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Wednesday, January 23, 2008

New items and features

First off, let us wish a happy and healthy New Years to all! We wish you the best of luck this coming year. We'd also like to thank all of our loyal customers for your patronage and kind words this past year.

We've been adding a lot of new items and features at Executive Gift Shoppe. We are expanding our Poker Chip Sets section, look for more product here in the coming weeks.
We have also added gift baskets and again, we will be adding more product here in the coming weeks as well.

We will also be adding more and more Trophies and Awards this year as well to help you with your corporate gift needs. Finally, if you haven't checked out our new travel accessories section, please do so. You'll be sure to find a great gift for a loved one or co-worker or a special treat for yourself!

Thank you from all of us at Executive Gift Shoppe

- Simon Ekizian, Owner

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Weekly Contest Winner - "A Smokin' Proposal"

Congratulations Penny! You've won a 100 dollar gift certificate redeembable at Executive Gift Shoppe

I once had a small, dimly lit restaurant intended to be a romantic
setting. One evening, just after dark, a couple came in to dine.
Judging
by their clothes, they appeared to be fairly well-heeled, and I wanted
to be sure they had a great dining experience. The woman had long hair,

about four inches longer than shoulder length. It was fine and curly
and
tended to fluff out away from her face and shoulders. My waitress,
Sarah, seated them, and while she left to get menus and drink orders, I

took a clean ashtray to the table and lighted the candle on their
table.
As I was placing the ashtray on the table more or less between them,
the
woman said, “Give it to him; I don’t smoke.” Then she added,
“You know,
I’ve never smoked only because I was always sure I’d probably catch
my
hair on fire.!” The man said, “She’s probably right – she’d
catch her
hair on fire, and that would be a real shame.” We all laughed a
little
obligatory laugh, and I went on back to the kitchen. Soon the waitress
came to get their complimentary “bread and spread” basket and the
appetizer plates. She delivered these to the table, took the couple’s

entree order and returned to the kitchen. While she was assembling
their
salads and I was beginning to work on their entree, I heard a scream
from the seating area, and we both ran out to see what was the matter.
Sarah left the kitchen first and yelled, “Fire!” I quickly turned
and
grabbed a fire extinguisher. The man was busy beating out flames on the

table while the woman was pulling at a lock of her hair. Other
customers
were standing and heading for the door. I grabbed a water pitcher and
doused the napkin, tablecloth and candle, dabbing everything with a
cloth, trying hard not to allow it to drip off the table and ruin these

folk’s nice clothes and assured everyone that all was under control.
When all fire seemed to be extinguished, the couple explained: It seems

that the man had presented the woman with an engagement ring and
proposal. As she turned to kiss him and say, “yes,” she dropped her

napkin on the table near the candle, catching the cotton napkin and
then
the tablecloth on fire and, leaning over as she was, subsequently
singed
a large section of her long hair. I was just glad they were both OK and

that the woman’s hair had not actually caught fire. The woman, who
was
blushing bright red by this time, sheepishly apologized to everyone for

starting the fire and burning the napkin and tablecloth. After I
assured
her that I was not upset in the least and was just glad she didn’t
actually start a fire on her head, she turned to her husband and said,
“Well, honey, light me a cigarette. I might as well take up
smoking!”
They returned some months later, married, and the woman had a stylish
new short haircut.

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Monday, January 7, 2008

Funny Gift Story Winner!

Thank you to Kelli, our week 4 winner! Sorry for the break in the contest, we were busy trying to get orders shipped throughout December. We're back on track now, so keep sending those entries!

A few years ago, my parents took the whole family to Disneyworld for Christmas. My dad’s birthday is a few weeks before Christmas and so my mom decided to give him some gifts to get ready for our vacation to Florida . The first few gifts were just fine, but then when my dad opened this one, the look on his face should’ve told it all. He pulled out what was in the box and just kind of stared at it. Then he unfolded it, to take a better look. You could tell he was trying to think of something nice to say, but failing miserably. As soon as I saw what it was, I had to hide my face and try not to laugh. So it sounded like a combination of a snort and me choking. When my dad saw what I was doing, he just bust out laughing which in return got me laughing. Then my brother and the rest of the gang must have thought it was okay to laugh also. My mom kept saying, “What? What’s so funny?” My response was, “If Dad wear’s that to Disneyworld , he’s either going to get his butt kicked by somebody or he’ll be walking around alone, because none of us will want to be seen with him.” By this time, my dad had forgotten all politeness and he was laughing so hard he was crying. While my mom continued innocently saying, “But I thought he’d look good in it! You two are so rude. That’s the last outfit I will ever buy your dad.” Thank goodness!



The gift was a navy blue and black floral print shirt with matching short shorts. I know it doesn’t sound very funny, but you should see the thing! The funniest part was, my mom and her best friend go shopping together a lot and her friend had bought the same outfit for her husband. To our embarrassment, he actually wore it. Guess he didn’t have anyone to warn him.



Just the other day my mom got an email with old JcPenney ads in it. The title to the email was- If you want to get your a** kicked wear this outfit to… It had different outfits from the old ads. I swear one of them was this same outfit. The caption next to it said- If you want to get you’re a** kicked on vacation, wear this. So it proved our point to my mother. To this day, if anything is funny, we compare it to “Dad’s Disneyworld Outfit”. My mom still thinks we are rude and even now is hurt by our reaction years ago. I attached a few pictures to show how hard we were laughing. You can see the outfit on the counter, but the picture doesn’t do it justice!!

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