Tonight I mad a mad dash out to Target to buy a Father’s Day gift for my stepfather. I knew it was Father’s Day tomorrow, but I had bought him a greeting card and a gift card. Then I was talking to my mom on the phone this afternoon and she mentioned that they don’t like getting gift cards, so various reasons. I don’t agree with most of their reasons, but I knew right away that the gift card was not going to be well received. So I ran out to Target to find an actual gift.
My stepfather loves to putter around in the garden and I went straight to the lawn and garden section to see if they had anything that would might a nice gift. I saw the section of barbecue grills and all of the accessories and decided to get him about $100 worth of BBQ tools, hickory chips, a grill cover and a special bowl with holes in it to use for vegetables on the grill, so they don’t roll off or fall through the spaces in the grate. I bet he will love all these grilling items and put them to use pretty quick, too.
I guess I will find someone else who would like the gift card to Longhorn Steakhouse restaurant that I was going to give him. I remember he raved about the Longhorn last time they went out to dinner with me, but since he doesn’t want gift cards, I will hold onto it for a while or maybe even use it myself when I feel like going out to a restaurant for a nice steak dinner.