OK, So What is the Point of Buying Your Wife a Gift?

So ask yourself, what is it you are trying to achieve when you give a gift? Of course, it’s to make the other person happy. We want to show them that we care and that we understand, at least a little, about them.

Mind-reading not required

Very often when coming up with wife gift ideas it can feel like we need to be a mind-reader in order to figure out what the perfect present would be! The real secret of getting it right every time for your wife is understanding what she values. Given that you already live together it should be relatively easy to find out in detail what that is, what she likes and dislikes!
I write relatively, because there is some work to be done, but the upside is that the very nature of this “work” to discover more about your wife will actually improve your relationship!

Perfect present stealth techniques

You must start asking questions, when she least expects them. Quiz her about gifts in general:

• the best present she ever received
• the worst present she ever received.

Ask why, what was it that made it the best or the worst. To stay safe here, you might want to ask about gifts that you did not give! Instead ask about gifts that your wife received from other people, and listen to her stories. Listen carefully for clues you can use. Are there any recurring themes? Things that are sure-fire winners (or losers)?
Does she have a special interest in collecting? What are all her hobbies and interests? Ask her to tell you why she enjoys a certain a thing.

Gift giving is a science

Remember that gift giving is a science. People who are amazing at giving gifts may make it look like a talent or an art, and in many ways it is, but it can be learned. By far the best way of coming of with great wife gift ideas is to know your wife’s likes and dislikes, in detail. It can take a bit of work, plenty of little conversations and digging up of memories from her past, but if you’re committed to being the best gift-giver that you can be then it’s worth the effort!

Lingerie is one of those win-win gifts, provided you do your homework!

It can end up disastrous if you get the sizing really wrong, for example, so make sure you take a note of her vital statistics before you go shopping. Ans when I say “shopping”, I am of course referring to making a few discreet mouse clicks with your PC, what could be better?

I’ll tell you- a half price sale! Woo hoo!

Over at Oasis there’s a sale on of their gorgeous bist and pieces. I spied a couple of lovely sets, click on any of them to get to the page. I checked the offer and it seems to work fine- the discount is applied in the basket.

This offer is live until the end of April 2010.

Who doesn’t love a helium ballon?

For the bouncy impact it first makes and then there’s all that squeaky voice fun to be had later!

With Bunches you can send a fun helium balloon in a box from only £11.99.
The helium balloons are delivered fully inflated with your own personal message card and include

• FREE UK delivery by Royal Mail first class post and
• FREE milk chocolates!

PLUS, for the month of April 2010, simply enter the promotional code APRIL10 at the basket page to save 10% on all orders!

Just click on the link below to go to the Bunches site and pick from a range of fantastic balloons! Here are my favourites:

Birthday Cake Balloon

I Love You Balloon

Thinking of You

Birthday Age

You're So Special

Happy Anniversary

Just when you thought you knew about photo books, up pops something like this!
This would make such a great personliased gift for your wife.  This is a completely unique gift that has the WOW factor because it’s just so different and has the high quality finish that customers expecrt from PhotoBox.

All you need is:

• a few recipes,
• some photos of her,
• photos of the two of you together,
• a few of her favourite recipes,
• or perhaps your special “signature” dishes that you swept her off her feet with!

Then all you have to do is click on the image above to go to the page withinh PhotoBox and start creating a gift to remember!

Personalised Cards

M&S Personalised Cards are now offering 50p off every order when using the following discount code:

Code: FIFTYAWA

This offer is only valid until 26/04/10!

I’m always going on about personalising gifts, well with photos it doesn’t really get more personal!

I recently printed off a load of photos with extra copies and made up little gift parcels for various people in my family. It was a huge hit- people love photos and if you take a little bit of time to work with the digital images then you can get even more stunning results.

Perhaps even good enough to be put on the wall. Canvas prints are pricey, but definitely worth it as they just look fantastic. So when an offer like this one comes along then it’s time to look though your stash of photo and immortalise one of them- it can be something as simple as a family photo from the beach, or a photo of you and your wife together.

60 free prints to all new customers

For a limited period, PhotoBox are offering 60 free prints to all new customers. This is an increase of 20 free prints as the usual free prints offer is 40 free prints per new customer.

This offer is valid until midnight on 31/03/10.

Canvas Prints Offer

In addition to the free prints offer, PhotoBox are offering up to 41% off their range of canvas prints.

Fuchsia & Black Jewellery, originally uploaded by www.virtudej.com.

Back in the 80′s fuchsia was one of those signature colours. This jewellery blends this shade of shocking pink with deep burgundy Garnet and black Onyx to bring it up to date and make it altogether subtler, but still on-trend.

This would make a great present.
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Citrine Jewellery Set "Melina", originally uploaded by www.virtudej.com.

Citrine is also a traditional gem for the month of Novemebr, along with Topaz, a gem that Citrine is often confised for.

If it’s your wife’s birthday this month then consider a Citrine gift- it’s a very pretty gem and ranges in colour from very pale and watery yellow through to darker amber hues.

Just lovely, very hard to object to and with free P&P it’s a winner (PS only one set left).

A beautifully designed ‘tower block’ advent calendar made from organic cotton with a Green and Black’s miniature bar for each pocket. This fabulous gift is the perfect count down to Christmas with enough variety to keep everyone happy. The advent calendar’s sustainable design ensures this calendar will be used at Christmas for years and years to come. The wood used to hang the calendar comes from a renewable source. Delivered in a recycled gift box with lid and hand tied with G&B’s Christmas satin ribbon.
You can even indicate a preference for Dark Chocolate or Milk Chocolate.

1 x Organic Cotton Advent Calendar by Lisa Stickley
24 x 15g Miniature Bars: Dark, Milk, Dark with Ginger, Dark with Cherry, Milk with Butterscotch, Milk with Almond.

£34.00

The joy of chocaholism can be a guilty pleasure, so why not make the pleasure of chocolate even better and get her a gift that you can share!

Green & Black’s chocolate sharing hamper is a perfect way of saying Happy Christmas.

A luxurious selection of Green & Black’s intense chocolate products ranging from The Assortment – 20 bespoke dark, milk and white chocolates with a perfectly balanced selection of centres to our intensely flavoured Miniature Bar Collection. The sharing hamper contains our classic dark, milk and white organic Chocolate Squares box and a selection of Green & Black’s ribboned bars.
This box is the ultimate in sharing!
You can even make your own choice of 100g chocolate bars in the gift when you Checkout.

Contents:
1 x 200g Organic Assortment
1 x 200g Organic Chcolate Squares (Dark, Milk and White Chocolate)
1 x 180g Organic Miniature Bar Collection
5 x 35g Bars; White, Creamy Milk, Milk with Butterscotch, Dark 70% and Dark with Maya Gold
1 x 100g Milk Chocolate Bar
1 x 100g Dark Chocolate Bar
1 x 100g White Chocolate Bar
£30.00