In my case, we were already shopping and she mentioned something about "we need a new vacuum"...
I thought, OK...so I bought one (a REALLY NICE ONE, mind you) and she never even noticed me unload it. I wrapped it up, and set it under the Xmas tree...
Christmas morning, we're opening gifts...and she says "I'm going to save that biggest one for last..." Uh-oh...
Sure enough, I didn't even get a smile for that, and it cost a hundred bucks...last time I do anything that nice for her...
BTW...that's post number 500 for me...suppose I really outta be getting something done here.
