My god.  Finally.  You have no idea how proud I am today. I’m lousy at gift-giving.  Once when I was a kid my mother gave me some money to buy my brother a birthday present.  I got myself a nice shirt.  It was red.  I think I had enough money left over for a card for him.

The times I do remember to buy a gift for someone besides myself, I usually hang onto it for 6 months before getting around to giving it.  At this very moment I have a Christmas present wrapped and in my buffet in the living room.  It’ll be an antique before Janet ever lays eyes on it.

But this Valentine’s Day the planets aligned and I got it right.  No emergency trips to the store to pick one of two leftover cards, no gift certificates, no promises that I’ll fail to follow through on.

I ordered my husband THE perfect gift.  It arrived on time.  I bought him a card DAYS in advance, and it was a great card.  It’s a good thing, too, because I ended up going to a funeral in Portland yesterday and never would’ve managed to get him anything if I’d put off my shopping until the last minute.

So, in a nutshell, I’m WINNING!

Speaking of gifts, a couple more are coming YOUR way!  Yup, I have a couple of giveaways planned and I’m darn excited about them, so stay tuned.

As for me?  Shoot, I’m on a roll now, I’m going Christmas shopping!