Katieandboxer and I(Mr_Rictus) decided to consolidate our giving this year so we would be able to afford a quality package for our giftee. Admittedly this may have made things a bit too broad for our potential gifter, but we went with it anyway.

One day we got a message from our gifter:

“So I picked out 20 ideas for gifts, then i had my GF write number 1 - 20 randomly on the gift ideas.

some ideas are gifts for Mr_Rictus, others are for Katieandboxer , some are for your baby boy, and others are for all 3 of you. So now all I need you to do is pick a number from 1 - 20 and I shall send of the corresponding gift. I figured this would be the most fair way to do it.

Pick carefully, there is a "Jackpot" gift among the ideas, and if you pick that number , well ... JACKPOT !!!

Thank you, Santa “

Well how were we going to go about picking the number? Katieandboxer didn’t want that responsibility on her sholders, I didn’t care what number it was, and the baby couldn’t vote. I looked around the room and saw my Drew Brees jersey with a big #9 on it. I said lets go with Brees #9. Katieandboxer agreed, but said “That better be the Jackpot gift or I’ll have your balls!”

Days latter we received a Fedex with the following letter:

“Happy Holidays!

Hi! As I said in my E-Mail, I had a really hard time figuring what to get you. So I took 20 Idas and had you pick a number. You Chose 9! A romantic dinner for 2. I did not want to be too presumptuous and make reservations for you somewhere, so my Giflfriend though it would be best to send you a $100 gift card you can use to go wherever you would like. Of course you can spend this anyway you see fit, but I wanted you to know the Original gift idea it was intended for. However you spend it, I hope it makes you holidays a little happier.

P.S. This was not the Jackpot prize but was the 2nd “biggest” gift out of the bunch. IN my opinion you picked a great number. I am hoping your wife is in good Christmas cheer and decks the halls rather than snipping your balls.”

What a thoughtful and overly generous gift! Katieandboxer did a bit of a dance around the house and we are both excited to have a break from the baby to go out and enjoy each others company in peace. She also decided to let me keep my balls.

Tl;dr picked a number, drew $100 gift card, extremely grateful, Mr_rictus’ balls still intact.