We were invited to a friend's 30th Birthday Party this past Saturday night. Shopping for a gift is probably in the top 5 things I loath because I always want the perfect gift and never can find it. So, the universal best gift to give is champaine, or a nice bottle of wine. Who doesn't like wine? But, with wine, you need a nice wine bag. Wine Bags are all over when you don't need them, but when you need them, they are no where to be found. I rememberd a local gift shop in Red Hook sold these cute wine corks, and thought that I can do something creative with it with a nice bottle of wine. When my boyfriend and I got to the store, they were out of the birthday corks, and of course, when you aren't looking, I found a cute top to wear. In a hurry, I gave the lady at the register cash, threw the $5 change in the bag, and went onto the next place to find the perfect gift for the birthday girl. Without success, we went back to the original store, thinking that they had something new in the last 2 hours. Then my boyfriend suggested a t-shirt from his boat. Great idea. Cute. Simple. Personable. Back at the boat, I took out the top I just bought, folded a new t-shirt nicely in the bag. Do we need tissue? Nah. It's in a cute brown bag. Bloomingdale's has a nice brown bag, so this can work. Right? As we arrived to the party, I placed my brown bag next to a Coach store bag. Oh no. Coach. That's a nice gift. On the table there were several other gifts. My friend Laurie turns to me and starts talking how Pat and her went into together and were excited to give Stacy a facial. Oh no. That's a great gift too. As the party progressed, we all laughed and caught up with each other's lives. In conversation, someone mentioned that they wanted to see what was in the Coach bag. But another girl said she read that you can't open gifts until after you cut the cake. Open gifts? I haven't done that since Elementary school. Forgetting about the gifts, we drank more, laughed... and then came out the cake. Amazing cake. Now it was time to open gifts. Out came the coach bag with a coach hand bag inside. Then a painting by Tony Ramono (worth between $500 - $1000) given by Tony himself. Then the facial. Then a Burbury bathing suit, given by Vandi who's sitting next to me. Vandi, just recently engaged, wearing $20,000 ring, invites us to come to their wedding in Vegas. Then adds she loves gifts, and primarily the reason for having a wedding. Joe and I look at each other, then our brown bag. We can't help but laugh. This brown bag wasn't from Bloomingdales. Our once cute idea of a shirt, it's not looking so cute now. A couple other gifts come out and then she goes for the brown bag. Looking inside the bag, with no tissue, she pulls the shirt out. Holding it up proudly (she deservers and Academy Award for this), she shows it off. Then placing it back in, she pulls out a $5 bill. "And $5's!". Our faces were so red. That was our change. Oh no! I didn't pull it out. Vandi turns to us "You aren't coming to our wedding now". Stacy is a champion. We'll be lucky if anyone invites us to another birthday party. Lesson learned: Buy wine bags when you see them.
On another note, if you are looking for a wedding cake, or a birthday cake.. VI DESSERTS makes the best cakes I've ever eaten. Thank you Stacy. We hope you had an unforgetable birthday. Joe and I had a night we'll never forget.
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