The gifts that keep on giving

I received an email from the girls school stating that they needed to bring a shoebox to make a Valentines box in class. So I began my hunt for a shoebox (or two in our case). First stop was the children's fathers closest. I recalled seeing some in there and was doubtful that he had been hit with a cleaning bug and thrown them out. As luck would have it, I was right. I quickly discovered two shoeboxes that will be perfect for his little Valentines to make their own Valentines boxes (what a good Daddy).

 

I opened the boxes to make sure they were empty and to my surprise discovered they were not. This is what I found in one of the boxes.

 

 

These are the gift cards that I had given their daddy over a year ago for Christmas along with the new shoes he received.

 

There are three interesting things about this discovery.

 

1 - It just goes to show you how often he cleans out his closest if he had an empty shoe box sitting on the floor for over a year.

 

2 - It just goes to show you how much these gift cards meant to him if he never went looking for them or tried to use them.

 

3 - I know have my Valentines day shopping done for the children's father.......he's getting a gift card to Subway and itunes. It's the gift that keeps on giving.

 

Serves him right! I wonder if he'll use them this time or let me recycle them again for Christmas 2013.