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Best Birthday Gift Ever

June 18 was my birthday. Turns out four friends from work, Burning Man, and school all have the same birthday.

Dean got me the most thoughtful present.

Two months ago, I decided to give up my Club One gym membership. I’d been a member for several years. Loved it because I can go to any of their locations and they’re all over the Financial District, Union Square, and Nob Hill. Uber-convenient. But I got tired of them raising the monthly fee every year and I couldn’t justify spending the money especially when all I did was marinate in the steam room. I didn’t work out. I didn’t take classes. I laid down in the steam room and took naps.

On my birthday, Dean gifted me with a spa. Not a spa gift certificate. He got all the accoutrements to turn our bathroom into a spa! A bench so I could sit underneath the rain shower for hours. Candles, fuzzy slippers, the whole bit. So thoughtful. And the best part was when he said, “Don’t worry. It wasn’t expensive. I used the 20% Bed Bath and Beyond coupons for every item.”

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