Early Birthday Gift from The Wife

[Screech8710]

Really early...

So The Wife ordered a birthday gift for me at the beginning of the week and it arrived Friday. She's really bad at keeping presents/gifts a secret so I was told what it was on Thursday night and she gave it to me on Friday. It's for my birthday, which is near the end of September. Haha. I swear I didn't coax her to spill the beans and give me my present early.

She did great, though. She found me two vintage pucks of soap - 1 Williams and 1 Colgate - a NOS Ever-Ready boar brush, what looks like a Seaforth mug in shape and size, but there is no logo remaining to confirm,





And a 1959 fat boy. This thing looks almost brand new. There was very little residue on it, which cleaned off quick and easy, and there are only a few small scuffs here and there from use. I have been looking for one of these for awhile and keep my eye out whenever we stop at an antique store (prefer to find things out and about instead of going to that auction site), so I'm thrilled.





Now I have a bit of a predicament. I wasn't supposed to get this until my birthday. The Wife doesn't mind if I use any of it now, but I kind of want to save it for my birthday. Thoughts?

 

[FoolishMortal]

Arrange it as a nice display and bide your time. You'll really appreciate using it all after the anticipation!

 

[troy]

Very nice, someone must have been a good boy. If my wife gave me a Fatboy on Friday I would have used it this morning. Since she gave it to you already she must want you to use it. Maybe if she sees how good she did on the present she will find you something else by the time you birthday actually comes. You better start thinking of what you will get her for her next birthday. Enjoy your Fatboy I know I love mine.

 

[pbrmhl]

All I know is my wife will never give me shaving gear, birthday or not. I worry more about having items mysteriously disappear, like my favorite pair of pants--salmon-colored low-rise bell bottoms--that disappeared in the late '70s...

 

[Screech8710]

Arrange it as a nice display and bide your time. You'll really appreciate using it all after the anticipation!

Very nice, someone must have been a good boy. If my wife gave me a Fatboy on Friday I would have used it this morning. Since she gave it to you already she must want you to use it. Maybe if she sees how good she did on the present she will find you something else by the time you birthday actually comes. You better start thinking of what you will get her for her next birthday. Enjoy your Fatboy I know I love mine.

It's pretty difficult to not put a blade in it and use it tomorrow, but I like the idea of letting the anticipation build and use it closer to when I should have.

Decisions.

 

[Screech8710]

All I know is my wife will never give me shaving gear, birthday or not. I worry more about having items mysteriously disappear, like my favorite pair of pants--salmon-colored low-rise bell bottoms--that disappeared in the late '70s...

To be honest with you, she may have done you a favor with the pants.

 

[pbrmhl]

To be honest with you, she may have done you a favor with the pants.

That's what she said when she confessed...

To be clear, I'm mostly worried about the Veg.

Back to the topic of the thread: if you start "using" your birthday gift now, maybe she'll forget and get you a new gift next month!

 

[BSAGuy]

That's one thoughtful wife. Enjoy the gifts.

 

[DaltonGang]

You have a very thoughtful wife. Congratulations on the wife, and gifts.

 

[Screech8710]

That's what she said when she confessed...

To be clear, I'm mostly worried about the Veg.

Back to the topic of the thread: if you start "using" your birthday gift now, maybe she'll forget and get you a new gift next month!

Rebottle the Veg. Maybe she won't notice it.

She already said she will not, but is ok with me getting and extra soap two.

 

[vanhooglesnort]

You might want to keep her.

 

[rockviper]

Nice, thoughtful gift from SWMBO. Box it, put a nice wrapper on it with a bow and then put it away until your birthday and open it in front of whomever comes to your party, even if it is just the two of you.

 

[franz]

Congratulations!

 

[90quattrocoupe]

Very Nice.

 

[dashmaverick]

Is that a Pelikan fountain pen I see in the background?

 

[GoneRetroInOH]

Never mind when you break-out the use of the equipment. Just be grateful you have a supportive wife.

 

[Screech8710]

Retro: She is great, and has been very supportive (my biggest enabler) as long as my purchases are reasonable and what I pick up in the wild is reasonably priced. She even joins in on the hunt.

Dash: that's a Waterman phileas.

 

[PMT]

Nice bro!