| Everyone has one of those Aunts |
| Friday, July 15, 2005 |
Yes, everyone has one of those Aunts - the ones who buy inappropriate gifts. Last Christmas my one bought me a t-shirt with a puff-paint picture of the beach on it. Yeah, a-ha, you have one too, right?!
Mine's a dear old thing, very sweet, but she has zero idea about the perfect gift for moi. (It's quite easy really - expensive shoes, a holiday in Fiji, etc etc)
Every year she also gives me a calendar of cats and and I without fail get a birthday card with a cat on it. Two baffling things- I don't know where she got the idea I like cats (they're okay, but i don't LOVE them), plus I had no idea so many cat calendars even existed in the world.
But yesterday I was exceptionally lucky. My aunt gave me a surprise gift of a limited-edition plate featuring three kittens pawing at a butterfly. (The kind that you find on the back of women's magazines that also have knitting patterns) It even came with a little certificate.
At weddings she's the one who makes a bee-line for me so she can tell me "You're next". She says this even when I do not have a partner. In fact, lately she's started saying it at any major event.
So at the next funeral I'm going to make a bee-line for her so I can inform her "You're next". Evil. |
| posted by Cleo Twyford @ 10:45 AM |
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