Two years ago I scored the best gift ever at a Bunko Christmas party. I definitely knew what I was looking at when I stole the bottle from a young mommy who said, “Oh good. I don’t drink wine.” Someone looked at the label, saw the Moet line and said, “Look, it’s not real Dom.”
“Oh, you’re right,” I said jumping on the bandwagon. “It’s fake, but that’s ok I’ll just use it for Mimosas.” The girls thought I was being big about my bunk gift, a real trooper.
Hours later I was home googling the vintage and could not find one for less than $125. This year that same bottle sells for more than $300.
But what was I going to bring to this couples party? I’d already raised the roof at the ornament exchange by creatively gluing Santa and a Nutcracker together in compromising positions, how could I top that?
Then I saw the perfect gift, marked 50 percent off, Today Only—a large white elephant statue with a green monkey on his back, hands over his ears.
