Whaaaaat?

What does a 25-year-old female get for her birthday?  Maybe some jewelry, a gift card to Banana Republic, perhaps a sewing machine if she's lucky...

Nope.

Not this girl.

She gets a .22 rifle (bolt action with scope, nonetheless), a Claymaker t-shirt, AND two - count it, two - Xbox games...

Which begs the question: am I a twelve-year-old boy?

Let's just say I have the luckiest husband in the world.  Have to admit, I did ask for all these items, and I'm super excited about them, but to clear my name, I also asked for normal stuff (i.e. a mustard cardigan, boots, and a sewing machine)!!  

I think maaaaybe Kyle was a tiny bit biased, and thought that picking out a rifle would be more fun than choosing a sewing machine...who can blame him?

And, even better than all my swag, I had the chance to hang out with some of my bfs on my birthday!  Kyle planned surprise after surprise for me, from going to Cabela's to choose my rifle (that store gave me major culture shock, by the way!), to doing a corn maze and picking pumpkins, to carving said pumpkins, and hitting the town for some eats (Rumpus Room in Milwaukee - very nice), and finally ending the night with a proper slumber party - best birthday ever.

...or at least since my 10th birthday, when I got my first pocket knife...