Tuesday, December 23, 2014

{Our Couple Game} 12 Gifts of Christmas

I came up with this crazy idea of doing a Kris Kringle game--- a contest between my husband and I to make our first Christmas together exciting. So we'll be having 12 gift giving days with different themes. We have a budget of P50-300 per gift and we can have our own interpretations per theme.






DAY 1: SOMETHING COOL 

His Gift: The coolest and smallest Donut desktop usb fan from Clippers Gift Shop in Robinson's Manila.  
My Gift: I gave him his favorite toothpaste purchased in our local grocery.


I still can't get over my donut fan's cuteness. So for this round, my husband scores!


JIGGER: 1
ALESSA: 0



DAY2: SOMETHING USEFUL 

His Gift: Pink Water bottle from Clipper's gift shop. Most of the time I'm dehydrated so this is just perfect. 
My gift: Burger Bags since my husband loves to make his own burger and Multipurpose Clips since he loves those chips! Both are from True Value.

 My gifts were unexpected so I win this round haha!

JIGGER: 1
ALESSA: 1


DAY3: SOMETHING FUN




His Gift:
 A lint remover from True Value.
My gift: A butter pod/container, also from True Value.

 My husband insists that taking out lint and rolling this brush is more fun than storing butter. Butter should be eated not stored.. okay fine. Anyway, for this round, he wins but i still think my Moo butter pod is super cute and useful.

JIGGER: 2
ALESSA: 1



DAY4: SOMETHING NAUGHTY

His Gift: let's just say... it is naughty hahaha. I don't want to post.
My gift: Whipped cream.... for all the Christmas desserts and goodies :)

Because Jigger really made sure his was naughty, okay... the point goes to him haha!
 JIGGER: 3
ALESSA: 1


DAY5: SOMETHING FUNNY

His Gift: A Panda Bear Therapy Pack that can be used as warm or cold compress. We have this bear joke so I guess that's why he associated this to "something funny"
My gift: Drunkasaurus Shirt that looks like my husband when he's tipsy (bought from Robinson's department store) & a Taz Car freshner from True Value; talk about old school. Taz was my husband's favorite cartoon character back then. He was obsessed to it!


Hands down, I win this round :)

JIGGER: 3
ALESSA: 2


DAY6: SOMETHING LONG

His Gift: Hem Tape from True Value
My gift: Cord Organizer from Ace hardware


I would never expect my husband to know what a Hem tape is so because of his effort... he wins!

JIGGER: 4
ALESSA: 2



DAY7: SOMETHING SHORT

His Gift: Rug adhesive from True Value (it's short coz' it came from a small pack, what??)
My gift: Pastillas from the local grocery. I got these because I know my husband loves those small treats. 

I score! I really don't know why he gave me this, hahaha!

JIGGER: 4
ALESSA: 3



DAY8: SOMETHING RED


His Gift: Hot Sauce from Healthy Options (my husband loves hot stuff)
My gift: Wine bottle Stopper (because gone are the days that I could finish an entire bottle by myself hahaha)


So we both tried the hot sauce and it is just awesome! Super hot and yummy and it's under P300! For this round, I win since Jigger super loved his hot sauce.

JIGGER: 4
ALESSA: 4



DAY9: SOMETHING GREEN

His Gift: Mosquito patch... ummm... because the box is green (duh!)
My gift: Green Apple Candies from Healthy Options

I was magnetized to the candy case since it had a cool "J" letter on the side. So since the candy tastes great and the container seemed to be personalized for Jigger, I win this round.


JIGGER: 4
ALESSA: 5



DAY10: SOMETHING BIG

His Gift: Laptop Case from CDR King
My gift: Microwave food cover from Howards Storage


Both aren't really big things when you define "BIG" but both are just super useful so we decided that it's a tie!

JIGGER: 5
ALESSA: 6


DAY11: SOMETHING SMALL

His Gift: USB
My gift: Miniature Black Label


A USB is really useful but it's really meant to be a small item. The Miniature black is an unexpected thing... it's super cute and inexpensive. So for this round, I win.

JIGGER: 5
ALESSA: 7 


 DAY12: SOMETHING SWEET

His Gift: Bazooka Lip Balm from True Value
My gift: Candy Crush Jelly Fish from Rustan's Grocery (My husband is addicted to Candy Crush)


Both of us loved our gifts, we both score points for this round! :)

JIGGER: 6
ALESSA: 8


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Overall, my husband and I really enjoyed this activity turned contest. It's not about the amount we give nor who scored more. It's really more of the thought, creativity, and effort. We enjoyed figuring out each others likes and personality. We were thrilled searching things as if it was a scavenger hunt. We recommend couples to do this to spice things up and have another avenue to learn each other more and communicate.
 

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