Gambling ? The house always wins in the end and I bet if there were any moderation here at all these idiotic threads that have nothing to do with this forum's topic or put up to market some stupid product like a dum-dum book on how to win at gambling would be immediately deleted .

a really good-quality umbrella (men seem to like those huge golf ones that make some sort of territory-grabbing statement, which is really annoying in NYC). tickets to some event you think he'd like (though if you get him a pair, he may feel he HAS to take you--depends on the dynamics of the relationship) a new wallet--if you can see what style he's using already. My DH gets these from time to time, and they are useful, bcs his wear out eventually. Does he use a day planner or a PDA? Could you "up the ante" by getting him a new binder, or a new case for it? Perhaps a higher-quality one than he's got? And who cares whether he can get a better deal on it than you can--the point is not how much it cost, but that you thought of it in connection w/ him. And there are always books, if you know what he likes to read. Or DVDs. And, don't pressure yourself too much. Once people get to be grownups, the importance of presents falls a little--just one small, nice thing is great. Oh--oh--TOYS! the phrase "once people get to be grownups" made me think of this. Grownups don't get toys--not TRUE toys. We get "toys," w/ quotation marks. We get iPods instead of GameBoys, DVDs instead of action figures. Get him a toy, even if it's a smallish one. Lego makes these really great little things called XPods, I think, that are $10 or so, and you can make little bitty cars, or robots, or whatever is in the Pod. (here's a pretty good selection--they change the colors periodically, though) and for $20, they have kits for making dinosaurs, etc. And for $7, there are "mini Designer" sets The XPods are neat, bcs they result in a little result, which means they go together fast, and he can stick it on his computer monitor at work, or something, without looking like an immature geek. (not that a guy who puts together Lego dinosaurs is an immature geek, mind you...) I gave the Xpod to every one of the guys in my family at Christmas this year--they didn't go ballistic, but they were amused and they thought it was fun.

I've been doing the same thing for years. It's much easier to wrap all the presents for one person and not have to worry about gift tags. My tags always fell off and Christmas morning someone would be opening a present, I'd get a glance at what was in the box and grab the present and say wait here and grab another gift for that person while giving the partially unwrapped gift to the rightful recipient. The kids would all laugh...it was just part of Christmas. Once I decided on the one paper one person idea, there were fewer mishaps.

Here's a nice personalized watercolor painting with their home/name. You'd have to make sure she could get it done in time for Christmas though. https://www.etsy.com/listing/244704421/custom-home-illustration-watercolor?ga_order=most_relevant&ga_search_type=all&ga_view_type=gallery&ga_search_query=new%20home%20gift%20personalized&ref=sr_gallery_5 Etsy Personalized Painting