I've Got A Secret... Tuesday, April 26

They say it's better to give than to recieve and I didn't think this really true until I saved up my "secret money" for a gift for Snickers. He saw this particulary item on the Internet and it was like love at first sight. His eyes got all wide, his mouth dropped and he literally grabbed the sides of the computer screen with both hands to take a closer look at it.

Recently he's been pretty stressed and annoyed with KBC not scheduling him any fights so I thought what better way to turn his frowns upside down by surprising him with the jaw-dropping thing he saw on the Web. Snickers and I only allow ourselves $50 a week for what we call "secret money" so it took me awhile to save up enough money, especially with the harsh delivery fee to get it sent from America... yikes :(

Today it arrived. The UPS arrived, knocked on my door and I came running to the door knowing full well that Snickers will go crazy when he sees what I got him. I then sat down and wrote a juicy love letter to accompany the surprise gift.

So... what's inside the box you ask. A pair of the new Nike Machomai boxing shoe in red.

They've been described as "The ring shoes of choice for world champions Manny Pacquiao, Oscar De La Hoya, Julio Caesar Chavez, Jr. and 2008 Olympic Boxing Teams from China, Thailand, Ukraine, Korea, Hong Kong, the Philippines, and Estonia." But to tell you the truth, they sold me with mentioning Manny Pacquiao, both Snickers and I like him especially after we were in the Philippines.

I'm an Adidas fan all the way, though I should not it was hard to give up my Nike Shox Shoes. Snickers, on the other hand, swings both ways. He loves Adidas but he does have a thing for Nike too. Mind you his love for Nike isn't very strong. I've been weakening it with bombarding him with my Adidas... hahaha. I guess giving him these boots won't really help but he's going to be so happy and that's the whole point of this gift, to make him happy and to keep him pumped about boxing. Anyways, keeping these boots a secret from the day I first ordered them to today when they finally arrived was definitely a hard thing for me to do. Thankfully I've had the Polack at work to talk about the excitement of it all. The plan is to leave them in the middle of the kitchen floor tomorrow for Snickers to discover when he wakes up. He's going to love, love, love these!!!

QUESTION OF THE DAY...
Do you like surprises?

QUOTE OF THE DAY...
The best gift you can give is a hug: one size fits all and no one ever minds if you return it.
-- Author Unknown