My boyfriend can be hard to shop for sometimes. He's really into his home theatre gadgets and computer stuff. He already has the whole wide screen TV, DVD player, TiVO, VCR, and surround sound set-up (
). I could buy him stuff for his computer. But, as a computer geek myself, I know that we geeks have very specific requirements about what we want in/for our computers. Even if he didn't have all of that stuff, I wouldn't be able to afford it!
I was thinking of maybe getting him a really nice watch. However, he seems particularly attached to the old one he already has.
Instead, I generally try to pay attention to what he says and does for clues. This year I got him a bunch of small-ish gifts instead of one big one. He's forever borrowing my flashlight. So, for a stocking stuffer I got him one of those really nice maglite brand flashlights.
He also has a WAY OLD road map. When we went on a trip for my birthday earlier this summer, we got a bit disoriented because our map didn't reflect some newer road changes. So, I got him a new hardback road map for his car.
Then, he's been talking about wanting to run a half-marathon next year. So, I got him a stopwatch with radio and earphones to use for his long training sessions.
Finally, he really likes James Bond movies. He made me watch a Bond marathon with him earlier in the summer.
He mentioned that his favorite Bond movie is Goldfinger. So, I went and bought the DVD for him for Christmas. Then, a couple weeks ago, to celebrate getting his new DVD player, he went out and bought....the Goldfinger DVD.
I had to take mine back. Now I'm probably going to get a DVD of one of his favorite British shows called "The Office". I'd buy him the entire Bond DVD box set if I could only afford it.....
Imthechamp, my boyfriend loves LotR. Unfortunately, he already has the book and the DVD.
.....Kelly