The Perfect Father's Day Gift

Shopping for a dude is no easy thing. Landon always tells me how easy it is to shop for him, "I'd love anything from Sportsman's, Cabella's, or Sears." But, the other day when a Sears tool commercial came on, and he said,"That's so cool!" I came up with a plan. I told Landon I wanted a wish list for his life (tools, camping things, and whatever else you get at those stores) of all prices and sizes and such and then I wouldn't feel so totally completely clueless when I went to get him something. (Landon is really really good at giving gifts which is really great, but I am really really bad at the whole gift giving thing, so I tend to worry about what to give him months in advance.) Soo...this last week I was determined to find the perfect Father's Day gift for him.

Landon, my mom, and I were at the mall hitting the Bath and Body Works sale (Marriage is great-you can ask the guy what he thinks smells good! No guessing!) when I suggested he look for shoes he had been wanting, and us girls were going to try to find some shorts. He didn't suspect a thing. We raced to the Sears department with our list in hand. Neither of us knew what ANY of the tools were and of course they were pretty understaffed that day. We were in a rush, running up and down the aisles laughing like little girls trying to find-the perfect gift.

*It kind of looks like this but cooler :)*

To make things worse, the people with Sears badges we did ask for help weren't the 'tool experts.' They kept telling us to ask someone else and someone else. They finally had to radio someone in to help us, but while we were waiting, our knight in shining armor (A male customer buying some kind of tool) said, "Did you say you were looking for a triangle straight edge?" (I think that's what it was called). "It's right over there." Perfect timing considering Landon had just texted me asking where we should meet. We grabbed the thing that was in the section he pointed to. We ran out to double check it was the right thing. He gave us the thumbs up seal of approval, and we thanked him profusely. I do know one thing about Landon and tools: It's all about Craftsman. So we bought it, threw it in my mom's bag, and ran out looking cool and stealthy. The best part of our little adventure: He loved it! And now he's all pumped to go build something. He's talking about making a crib with his dad which would be so fun. (Don't get excited. We're not pregnant-just for the future). He even had to bring the tool to show his dad, because he was so excited about it and couldn't believe I had actually bought something from Sears for him. Basically, I'm beyond relieved we survived the ordeal. But his birthday is in a month...don don don.