Great Minds Think Alike

Nic and I got each other the same gift for Christmas! When Nic first decided what he was getting me for Christmas he told me it was really good, but he was nervous I would find out what it was before Christmas. I was very confused and reminded him I'm not a snoop and wouldn't find out. I kept thinking it must be some "top gift" that everyone would be talking about and that is why he thought I would find out what it was before Christmas. Then when he said it was sold out and he was having a hard time getting it I really thought I was on the right track.

Then one night, while I was doing a search I do every couple of months, I came across the perfect gift for Nic! I was beyond excited that I too was going to be able to give a gift I could be really excited about. Nic's mom makes these most amazing meat pies (meat pies are very popular in Australia) and since we have moved here we have been searching for a pie maker. So when a meat pie maker showed up on my google search I was beyond ecstatic.

It was only available at Williams-Sonoma so I went in right away. I ran into my mom and she asked what I was getting. When I told her, I instantly had a bad feeling. She got the weirdest look on her face and tried to talk me out of it. Nic had told me he got the last one of his gift a few days earlier so when they told me they had one left I started to relax a bit, but when they said it was the floor model that worried feeling returned. I couldn't shake the feeling all day, so I finally texted Nic and told him that I had a feeling we got each other the same gift.

That night we each described the box size, which was the same. We each said we got it from Williams-Sonoma, then the confirming factor, we each said the price of our gift and new we had bought each other the same thing! Nic said he had been doing everything to ensure I wouldn't find out about the pie maker. He tore the page out of all my Williams-Sonoma catalogues. He closed the pie maker when we went into the store together. The only way I could have possibly found it was to be searching for it, which I unfortunatly did. I am very impressed with Nic and know I would have been beyond surprised to have opened that on Christmas morning, but the fact that we bought each other the same gift does make for a pretty hilarious story and either way we get to make delicious pies!! Plus my mom got her very own meat pie maker, which she told me she really wanted, seconds after she tried to talk me out of getting one for Nic by saying it was a lame present (Not suspicious at all, huh?). ;)