I posted what I want for Christmas already in this thread, but since we are telling what we buy our wives, here is my story.
I don't usually buy my wife gifts any more, because when we first married (32 years ago) I went into a really nice women's clothing store and tried on many women's fur coats. We are about the same size and I wanted to get one that fit her. I bought her what I thought was an nice fur coat, and she wore it one time and sold it in a garage sale a few years later. Now, I tell her to go get what SHE wants.
This year however, she got several rooms in our home painted. But, about 2 weeks ago we discovered a leak in our slab and had to cut holes in several walls to find and repair the leak. So, this week I hired someone to fix the walls and paint the entire rooms where the repairs were done.
And then yesterday, our air conditioner was not cooling, so she got an AC repair for Christmas too. I know it's late December, but we live in South Louisiana and it is common to run the AC for Christmas.