so my babycakes is about to turn 30. (makes me feel so old these days....) ha.

anyway, yesterday chris, his bf(=boyfriend dontchaknow), had a surprise for him. and chris asked me to divert jessie's attention for several hours in the middle of the day. so earlier in the week i asked jessie if he could make himself free for the afternoon on friday to go, er, um, shopping, yeah, that's it. thinking that i had a surprise for him for his upcoming birthday, he said he would. (all the more funny when you realize how much he hates shopping in general, and especially hates shopping with me because i always pick out things he hates, i whine, i linger, and i drive him nuts). so getting him to go shopping with me was a major coup which couldn't have happened if it hadn't have been for him thinking i had a surprise waiting for him around every corner.

so we spent several hours shopping around downtown, buying hardly anything because i have no money and he hates shopping, but still it was diverting his attention from his bf going home early to pack his bags for a surprise weekend getaway the moment jessie and i got back to his house. after several hours and no surprises from me, and my text-messaging chris being noticed, on the way back to his place, he suddenly realized that 'hey, you're trying to keep me away from my house.' 'no! no, that's not it at all. i'm just curious about what's on this wall over here.' 'hey, you're stalling.'

anyway, we eventually got back to his place, chris was ready, and jessie then found out that i was just a diversion while chris snuck home and packed his bags for a trip to tahoe for the weekend. and they were leaving in 5 minutes! all's well that ends well, i guess. but the funniest part was having jessie realize that what he thoughts was going to be an exciting surprise-filled 'shopping' trip was actually only just shopping afterall. ha.