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Originally posted by parabellum:
I'm in trouble. The day aproacheth. Not a clue. I'm gonna toss her a couple C-notes "Here, toots, get yerself somethin' nice, will ya?"

I swear Mike, just when I think I have you figured out!

This message has been edited. Last edited by: sigmoid, December 14, 2023 06:36 PM

Last Christmas I found myself in the same desperate circumstance. One of her gifts I found by sheer luck were some rechargeable handwarmers.

My wife walks around the neighborhood everyday after school for exercise and has bus duty a lot of times at school. During the cooler months she was always complaining about how cold her hands would get.

While searching Amazon for ideas I found a pair of small "clamshell" type rechargeable handwarmers that are magnetized and can pull apart to put in each pocket or glove. She loves them and several other teachers have since purchased them.

They aren't a big gift but they certainly made a good stocking stuffer.

After 5 pages and still no hits, maybe you should just ask her?

I started buying Pandora themed bracelets with charms. It works out great because she loves them and each item runs around $100 or less so I get her one or two per occasion. One bracelet was cruise and ocean related, the other bracelet is Marvel Superheroes related. She’s turned into a Marvel geek like me. Most of the Pandora charms and bracelets are silver.

Well, heck. Lot of good suggestions here. Guess it depends on what she likes to do, watch, how she relaxes maybe.
Hubby and I have decided not to buy surprise presents for each other anymore. We kind of get what we want when we want it. But I’m easy to buy for, lol. Almost anything gun related works for me, for the most part.
Of course, I did see a pretty necklace once, and admired it, and he noticed, and got that for me a few years ago, so that was sweet.
Good luck, Para!

My wife likes massages. There is a place near by that has gift certificates. I got her three 1 hour sessions that she can book whenever she wants.

Also ended up getting her a pair of slippers (her feet are always cold) and white gold ball type earrings because she mentioned a couple of months ago that she wanted to get something simple to wear to work.

I feel like I do gift recon year round and put a note in my phone if she mentions something she wants or needs. As I type this, I’m starting to think she has me trained…..dammit!

We are giving each other a vacation to Big Sur in February. Done.

This is really easy, a new house being built out of state. That will be our Christmas presents to each other for the rest of our lives!

My suggestion would be a nice bird cage after reading your other post.

Since there are 6 pages of serious answers:

In the past I have bought my wife a Stag left handed AR, heated blankets, a towel warmer. She uses the heated blanket every day in the winter as she sits on it at her desk. She also really likes the towel warmer and it is a great gift because I can use it too. It holds 2 bath towels. Sometimes I put her towel and her jammies in it and she really likes that.

I've purchased three books for my wife, that I think she'll enjoy. For years, my wife wasn't much of a reader, but in the past few years, she's really been ticking them off the list. I am inclined to say that I don't know why I didn't think of it before, since it's an obvious choice, but I think most men who've been married a long time none why I didn't think of it, and that's because the male of the species sucks at this stuff.

I've told her that she needs to think of something she wants and she says she will.