Serial Posting: Nifty Fifty
Happy Mother's Day to me!
Normally Brian does the typical "I love you and you are an excellent Mother to my children" standard fare. Cards, candy, flowers, dinner out. And I love all that, I really do. But Brian hates doing this. Really. Truly. He's not a gift giver. He likes simple and easy, not something he has to actually make an effort for.
One day I was researching camera lenses. I follow a lot of photographer's blogs and pay attention to what they use. Yeah, they use $1,800 lenses on cameras so expensive that they could buy a small country with the money used to purchase it. Sorry, no way am I able to spend that kind of money.
So, when my friend Marcus asked if I had a "Nifty Fifty" I was intrigued. I googled it and was surprised to see a million good reviews. And the great news? Its only about $100. I quickly sent the link to my husband, not even suggesting it as a present. He came back and said, "Do you want this UV filter thingy to go with it?" YAY!!!
He said, "No card, no dinner, no flowers." I told him I loved him very much :)
I got my lens 3 days later and have been having fun playing with it!
Normally Brian does the typical "I love you and you are an excellent Mother to my children" standard fare. Cards, candy, flowers, dinner out. And I love all that, I really do. But Brian hates doing this. Really. Truly. He's not a gift giver. He likes simple and easy, not something he has to actually make an effort for.
One day I was researching camera lenses. I follow a lot of photographer's blogs and pay attention to what they use. Yeah, they use $1,800 lenses on cameras so expensive that they could buy a small country with the money used to purchase it. Sorry, no way am I able to spend that kind of money.
So, when my friend Marcus asked if I had a "Nifty Fifty" I was intrigued. I googled it and was surprised to see a million good reviews. And the great news? Its only about $100. I quickly sent the link to my husband, not even suggesting it as a present. He came back and said, "Do you want this UV filter thingy to go with it?" YAY!!!
He said, "No card, no dinner, no flowers." I told him I loved him very much :)
I got my lens 3 days later and have been having fun playing with it!
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ReplyDeleteGive Brian a big hug for me and if he ever feels compelled to give the to "Melissa" fund, I would pay for him to run a race down here, if he ever visits.
You will be very happy with this lens. I love my 1.4 film lens for my Pentax :) 50 mm are awesome in every way and it beats paying $1600-$1800.
OK, I HAVE to get a better camera! And then one of these lenses. Wow...
ReplyDeleteAnd I definitely know what you mean about Brian - Ben is the same! Only he had to be trained to give me those things in the first place. Our first mother's day together I cried all day because I was pregnant and he didn't do ANYTHING for me - not even a "Happy Mother's Day". It took a few years, but he finally got it down. And he LOVES it when I ask for specific gifts. This year it's a sewing machine!