What To Get My Wife For Christmas?

I hate this every year for 2 reasons mainly. One - is that I can't buy her clothes or jewelry because I 'll buy the wrong thing and she'll either take it back or not wear it. She's not into jewelry much anyway. Two - is that we can't afford to spend much on each other because we have kids and grandkids that we spend for first.

So, you sit down and go through your options: Clothes and jewelry is mostly out; kitchen appliances are out; house appliances are out; musical instruments are out (although I could buy her something I would enjoy, but that's just not right); large electronics are out because of expense, as are most electronics that anyone would want because of expense.

Speaking of electronics, she's not into them anyway. She's got a GPS, MP3 player, cell phone and computer and that's just about it for her interest in micro processors.

So that leaves us what? Bed clothes; pajamas; perfume(although she never wears any); books or music; and that's all I can think of.

I'm taking my daughter with me tonight to see if she'll have any better ideas. I tend to lean more toward the practical, because that's what I would like but I know women don't look at giving the same way.

For instance, I would love a drill, screwdriver set, hammer, shoe horn, nail clippers, pants, socks, underwear, etc. But I don't think she'd get the same thrill out of something like that; "Merry Christmas honey, I got you a floor wax removal kit" just doesn't sound right.

Anyway, we'll see. I really hope Joy can help tonight and I make Kathy's Christmas special and memorable. She's worth it.