I could weep!! DH is really hard to buy for- he is into racing bikes and motorbikes and likes specialised stuff, so most years I ask him what he wants and then buy it, which is a bit crap, and no surprise at all. In previous years I have tried to surprise him, but never seem to get it right.
This year we said we weren't going to buy gifts for each other at all, then rescinded and decided on a budget of £20. I've been watching what he's been looking at on ebay, and noticed he'd bid a few times on a particular game for his wii, but hadn't got it, so when I sourced one on the net going for far cheaper than he had bid, and worked out I could get the game and the gun thingy that goes with it for £18, I was rubbing my hands in glee. I knew he would never suspect I was getting him it, and was happy that not only would it be a surprise, it would be something he actually wants!
I ordered it and told him to buy NOTHING for himself in the run up to Christmas.
He came home today complete with game and gun!! I had to tell all, and I am gutted. I haven't even got the damn thing yet, so can't send it back (which would be a complicated process anyway), and he bought his second hand, so probably can't take IT back Looks like we will be selling one of them on ebay, but I am so mad at him- my surprise is ruined, and I can't afford to buy him anything else- nor have any other ideas. He feels suitably bad about it, so there is no point ranting at him really, but GRRRRR! Who goes out and buys themselves a present 4 days before Christmas, when they have been specifically instructed to not do this very thing? (Of course, he has no recolection of me telling him this )