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Doing it online now so I don't do last minute....so far I've got "Bucky Balls"...a few books....one of those laser heat detectors for my dad so he can find where heat is escaping in the house :confused:

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This is pretty good for random people...looks kind of fun.
http://getbuckyballs.com/
 
Buckyballs look pretty cool. They'd make a great white elephant gift.

Thankfully, my beautiful wife handles all the xmas shopping... spending my money! :cheers:
 
my bro is the hardest to shop for. he has like every fucking gadget and buys whatever he wants.
 
Finished w/ everyone.

Got the girl some jewelry, a few movies, a sweatshirt, and a camera.

Got the sis a sweatshirt and a movie.

The pops some cigars and some whiskey.

Mom some gift certificates to beauty salons n w/e.

Bro's got a game.
 
Yeah, I could use some ideas. All I got so far is maybe some CDs for my family, but that's pretty lame. Any suggestions for a jock/fratty? Or some near retirement age parents that have everything? I don't know if the bro is ambitious enough to try brewing his own beer.
 
I got my parents some of those comfortable slippers from Brookstone, they seemed to like those.
 
Yeah, I could use some ideas. All I got so far is maybe some CDs for my family, but that's pretty lame. Any suggestions for a jock/fratty? Or some near retirement age parents that have everything? I don't know if the bro is ambitious enough to try brewing his own beer.


Would your folks go for a spa treatment/massage?
 
Would your folks go for a spa treatment/massage?

I might end up doing that. But that's what I did for my mom's birthday =\ Maybe some comfortable slippers...
 
I might end up doing that. But that's what I did for my mom's birthday =\ Maybe some comfortable slippers...


Michael Buble' tix @ the RG. :D
 
bought my parents tix to the nutcracker last year or the year before, they seemed to enjoy.
 
She's done some bluesy stuff recently. Actually, I just like looking at her. :devilwink:

who wouldn't!?:wub:
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Ok, here's the most kick ass present I've ever bought my wife. So good she's asked me to give it to her again this year.

Two things to know about her: She's English. The thing she misses most about England is English chocolate (Cadbury's, Turkish Delight, Wine Gums, etc).

So what I did was go to a local Cost Plus and buy 52 bars of her favorite English chocolate. (They're really nice--about $1.75-2.50 each.)
I then make an Avery Label sheet in Word (the kind that do 30 labels per sheet). On that sheet I've done a quick mail merge so that every label has a date, every Saturday, for a year.
I then think for a half hour or so and come up with 52 great memories we've had. I write down one for each label--just a couple keywords will do.
I stick one label on each chocolate bar.

Now for the next year on every Saturday she has an appointment with chocolate, and a quick reminder of some nice memory we've had. Because the bars are pretty small and the time release nature of it, she never feels compelled to share it with anyone.

As much as she loves this gift, I may be still doing it a decade from now every Christmas. Costs about $120 (tops--I put it in a nice box) and a couple of hours, but it's worth it to have her give me that smile every Saturday.
 
Costs about $120 (tops--I put it in a nice box) and a couple of hours, but it's worth it to have her give me that *CENSORED* every Saturday.

the truth
 

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