the world, some points to consider: Peter likes to drink protein shakes, but he always just mixes up the gross powder with water, and it kind of resembles and tastes like pink chalk ground up in water. Plus he leaves super early for work every day and his breakfast usually consists of spoonfuls of peanut butter out of the jar. Not that there's anything wrong with that...but now he can put the peanut butter in with some yogurt, or bananas, or milk, or berries, or his Hulkamaniac protein powder, and best of all he can TAKE THE DRINK WITH HIM! He can have breakfast en route to work!

So what appears to be a stupid birthday present for a 29-year-old man is actually pretty amazing. It's the gift of fast and convenient on-the-go nutrition, day after day. What could be better than that? I'm a good wife.