There goes my breakfast!
For those of you who asked: here's how I resolved the gift problem. I took a combination of the advice I received from y'all. It occurred to me I should talk to my wife about it. She's smart and although I don't normally talk to her in advance about her presents, under the circumstances it made sense for me to do so. She thought I should talk to my daughter and explain to her that Daddy made a mistake and give her the opportunity to go pick up something different if she wanted to. We agreed that if she didn't want to, if she was dead set on giving my wife the necklace, to just let her do it.
Before I talked with my daughter, I called the first store I had taken my daughter to. You see, my daughter first picked out a bracelet she wanted to buy her mamma but I said "no," b/c it was the first thing at the first store. Stupid Daddy. Anyway, the girl at the first store pulled the bracelet and put it aside for me.
I left my office early on Friday and when I got home I told my daughter I needed to talk to her. I told her I made a mistake b/c we bought Mommy something she already had. I borrowed Horsegirl's line and told her that she had very good taste b/c she picked out something Mommy obviously liked. Bearing in mind what JW said, I made it clear this was my mistake and not hers. I reminded her of the bracelet she had first picked out and told her if she wanted to get that for Mommy, we could go pick it up. I let her know that I already called the store and they were holding it for us. She was very excited about that and wanted to go get the bracelet for Mommy. So that's what we did.
We also made a card for Mommy. I had my daughter tell me everything she loves about her Mommy and I printed them out for her. You know what was amazing? I didn't have to prompt her. She named off 12 things all by herself. I think that's pretty cool she recognizes how much her Mamma does for her. She's pretty smart.
We also gave my wife a gift cert for a pedicure and my dog gave her a bag of treats. I told him to give her something he'd enjoy getting.
Happy Birthday GA!
Happy Anniversary Poop! (a sentence I never thought I'd write)