Keeping a "presents" box
Recently I had a date with a friend I had not seen in way too many months. I arrived at her house and she scurried into the other room.
She returned and said "here," and handed me some things.
"Here's some presents from the presents box," she said, in a really cute way.
One gift was a glow in the dark "Computer Goddess.” This consisted of a metallic green pencil with spiffy extra erasure and a glow-in-the-dark plastic angel. The package boasted that “the double-sided adhesive tape is included.”
(See below for the life-altering instructions on the back of the package).
The other gift was a "Miso Pretty," "deluxe" and "exotic" blossoming cherry flavour "happy lips" "patented perfection" lip balm.
The packaging is written in Chinese and English, for my convenience.
I love, love, love my gifts.
I like it that my friend has a "presents" box.
Because we had not seen each other in a while, we had all sorts of fun things to catch up on and did not further discuss the presents box.
Now I'm wondering how this all works?
Does she take a trip to the dollar store and stock up on presents to always have on hand?
How much stuff does she have in her presents box? Where did this tradition come from?
In addition to being a very pleasant surprise, the presents box sure is thought provoking.
Bonus feature: Words of wisdom from the "Computer Goddess."
(click below for photo and text).
You can't read it very well in this photo, so here are a few tidbits.
Problem: Virus detected
Solution: Hold Goddess to sunlight. Wind up. Softly hum "You are My Sunshine."
Problem: Network not found
Solution: Wind up Goddess. Place on monitor. Jiggle network cable.
Problem: Blue screen of death
Solution: Stand on one leg. Close eyes. Place Goddess behind back. Reboot.
My favorite part is at the bottom where it states:
Made in China exclusively for Accountants.
