Currently in the refusing to buy any more food before going home for Christmas stage trying to figure out how to make dinner out of a strawberry and an egg
Getting her an engagement ring for Christmas?
- predictable
- no element of surprise
- perhaps, too romantic
- not a legal form of ID
Getting her a lifetime fishing license for Christmas?
- instant shock and awe
- will never see it coming
- is an official state document
Always romanticise your life. Your errands are “side quests”; answering emails is “attending to your correspondence”; going for walks is “taking some exercise to avoid perishing of consumption on a wrought-iron bed” like a Victorian heroine.