Same thing here with my wife. I buy her something and most of the time it gets returned for what she really wanted. Now, I buy her a gift certificate and let her select what she wants.
Soooo you think you are off the hook just buying her the gift certificate, 10 minutes in-out of the store and your done... WRONG! You have to go back to the store with her, and help her select the right item. Yes honey that looks wonderfulBonus points are scored if you actively help her select things...
Last year I bought her two dozen roses. I put each one individually into a beer bottle (Moosehead....no beer, clean water) and put them all over the house. You'd be surprised how long it takes for someone to find 24 beer/roses around the house.
My wife works with suits all day so she gets a kick out of low brow humour.
See . . . you Sir show real class!
You didn't just grab Labatts beer bottles or Molson empties. . . you put a lot of thought into it and went with the "Moosehead" empties.
That right there shows you really care
Uh, need you ask?
Maybe a hard working gal who probably cooks 365 a year, does your laundry, keeps a clean house, plans meals, gets the groceries, rubs your feet when you get home after a long days work (okay, maybe thats stretching it for some LOL), takes care of the kids, the school, the homework, the dishes and still has time to see that you are content.
A dozen roses for 7.95, a big smooch, and I love you and pat on the butt for what you get is really quite inexpensive.
