Butter Bei Die Fische

Today is friend P´s Birthday.
(I didn´t cut down these roses for her, no worries! Just such a nice view, no?)
And just yesterday I found the perfect pressie (well, part of it).

I had my difficulties since... well. We´re much alike also in: We don´t want kids.

Now she has twin-girls!

What does a Mum of very young twins enjoy?

I thought of a wellness-day, a massage, but she´s like me - being touched by complete strangers is "a horror".

I found a VW-van as chalkboard, she works directly for VW, it´s useful and kinda cool.
Useful, right?
And a form she can bake luck as much as she wants :-)

And then...

Boring?
No!
Because... it says...

("Die" pronounced "dee", meaning "the")
She likes fish. And she adds butter.
Perfect, huh?
(And useful!)
Naaaahh. Not only that!

"Butter bei die Fische" is no real German.
"Butter an den Fisch" would mean you add butter to fish.

In Northern Germany they say it different due to slang, "Butter bei die Fische".

And it also means: Cards on the table, let´s be honest!

And that´s what goes for us strongly as well - so .. perfect gift, huh?

Like... When my Dad passed she started that exclusive Advent-Calendar thing.
When the twins were due she said: No fussing around, that´ll be too time-consuming, lets turn it into a Christmas-Dine-Out, ok? No hard feelings.

That´s how I like it :-)

Butter bei die Fische!

She pronounces Fisch "Fösch", though, gotta modify it non-permanently.

Hope it´s a good pressie, cause... porcelain and very young kids?
She´ll handle it, right, parents can do that.

What a find, no?
Did I ever mention I love making pressies? Guess this might bring a huge smile.
Hopefully.

If you care about the salad-thingy, please read the comment to this post - thanks Grace, I am a happy salad now (still a tad afraid of Big´s words not coming true...)