Friday, March 23, 2012

50 Red Solo Cups for Robin's 50th Birthday

Thanks to all for your awesome ideas and the cards and email greetings you sent! It was fantastic and lots of fun! Here's what I put in Robin's 50 red solo cups.

See more pictures of this fan-tab-ulous birthday!


In addition to the items below, I also put in a quotation card (printed on a festive business card) in each cup.
  1. Scrunchie sponges
  2. Prell shampoo (childhood favorite)
  3. Birthday cake candles
  4. Flowers
  5. Birthday card
  6. Massage lotion
  7. Famous birthdays
  8. Swiss cheese picture (his favorite and was in fridge)
  9. Chapsticks with card
  10. Hair gel packets: May you always have hair
  11. Sharpies
  12. “Happy” pills (blue M&Ms)
  13. Memory kit: Post-it notes and pen with reminder, strings,
  14. Directions to change font size on computer
  15. Mini flashlight and keyring light
  16. Colonoscopy kit: gloves, lubricant and patient prep instructions along with a 1961 text book (compliments of my workplace) on surgery of the rectum and anus
  17. Hand warmers
  18. Fake daffodils in dirt
  19. Picture of our wedding day with date, place on back
  20. Map to house
  21. This day in history
  22. Fake dog tags with name, birthdate and social
  23. Bullets: May you always be able to hunt
  24. Gold fish crackers: May you always be able to fish
  25. 50 pennies: May you always be prosperous
  26. Pill holder
  27. Enema kit
  28. “Joy” pills (green M&Ms) and more birthday cards from friends
  29. Temporary shark tattoos
  30. 50 marbles: For when you lose your own
  31. Picture of me on my birthday with a birthday cake and birthday written on the back
  32. Anti-pain kit with advil, aleve, biofreeze and arnica: May you never have pain
  33. Gas X
  34. Dictionary: For when you can’t remember the word
  35. Aphrodisiac pills (yellow M&Ms)
  36. Wax hair removal kit
  37. Back brace: May you always have support
  38. Caffeine pills: May you always have energy
  39. Photos of some of our first dates
  40. Photo of Bellingham ferry terminal where we met
  41. Balloons
  42. Men’s senior vitamins
  43. Laughter pills (orange M&Ms)
  44. Cards from his mom and aunt
  45. Reading glasses
  46. Flarp noise putty (which made him laugh hysterically)
  47. Anti-itch kit: Gold Bond powder and hydrocortisone cream
  48. Tums antacid
  49. Ace bandages/wraps
  50. Fun pills (red M&Ms) and a card from a friend

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