I recently celebrated my birthday and though I love the cake and ice cream, I dread the gift opening. You see, I make the point of creating a list of what I would like for my birthday, but sometimes people just don’t follow it and they get me something else instead.

If my aunt deviates from the "plan" I don’t mind because she is very good at coming up with very good ideas. But, if anyone else does not get what is on the list, I typically find that I will get something that is either inappropriate or that I will hate.

Unfortunately for me, this happened this year when my brother decided to make up his own mind as to what I should get for my birthday. Instead of the best coffee maker and best coffee pot that I had asked for, he bought me some cheap "garage sale special" that who knows where he bought it from.

I thought he could’ve handled buying one of the best coffee makers on my list, but instead he bought me exactly what I didn’t want for my birthday.