Saturday, February 9, 2008

my valentines day wish list. and random questions i wanna know about gift giving at your house.

ok so this is all pure fantasy but just in case someone is feeling generous. i am putting it out there.

i ♥♥♥ this wallet. HOBO international Lauren Clutch in black. (i tried to steal a picture but the dang function is disabled)
here is one like it. see how fancy. this one is the BELINDA one. the difference is the leather. this one is patent leather. and the LAUREN one is smooth vintage-y leather. the inside of that one is paisley. i love the gingham but like the look and feel of smooth leather. so i love both .

yeah i want it. i need it. and i would love to own it. there is a gift giving holiday this week right?
anyone? want to make all my wallet dreams come true? i ♥ this wallet.

yup. and i would love the regina spektor CD. yes. i ♥ the radio player. yes. ♥ IT! but i can't sit all day at the computer to listen to it. i want it on my laundry room Cd player. yeah there is a CD player in my laundry room. the reason being is i had fantasies that if i made the room more enjoyable to be in. I'd enjoy doing laundry. notice i said fantasy. but i must say i am loving the Enchanted soundtrack that i listen to while in there, or the kitchen since i can hear it in there too.

this is all ridiculous.

Lance is not into Valentines day. which doesn't thrill me. he humors me. but it isn't all i wish it could be. and I'll leave it at that. UGH!

I'll admit i generally end up buying my own gifts. it is better than getting the shaft right? (that means no gift- you perve!) yeah it is. i am not one of those people that just wish their husband would remember to buy a gift. and be thoughtful . yeah no i have no faith in that plan and people that do that generally get shafted(i.e. no gift). right? and i refuse to get the shaft(no gift) on a gift giving holiday just so i can be mad. i'd rather be blissfully happy by making it known i want a gift. and either specify. or shop myself. and actually receive a gift. so sometimes i pick my own gifts. and he wraps. sometimes i just buy it and use it. why wrap it , when i bought it right?

so my GIFT GIVING holiday advice? request your gift early. make it known what you want. and be clear that forgetting or giving you the shaft (and i'll clarify not getting a gift as the shaft) is not allowed. also i am not a fan of just flowers. prices are really overinflated this week. and i'd rather have something useful that will last longer than a week. unless it is my ultimate fave fuchsia Gerbera daisies. and then i want flowers and a gifty gift. (like a wallet)

i really want that wallet.

actually for Valentines day i already bought myself make-up. Lancome has gift with purchase at Macy's. and i also ordered some See's candy. he picked it up today. yay me. but i still want the wallet. i looked at the store today. but didn't find the one i wanted. now i found it online. but i have a sinking feeling the makeup and candy will be all i will get. WHAHHHHHHHHHHHH!

But the wallet! now i found it and ♥ it and need it.

does it sound like i'm begging for the wallet? yeah i am just a little.

someone could score major points with me IF they bought me the wallet I ♥ !

I'm just saying it would be worth the effort if "someone" bought it for me. and gave it to me for valentines day.

and let me tell you my current wallet? is Fossil. from SAVERS yeah and i have been using for over a year. totally a used wallet from a thrift store. for over a year? I am deserving a new wallet just for that.

if you were to make yourself a Valentines day wish list what would yours be?
tell me. i need to know

that

and do you specify what you want?

do you buy it yourself?

do you give hints? little or big ones?

do you wait to see what he gets you and find yourself given the shaft? and not the good one ;)
I mean the no gift for a gift giving holiday SHAFT!

ok and what is the worst gift you ever got for a gift giving holiday?

what is the best gift you ever got?

and the craziest?

come on! tell me!

9 comments:

Are You Serious! said...

Valentines day isn't a huge gift giving holiday for us. But my favorite gift for Christmas's a couple of years ago (not the same year), was my sewing mahcine that threads itself and my cricut and then for mothers day last year I got a kitchen aid!!! Great surprises oh and this year I got a new computer...

I'd be happy with having my husband clean my whole house and give me a break! That would be the ultimate gift! However that doesn't happen very often... I did get REALLY mad at him a couple of weeks ago so he did the dishes. It was nice but I was still ticked! :)

tammy said...

$98 for a wallet??

After his b-day in Oct, mine in Nov, Christmas in Dec, anniversary in Jan, V-day is not a big gift giving day for us. He already got me my favorite pecan brittle from Ethel M's (I know because we ate it), and I'll probably get flowers, but that's it and I'm fine with that. I don't even like to try and go out that night because eveyone else is going out. Kinda makes it not as special to me. I'm weird that way. I'll probably get him a card and some lingerie (for me to wear).

Best present? Hmm.....I like getting pieces of furniture. And gift cards to Poppy's. One year he surprised me with diamond earrings. My MIL surprised me with a Kitchen-Aid years ago. That was pretty great. And I do give my hubby hints. I email him because then it's not like I actually told him. Worst gift? I'll have to think on.

Debra said...

We are so much alike!!! Michael is, umm, not great at gift giving... even WITH a list. So I usually just buy what I want myself. I bought him a Kodak EasyShare 8.2MP camera for V day. It is even RED! I know I will be giftless again, so I bought myself the identical camera to keep in my purse. It is small and compact and my other one is big and bulky, so I was always missing pictures.

Worst: Our first V Day together. He bought me NOTHING. And we were engaged. Not even flowers. I went to our chiropractor first and told him I better at least get flowers. So they told Michael and since he had none, the DOCTOR gave him flowers he had at his office that some patient gave him to give to me AND HE DID! I knew though, because I had seen the flowers earlier that day!

I just usually buy what I want and he will wrap it and give it to me. Best way I found. We do not have money to waste and I hate to return gifts!

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Debra said...

Oh my dh's defense though, he gives me gifts EVERY SINGLE day. he is always doing dishes, cleaning, vacuuming, bathing the kids, getting up at night so I don't have to with the kids, etc... So I look at those as gifts!

I am Arizona; a person, not a place. said...

My husband sucks at gift giving (translation: he doesn't buy me anything!). He doesn't even take me out for dinner on our anniversary!!!!!! This year is different because I'm buying myself a Husqvarna quilting machine and calling it my Valentines/Mother's Day/Anniversary gift. Its expensive, so it'll be good for three gift giving occasions! Before we got married he once surprised me with really nice jewelry, so i know he's got good taste in there somewhere. It just got lost after we got married! BTW, I'm making him take me out this year for our anniversary.

Cara @ Gardenview Cottage said...

I love that you posted your list. I hope you get some of that fun stuff. I would like any and all of those same things. Tom is a very good gift giver. I'm the one who never knows what to get him so pass on some ideas!!!

Leslie said...

LOL..okay not to dwell on the bad but The worst gift I ever got from my husband was...Our fist Christmas he gave me curtain rods!?! How romantic!! Oh and for one of my Birthdays, he also bought himself a cellphone...Okay so he has gotten me some nice jewlery even though I tell him time after time that I cant wear earings anymore...Oh well...

He has been joking for awhile that he was going to get me a 10 karat diamond ring for our 10th anniversary...so he bought me this Snowflake Diamond pendant Necklace and he gave it to me on top of 10 carrots...So he says that there were ten diamonds on this pendant...I didnt bother to count...but I couldnt figure out why he gave it to me on carrots...finally i asked him what were the carrots for...10 "Carrot" Diamond Necklace...So it was the thought and planning in that that was cute.

Jenn Toon said...

It's nice to read that I'm not the only one with a 'slacker husband'! Geoff is not the best at the gift thing but when it's not a holiday - he'll always let me shop. And he likes to spoil me whenever we go out. It's not often but when we do - watch out! Diamond earrings for V day last year. And although I had to plan, get sitter, book it, etc. - we are going away for V Day this year!!

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