Father's Day 2007

It's reassuring to me as a Father to know that my son is learning to pull his own weight in this world. For Father's Day, I received two pairs of cuff links, a pair from Shelley and a pair from Anthon. Shelley purchased them online from the same retailer on Ebay. The first pair came at a reasonable retail price, but the second pair came via an auction with no reserve and no bidders. The opening price was $0.01. Shelley happened upon the auction with 30 seconds remaining and the cuff links were cool, so she decided to bid $0.01 and she won it.

My proud father moment came later that day when Anthon and Shelley were walking and found a penny on the sidewalk. A penny doesn't go very far in this world, but in this instance it was enough for Anthon to buy my Father's Day gift. Shelley had him pick it up and give it to her, thus allowing him to earn enough to buy me a gift. So sweet.

Here is a picture of me opening up the cuff links with Anthon looking on. Gotta love the expression on his face.