WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET MY WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
I'm usually a great gift-giver, but this year I am at a loss.
WHAT THE HELL AM I GOING TO GET MY WIFE FOR CHRISTMAS!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?!?!?!?!?!?!!?
I'm usually a great gift-giver, but this year I am at a loss.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
Yikes. This sounds like a thread split if I ever heard of one!Originally posted by btrage
"Help btrage save Christmas!"
Here is what I want for Christmas, and though I'm not your wife, I am a woman. Maybe this will help!
1- a super sweet new birdhouse or birdbath
2- an aquarium
3- an apron (yeah I know....)
4- a new android tablet
5- a vacation
Occupy Your Brain!
While I am not your wife, I am a wife, and I have a Christmas list:
1) new earrings
2) new window to replace the one that cracked when we fixed the foundation
3) membership to the local museum
4) tickets to a good show (I don't have kids, but I would assume a good show for your wife would be sans kids)
5) gift card for new shoes
6) wine
7) something fun that may or may not include the kids - hint: has she suggested any specific activity to do together as a family??
"We do not need any other Tutankhamun's tomb with all its treasures. We need context. We need understanding. We need knowledge of historical events to tie them together. We don't know much. Of course we know a lot, but it is context that's missing, not treasures." - Werner Herzog, in Archaeology, March/April 2011
Other good ones:
- a gym membership (watch out with that one though! You will either get kisses or cornered)
- a massage
Edit: I think this thread needs a poll
Occupy Your Brain!
Moderator note:
split from RTDNTOTO7
1) hour at the spa
2) somethin from one of them there Vicki's Clandestine Underwear stores
3) really really good chocolate
4) a sappy poem or letter that you wrote yourself
5) (along similar lines) piece of jewelry with an explanation of its signifiance to you
Not terribly original I'll grant you but time tested and true.
If you're ever in the market for ideas on what NOT to get her let me know. I am a master in this field
People will miss that it once meant something to be Southern or Midwestern. It doesn't mean much now, except for the climate. The question, “Where are you from?” doesn't lead to anything odd or interesting. They live somewhere near a Gap store, and what else do you need to know? - Garrison Keillor
Earings or a bracelet. It seems hard to go wrong with those things for the wive no matter what your price range.
My wife is getting a cargo net for her the Traverse we got earlier this fall, new winter hat and gloves, the Mindy Kaling book, some chapstick and a few other toiletries. All are things she specifically asked for. The only surprise gift for her is a pair of earings but technically, those are going to be from our daughter to her.
Every year I want to get my wife a gym membership to my gym because I think she would enjoy the opportunity to get away for a few hours every week to relieve some stress. I never do however because I am afraid what sort of message she would think I am trying to send.
"Where free unions and collective bargaining are forbidden, freedom is lost." - 1980 Republican presidential candidate Ronald Reagan
Can't go wrong with a vacuum cleaner.
Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey
I think I'm gonna go for a big splash and buy her tickets to see Rhianna. This will be combined with several smaller items.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
I got her several smaller things - earings, See's Candies, silk thermals, and so on. But the big gift this year is something special. For over 13 years one of our dogs, Sukros, gave my wife her whole heart. Sukros passed away this year. I gathered up the best photos I took of her and compiled them into a book from one of the online services. I know she will cry, but she will treasure it always.
Anyone want to adopt a dog?
Along the lines of Cardinal 's photo suggestion - digital picture frame either loaded with pictures or an IOU to scan & load later.
Oddball
Why don't you knock it off with them negative waves?
Why don't you dig how beautiful it is out here?
Why don't you say something righteous and hopeful for a change?
From Kelly's Heroes (1970)
Are you sure you're not hurt ?
No. Just some parts wake up faster than others.
Broke parts take a little longer, though.
From Electric Horseman (1979)
I asked the BF for a Kruieg, earrings are always a hit. When asked what my favorite 'stone' is, I always say diamonds as they go with everything
Gift cards to favorite stores for shopping
Tickets-to something she wants to go to, like a concert or musical.
Plane ticket to go visit a girlfriend that lives far away...just ideas
I think you can do it!
"Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon." ~Peter Lynch
I got my wife silk long underwear. Hey, we've been married for 15 years...
I'm hoping to pick up some earrings as well as she recently re-pierced her ears. But we are down to one car and its very difficult to "slip off" somewhere without her knowledge as she is usually the one driving it.
The purpose of life is a life of purpose
I'm in a similar pickle,
So far:
- Planner she wanted
- Small portable speakers for her idevice
- Earrings (she's always losing one of the pair)
Besides that?
I have looked at concerts or musicals at the local venues but the amphitheater 2013 schedule isn't out yet.
Any other ideas would be appreciated.
@PortCityPlanner
#ProudlyAICP
"Ask me about my avatar"
The beatings will continue until morale improves!
Online ordering or and have the package shipped to a trusted neighbor's house or your office.
"Never invest in any idea you can't illustrate with a crayon." ~Peter Lynch
Now I'm trying to decided between Rhianna tickets or Pink.
On a related note...concert tickets have become increasingly more expensive in the roughly 15 years that I've been attending.
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
From what I have gleaned from the TV, you apparently are expected to give her something from Kay Jewelers or a car. But make it a Snuggie. Who doesn't need a backward bathrobe?
"I am very good at reading women, but I get into trouble for using the Braille method."
~ Otterpop ~
A Snuggie is just a fluffy hospital gown?
“Death comes when memories of the past exceed the vision for the future.”
I went with this from the wife because she has a "wish" list. It wasn't on the list but hey, it looks nice.
Brotip #2418 - know when it's time to switch from being "the little engine that could" to the "little engine that said, 'f*ck it'"
I hope you went with P!nk!
"We do not need any other Tutankhamun's tomb with all its treasures. We need context. We need understanding. We need knowledge of historical events to tie them together. We don't know much. Of course we know a lot, but it is context that's missing, not treasures." - Werner Herzog, in Archaeology, March/April 2011
I did go with Pink.I hope you went with P!nk!
"I'm very important. I have many leather-bound books and my apartment smells of rich mahogany"
She will love it! And if you go to the show with her, you'll love the eye candy!I did go with Pink.
"We do not need any other Tutankhamun's tomb with all its treasures. We need context. We need understanding. We need knowledge of historical events to tie them together. We don't know much. Of course we know a lot, but it is context that's missing, not treasures." - Werner Herzog, in Archaeology, March/April 2011
Did that once because that is what she wanted... man did I get an ear full from my family about that one.. but HEY, it is what she wanted!
Pondering getting the wife gift certificates to her favorite stores along with a typed up pass saying that she gets 5 hours on a Saturday to go shopping free of children.
Pink has weird hair but is otherwise hot.
When compassion exceeds logic for too long, chaos will ensue. - Unknown
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