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[mishka422]

That's awesome kat! I'm actually on my way to Target after work to pick up a GPS for my cousin. I found some free money on a gift card I get at work and they have a nice one on sale. She has been asking for one from her family for the last 2 years and they never have taken the hint. Hint, heck! She flat out tells them to get her one and they don't. Their financial situation has been super ugly though so it's not like they are just ignoring her. I plan to wrap it and just slip it under her tree on Christmas eve during the big family gathering so no one notices. It will just say 'from Santa'.

OT - Why do I think he won't get anything? Let's just say that Gabe's middle name should have been Grinch or Scrooge. He hates Christmas and only out of obligation does he get gifts for his mom and Marc. I can tell you of only one time in the 15 years we were married that he actually got me a gift that he thought of all by himself and seemed excited to give me. It was Christmas of 1999 and he gave me a diamond heart pendant and tiny diamond studs. It's not the carats that count, it was that he picked them out, he surprised me with them and he did it in a sweet way while we were alone, sitting in bed on Christmas eve. I will never forget that and I wore that necklace every day until he walked out. I couldn't bear to wear it after that because it was so special to me. I continue to wear the earrings every day as my second pair.

His history just tells me that unless he asks me what I want and I get very specific with him, then he's not getting anything. That is ok with me really. I just want him to enjoy what I got for him and not feel weird about it.