Thanks for all your really good ideas. Although she mentioned they don't drink alcohol, there were 1 or 2 other ideas i probably would have gone with, but after wracking my brain for a few hours, something suddenly popped into my head that I thought would be perfect.
As a fundraiser, the school scholarship fund sells a personalized version of the Monopoly game. Maybe you've heard of the different versions you can get? In fact, i've had a National Parks version, where instead of Board Walk and Park Place, you land on all the different national parks and monuments. It's kind of fun. So my town has its own version.
I just thought for people who are relatively new to my town, it'd be such a nice "welcome to Mytown" gift. Not only that, but a well-known local artist (the same one who painted the murals in the town hall, which i've shared with you here) did the front of the game box and he will sign and autograph the game for me!
It sounded so good i decided to get a set for me, too, even though i already have the national parks version! I couldn't resist. Each game costs $25, which is the most i wanted to spend.
I hope they like it!
I settled on a really cool anniversary gift!
October 23rd, 2008 at 05:54 am
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October 23rd, 2008 at 06:07 am
Great idea! My mom has a really cool job dealing with childrens/young adult authors/illustrators - really talented people who win the Newberry awards etc. For my reading daughter, she gets autographed books and Advanced Reader Copies. Nothing neater than an autographed copy of something special. And who doesn't love Monopoly? We play the Disney version and Dogopoly. I bet they will love it.
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October 23rd, 2008 at 01:27 pm
Had to turn heat on yesterday to take the chill off, then quickly cut the thermostat back. Take me off the list
October 24th, 2008 at 08:23 am