The George Foreman Grill

We got some really amazing wedding gifts and I couldn't be more thankful. But Josh and I had both heard stories from other married friends about how uncomfortable the gift opening can be when you unwrap some priceless treasure from a distant relative...or someone sitting right in front of you.
So, when Josh insisted that we open gifts privately I was relieved. As we were opening packages we came across two mystery gifts.

1 - Three packages in the same wrapping. The first box was a 1/2 gallon of Margarita mix and some KY Yours & Mine. With no card attached we started guessing. Who knows us well enough to buy us something so practical and perfect? Box number two was a gallon size Margarator. At this point we were narrowing down the suspects. Ashley Nuss, one of my college roommates, was in the lead. We thought our suspicions were confirmed when box number three was indeed from her. Wrong! We had our good friend Chris "Give Me a Tasty Shot" Shive to thank for "Honeymoon Package."

2 - The George Foreman Grill was the wedding gift you hear horror stories abut. Wrapped in inside-out Christmas paper, this thing arrived looking "gently used." We found a $15 garage sale sticker on the side. Then the blame game started. Was it a joke? Who would do that? Together we decided to try and keep this gem to ourselves. That lasted less than 24 hours when Josh's grandpa helped us carry in the gifts from the car and knocked the $5 sticker off the other side of the box. Busted!

Today, one month later, the George Foreman Grill mystery has been solved! My wonderful brother confessed before the family, who was in a fit of giggles, that it was him. The gift was a prank in the making for quite some time. It had been re-gifted to him two years ago at his own wedding. And after surviving three garage sales at the Kern house it was passed on again. And tonight as I pulled into the driveway, my phone rang. My mother offered to buy it for $5. SOLD!