worried about a Christmas gift(Kinda)

[Jackie0824]

Normally the holidays I always focus on my kids, I focus on their lists etc.. They do not get everything on their lists, but it gives me ideas. Unfortunately, my husband is always the last on my list to shop for. I never know what to get him. I normally just end up getting him clothes. He has every tool imaginable to man so I dont ever go that route.
Im a very simple person. If any of you were to meet me, you would find out in less then 5 minutes Im a very simple person, who enjoys simple things in life. My husband tells me Im hard to shop for. I think its a crock. I love Mickey. I tell people Id love anything from the Disney store(we have a Disney store at the local mall), and thats no lie.Id be happy witha new Mickey Mug, or a t-shirt or sweatshirt. Yes, thats how simple Iam, and how easy it would be to shop for me. I also collect angels, again very easy to find. I have some jewlery I wear everyday. I dont really have expensive things around here, I dont ask for them and I dont shop for them. Sometimes around the holidays if Im with my husband and kids, I make simple suggestions if in passing I see something.I do it just to give them inexpensive ideas.
My husband tells me this year this is the first time in a long time hes excited about Christmas. I of course say "WHY?", he said I finally got you a good gift. So I say "Well is it something Ive asked for?", he said NO, so I say "IS it something Ive wanted or talked about?" and he sais NO. He said he ordered it online and it was delivered to his work.
For the life of me, I cant figure out what it would be. I hope Im not disappointed because he is so excited about this. I know I will be grateful for whatever he is. He tends to spend more money on things thinking I should like it better if he does, but that is so NOT TRUE.
So Im sitting thinking Im not going to be as happy with it as he is.
Anyody else ever have a Christmas like that, that the gift giver was much mor eexcited then the person receiving the gift?

 

[florida-again]

I totally understand where you're coming from. I really like practical gifts more than expensive ones. I asked for a digital camera for xmas this year, but I don't want an expensive one. I want a really cheap one just to play around with and if I lose/drop/don't like it, it won't matter. I had to really carefully anotate my xmas list saying I only wanted a really cheap novelty one, and then had to reitterate it several times. I know that if I hadn't I would have got some really expensive, multi-tasking camera, that I'd be too scared to use because I'd break it! And I know the gift giver would have been very excited to buy me some extravegant one, so I had to be so careful to explain that it wasn't what I wanted!

 

[kdibattista]

I know this is probably going to come out wrong and I truly don't mean it to. If you are truly someone who enjoys the simple things in life, then it wouldn't matter what he got you. The fact that he is that excited to give it to you would be enough for me to know that I would love it no matter what it is.

Although I do hope you like it

 

[heart4pooh]

I feel your pain. I, too, am very easy to shop for. Anything Disney or a gift certificate at a book store would make my day! A few years back my husband was so excited about a present for me...For his company's Christmas party I was getting ready and was putting in my CZ earrings my dad had bought me twenty years ago and my husband's mouth dropped and he said "You already have diamond earrings!?" I laughed at first, then realised that he had got me diamond earrings. I was so mad! I do not go anywhere that I would want to wear diamonds, and we did not have a lot of money for something like that! I mentioned it to a good friend of mine and she said not to be ungrateful. That he was trying to do a good thing and be thoughtful. So, Christmas morning when I opened my present I kissed him and thanked him! And he was very proud of himself. My being thankful made his Christmas that much nicer...HTH!

 

[kilee]

Oh yes- I am in your shoes!! DH went out and bought me all clothing. 9 boxes to be exact. I was really excited. We cheated and opened 1 gift early each. I got a shirt that was soooooo not me. It was not even close to anything I own. The problem being he bought every item at the same store and this store isn't cheap. So, not only is it an ugly shirt--but I know he paid a decent amount for it. There are so many other things I'd rather have or do w/ that money. Then have 1/2 a new wardrobe I won't wear. Now I'm afraid all the boxes are going to contain things I just won't feel good about myself wearing. I could never hurt his feelings- so I will come off grateful. I am very worried and it's overshadowing the excitement I had.

 

[disneygals]

,My husband tells me this year this is the first time in a long time hes excited about Christmas. I of course say "WHY?", he said I finally got you a good gift. So I say "Well is it something Ive asked for?", he said NO, so I say "IS it something Ive wanted or talked about?" and he sais NO. He said he ordered it online and it was delivered to his work.

You know, I don't like when people say these things before Christmas.
My mother is notorious for saying things like.."oh, I got you and your hubby something really silly, you probably don't need it and I'm not sure you'll like it, but I just had to buy it." OOH, can't wait to see it then, Mom!

Hope you like your gift, though. Don't forget to post an update.

 

[Lisa F]

If this is the biggest worry in your life, I hope you realize how lucky you are.

I just don't get the concept about stressing over what someone else gets you as a gift. I'm always stressing that someone will like what I got for them. Unless you are REALLY tight on money and just don't have it, I also don't get the concept of being upset that your husband would spend more on something than you might... presumably the man works for a living and presumably he's earned the right to have a little fun with the money he earns and giving his wife something nice without spending hours bargain hunting should be one of his little pleasures.

My DH really stinks at giving gifts but when I open them up I just think about how much thought he put into it and why (in his male mind) he thought I would like something like that and it makes me smile and feel loved even if it's not something I'd pick for myself. If everything I got was something I'd pick for myself than why have anyone else in the equation at all? Why not just tell him never to get me a gift and buy everything for myself so I can be sure it's just what I'd pick?

 

[Kirby]

I remember one year when my husband gave me baseball socks for Christmas. We had only been married a year or two and he thought I would like them because I used to play softball. But I did wear them.

My most favorite gift that my husband ever got for me was a bottle of perfume. He actually went out and picked one just for me and he did a good job. I've never been much of a "scent" wearer and he found one that was perfect. Unfortunately, it didn't stay on the market very long and I can't remember the name.

We really don't exchange gifts anymore. We usually buy one gift to share with each other. Like this year we are buying an electric smoker. I usually purchase some things for his stocking like CD's, movies, chap stick, etc.

Jackie, please let us know what your husband got for you!