just chiming in here to say that guys are totally hard to buy for... women on the other hand are easy.... I like clothing, perfume, running stuff.... i could go on and on... whatever my DH wants, he buys for himself... just like Dave....

My 7 year old is getting a bow and air set. I'm so excited, he didn't ask for it, but he's going to love it. I just hope I don't take one in the butt. MTA: But kids are easy peasy lemon squeezy to buy gifts for

Last year, I bought a guitar for my wife for Christmas. One of those "I've always wanted to play one" sort of things. The dust is still building. Maybe this year I should buy her lessons.

I have used my diamond necklace quite often..maybe you should buy her a rock. Brian you too!

Shan, I thought how you had to work extra hard to get the weight bench into the house and hide it was very sweet. I agree guys are harder to buy for than girls, but I suppose it depends on the person and how openly they express what they would like.

I give tons of hints, even write out a list sometimes. Rarely does he follow it. Last year he got me a shortie wet suit. WTF? I hate the water. It's not a "tri" suit but like for water skiing. I hate water skiing. It's still got the tags on it in the closet. He bought me a fancy knife sharpening system a couple years ago and sharpened all the kitchen knives. Now the thing sits in the cupboard. I just don't get it. I've been asking for gift cards to Road Runner Sports for years and nada. An iPod shuffle is inexpensive and perfect for using outside. Nada. The list goes on. It's frustrating. He buys the boys season passes to the snow boarding place here. They hate that because then dad is always pushing them to go out there, even if they have other stuff planned, the snow is old or scarce and they just don't want to do it. He figures they have to go X number of times to make it worth it so he really pushes them and fights ensue. He's hard to shop for too, though. He drops no hints. So, I buy him a bottle of his favorite port which is now almost $45 a bottle. And he's getting a Garmin Nuvi 350 too. He didn't ask for it, but he likes gadgets and (Bonus!) I won it as a door prize kinda thing at the last conference I attended. Can't beat that. MTA: I'll add that teenage boys are difficult to shop creatively for. Anything I might like is "lame" or "gay." So they're getting some soccer stuff, iTunes gift cards and a new Xbox 360 since the old (second hand) one they had died a couple months ago.

ohhh i totally like the idea of playing santa!!!!!!!

I thought she meant sneak down at night and put it out. If she opens up the camel first, there may be confusion.