You can score big this year with your wife by planning ahead and ordering early while there's still time for shipping before Christmas hits. One way to keep it a surprise is to ship gifts to your work address and then hide them in your desk, car trunk, or garage until the 24th arrives.
Here are some gift ideas (and please feel free to add a suggestion of your own):
- Cell phone with a built-in camera - I just bought new ones for my wife and I yesterday, and here's the link I used to get them both for free through a special deal that Cingular is running right now - Free Motorola RAZR V3.
Each phone came with a free BlueTooth headset, and they let us keep our current phone numbers. Pretty sweet deal!
- KitchenAid stand mixer for your wife (many women love these!). Here's a link for a free cookbook with your purchase or a $20 cash rebate.
- Give an iPod with a free engraving, starting at just $79 from the Apple Store
. This is one your child would probably love to receive as well!
- Kitchen Utensils make great stocking stuffers: Kitchen Essentials all under $30 from Cooking.com
- Gift certificates can be a great gift when combined with the promise of a night of shopping together, and you lining up the sitter for a change . An Amazon gift certificate
will give your wife plenty of flexibility as you can buy almost anything on Amazon these days, or get her a gift card for clothing and apparel from GiftCertificates.com
, which includes selections from stores like Banana Republic, The Gap, The Limited, and more.
- Earrings, necklace, or ring (anything with diamonds will be a hit): Diamond.com Holiday Sale - SAVE 20% + FREE SHIPPING
Of course, braving the shopping mall with your kids in tow is also a great way to communicate to your wife that you care about her, and also helps your kids get creative about gifts for mom.
