So, I've known this friend since 7th grade, that'd be 21 years.
He somehow lucked out and married the second best woman in the world. She is beautiful, patient, classy, smart, and gracious. My friend just finished his PhD.
She loves reading and used to post book reviews on livejournal. I've been asking her for a couple years if she is going to get an eBook reader. She kept saying yes. I cornered her and chatted her up on facebook a few days ago. She admitted she was looking for a while, but can't afford one at the moment. Probably school loans. She turns 40 next month.
My friend and I normally don't exchange gifts, and my wife doesn't think it is appropriate to give her a big fat gift like this out of the blue; said I couldn't do it
from the house account. But I figure 40 is a biggy for women and it just broke my heart when she said they couldn't afford it right now. So I bought it out of my play money instead of our house account, from which we usually pay for gifts. I feel really good about it. I only hope several of her other friends don't have the same idea, and leave her deciding whose she has to return...
If she reads this and I've ruined the surprise, oh well. I just can't hold it in any more.
