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WWYD? (Anniversary Gift)
Our second anniversary is coming up. H and I are going to a resort for a couple of days. I am so excited! Our package includes a massage, candle light dinner, breakfast, jacuzzi tub in our room, etc. It will be nice to get away for a few days.
We are counting the vacation as a gift to each other, but I'd also like to get H something else. H is so hard to buy for. I was going to buy him his favorite cologne or this pair of shoes he's been wanting. He has been out of the cologne for about a year and has been talking about it lately. We were shopping the other day and he almost bought both items. I had to talk him out of buying either one. Now he pretty much knows that he could be getting either purchase, which is frustrating to me. I love buying gifts for people. I enjoy figuring out what they really want and surprising them. I am annoyed that he knows what I am going to get him.
So... WWYD? Suck it up and buy him the gift that he knows about or try to come up with something else? If something else, what?
Thanks!
Re: WWYD? (Anniversary Gift)
I agree!!
Also, maybe get yourself some sexy lingerie as a "surprise." If your DH is into that sort of thing, of course.
Most of the fun in getting someone a gift is knowing that they're going to love it and seeing their face when they open it up--there's no excitement if he knows what he's getting. I get that. Sure, he'll like it and need it, but you want him to get a little giddy. I totally get that.
I'd probably go get him what you know he wants and then add something to it so that he's a little surprised. Maybe a new CD of the band he's been into lately? (Am I the only one who still likes CDs?) Could you take him somewhere fun that you know he'd have a good time? Like Pole Position (go karts), the shooting range, an action movie, a museum?
I will probably end up doing what's in bold. I love surprises and surprising others. This is a good mixture of what he wants plus a little surprise. A CD is a good idea, too. He's been buying a lot of them lately, but I know of a few more that he wants.