Engine mountings, a new throttle body, front and rear bushings and new pedals also made the list of Things the Boyfriend Wants, but unfortunately (snerk) the wallet ran dry before that.
Whew, someone else with a car nut as a SO!
I already received mine!
A new pressure gauge for our well.
$800.00.
He wrapped it well and buried in in 7 ft of dirt in our back yard.
This means I actually have water in my house.
Are we not romantic? I’m thinking of getting him one of those sausage logs that only come out at holiday time as a joke.
(and for my 40th I received a new crown for my tooth. $800. and a beautiful diamond pendant but that isn’t nearly as humorous as dental work.
Trouble is, I just don’t want to do it. I spend all day in front of a PC, why on earth would I want to spend all night in front of one as well? Besides, how can I hold my head up in public when I have to confess my love for a hairy little gnome with a blue robo-chicken fetish?
There are some things that are just best left…
My husband and I quit exchanging gifts longer ago than I can remember. All thru the year, we get what we want when we can afford it, and since we can’t afford to give each other new cars, which is what we’d like, no gifts will be exchanged. Nor do we exchange gifts on Valentine’s day. However, I did give him a birthday present.
It’s just not a big deal in our relationship.
Mrs Labtrash finally gets dinnerware this year (we’ve been waiting for 10). We’ve been using our respective parents’ Jurassic corningware (we both had the SAME pattern - creepy), and I got service for 8, with two of the completer sets of this pattern
And hidden in the cups are emerald earrings and an emerald necklace.
I bought him roller-rocker arms (or something like that) a few years ago. I think he actually got hard over them.
Shirley, you joke about the sausage log, but at our house that’s actually a tradition. Mrs. Theater always gets some sort of sausage and cheese package as a stocking stuffer. It started out as a gag gift on our first Christmas together, but I quickly discovered she could probably actually survive on a desert island for months with a case of the stuff. She is an absolute Hickory Farms ho. 
Since money is extremely tight right now thanks to several car and home repair issues in recent months, we agreed to set a spending limit this year. She’s getting a gardening book by Norman Winter (he’s a professor at the state university that has a newspaper column and does regular television and radio spots about gardening in Mississippi) that I know she’s had her eye on but won’t ever buy for herself.
Our cable company has a package where we can get a zillion college basketball games from now through the end of March Madness. So I got that for my husband, who, I am convinced, wanted to get married in June because there was no basketball on TV.
I also got him the SNL 1st year DVD collection and the new Tom Waites CD. And, just to be boring, a belt.That’s what my husband was getting for me… He knew I’d always wanted diamond earrings, and he had picked out a gorgeous pair. Then he nonchalantly showed them to me, and I said, “They’re pretty, but I can’t wear earrings.” (We have a two-year-old and a seven-month-old, and sparkly things make them grab and yank.) He hadn’t thought of that.
I’m giving him a digital camcorder, with all the associated gadgetry. At least I think that’s what it is. I made him pick it out, because he’s the techie and I’m not so much, anymore. I’m also getting him some other stuff, but I don’t know what just yet.
My fiancée has been talking about how he’s starting to get a taste for scotch and wants to learn more about it. So I am getting him a book on scotch, a nice bottle (but not too nice, I am not made of money ya know, and we set a limit), and a flask. A friend of mine whose family is all Scottish insists that I also get him some crystal glasses because according to her family scotch tastes better in crystal.
Now he better not be reading this………
I always overdo it, and this year is no different…
I am giving her Lush hair conditioner, and a Spa certificate (facial,manicure,pedicure, massage).
My 5 year old son will be giving her a 1GB SD card.
My 5 year old daughter will be giving her a camera case.
Her stocking will include tickets to Blue Man Group (she’s wanted to go, but thinks they’ve closed up shop already), and Santa will be leaving a Canon digital camera.
Next year will be something related to a trip to Tanzania.
Just out of curiosity, is this really a problem? You won’t bring both (diamond earrings and young children) to the same events/occasions, would you?
Going tomorrow as a matter of fact.
I’m getting him:
A new beer mug (this is a long story and you don’t want to hear it. Trust me. It’s that boring.)
A new flannel fuzzy thing button up shirt/jacket/thing
Sweats
Socks.
A few tshirts - depending on what’s on sale I’ll know how much I can buy.
Other stuff I haven’t seen yet so I don’t know.
A whole passel of Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups
A whole bunch of Oreo’s.
Missy, how many’s in a passel? 
Quasi
Isn’t that kinda personal???
About 150. (I’m gonna buy him 10 bags.)
That’s what I was thinking…wear them on special occasions for now, and eventually the kids won’t be grabbing them anymore, anyway!
Holy crap, I honestly can’t remember one thing I got my boyfriend. Seriously. I must have a really bad memory.
The stuff was bought and wrapped the first weekend of December. Some of it was bought in September and October, I think, so I’ll be surprised too. Bonus!
My sister and her husband are giving him a polo shirt and some other stuff, my aunt is giving him a gift card to Applebees and somewhere else (don’t know), and my parents are giving him a Polartec fleece pullover thing and some other stuff.
I may have gotten him some food, come to think of it. He likes food.
For myself, I don’t care what I get. Too much stress to make a list. If I don’t like it I can always regift or give it to Goodwill.
Hooo-weee! Now that’s what I call “True Love”! 
I brought home a bunch of genuine Mozart Kugeln (a kind of German “truffle” confection) for my SO.
She also always asks for those brandy-filled chocolates, called Asbach Uralt. You can get 'em here, but one pays a bit more for the import.
Quasi
My SO has a fondness for jewelry and celtic designs so I am getting (or more acurately, have gotten) her this necklace (only with a blue iolite stone).
She never gave me a specific list of things she wanted but she dropped enough hints that I think I’ve done alright. I can only hope that she doesn’t worry about the cost (as she is wont to do), especially as I have just moved to a new apartment and she knows that because of the move I am a little strapped for cash.
A Canon Powershot SD800 IS digital camera with image stabilization and face recognition.
A Book of 10 car washes for her brand new black GMC Sierra Special Edition Super Cab.
We’re going “light” this year, so that’s it.