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Hi all,now my OH asked me what I wanted for Xmas! well if I don't let him know then he buys things that end up in that drawer were we put the strange pressies ,so now I just tell him, it was perfume that was fine,I could see the relief on his face, but I had to find it for him on the internet,  he did manage to order it, :icon_cheers:anyone else got a OH like that?he hates buying anything he hasn't got a clue poor man.

It's great having a husband like this. If you use it to effect that is- when I see something I really want -this year it was something I needed for spinning then I just ask "can I have it for my Birthday/ Christmas?"

Last year she hinted she wanted something shiny with loads of chrome and went from 0 to 200 in 3 seconds.
I got her some bathroom scales.

The doctor said I would walk again but will always have a limp.

I asked for a rain shelter for my new lottie.  The wood for the supports is in the garage, and it should be a reality in the Spring....this was for my birthday in October.  I find it hard to decide on something I really want and my hubbie doesn't do surprises or spontaneity very easily.  I've learnt to accept it now, after 40 years!  And he's very good at loyalty, faithfulness and taking care of me .

QuoteThe doctor said I would walk again but will always have a limp.

Ha..you got of easily..I bet Mrs ACE moved from 0 to 200 in 3 seconds for reaction to your pressie 

QuoteIt's great having a husband like this. If you use it to effect that is- when I see something I really want -this year it was something I needed for spinning then I just ask "can I have it for my Birthday/ Christmas?"

Indeed.. I 'needed' something for my 'spinning' too and treated myself for a drum carder   
OH is useless with buying pressies..for anybody..so for what ever we give has to be sorted by me....and we don't do pressies to each others. I hate when he ask (still does)..''what do you want for..?'' NOOOOO!..pressies are suppose to be surprises, what's a point otherwise. So we just get now what we want/need , regardless of occasion or lack of it.
I wonder if skill of buying pressies is inherited?...OH's mother is notoriously 'bad' with hers for me..bless her..she definitely has imagination but with 99% of them it has gone off radar and I end up with something I would have never ever guessed in million years and usually something utterly useless.. ...they do make me laugh though and not because they are funny but the skill of getting it wrong does..

Quote from: ACE on December 04, 2012, 08:23:34
Last year she hinted she wanted something shiny with loads of chrome and went from 0 to 200 in 3 seconds.
I got her some bathroom scales.

The doctor said I would walk again but will always have a limp.

last xmas my wife said she had seen a fur coat that she liked,3 months before xmas i went shopping and bought her one,made out of 3,900 hamster skins,she wore it when we went to Blackpool for the new year . . . I COULDN`T GET HER OFF THE BIG WHEEL

This year she said she wants something with diamonds in so ive bought her a pack of playing cards 

QuoteI 'needed' something for my 'spinning' too and treated myself for a drum carder   

Wondered if you were on Ravelry?

I joined and have since been corrupted onto the spinning, dyeing, weaving path

Much as I would love surprise presents, I have learned over the years that because I am so rubbish at faking pleasure if I got a dodgy present peeps prefer to buy me something I would like rather than a surprise that I might not. Of course, as I've got older and less reliable of memory, all presents are a surprise because by the time I get them, I've blooming well forgotten what I asked for anyway...

I am hopeless to buy for so so that I get something I would like I put items in my basket on Amazon & OH chooses. For himself he just orders & gives them to me to put away & wrap. Dropping hints doesn't work with him .

I got the her who must be obeyed a nice big boxed card and a large bunch of flowers.

A letter bomb and a bunch of poison ivy

If you are looking for perfume ladies have google at Cheapsmells

I  can't wait to see her face light up when she opens the door to the fridge I've got her for xmas.

Last Christmas I got a chest freezer.  I would divorce him but not married.  But joking apart a lovely present for all the frozen vegs from the lovely allotment. 

What is a Xmas pressy?  I  did get a coffee mug one year about 30 years ago.  I think he won it in a raffle.