I was going to write about this prior to Vday to give y’all a free gift idea, but I didn’t want to spoil the surprise to Jonathan.  Sorry, I guess I love him more.

Anyway, here’s a gift you can do at any time, not just Vday:

I covered some canisters with paper and stickers.

Here are the rules:

His & Hers Requests

-Write 46 things (since there are 46 weeks left in the year) that we want the other spouse to do with us or with us.

-Put those sheets of paper in your canister, and then we will swap canisters.

-On Sundays, we will each pull a strip of paper out of each other’s jar, and we’ll have to do whatever the spouse asked for.
-We will have the whole week to do the request.

-We will put the papers (with the writing hidden) on our bathroom mirror as a reminder.

On Sunday, Jonathan and I each drew one strip of paper (his were blue; mine were pink).

I don’t know what he’ll be doing for me or when, but I’m pretty nervous about what I’m supposed to do for him.  I’ll update you after I do his request.

I got this idea from an article I read, and I was happy that Jonathan was super excited about this project.  Yea for a good, free gift!  This way, we can work on showing love in the ways we want to receive it.

Do you have any good, cheap ideas for gifts??

Are people always nagging asking you, “What do you want for Christmas/Birthday/Anniversary/ Wedding /_________?”  And it’s hard for you to think of something to tell them on the spot?  Or do you have a mom (ahem!) who suggests you make a  wish list?

Well, what happens when you want multiple things that aren’t found at the same store (Walmart v Target v Old Navy?  Or what if you see a book that’s cheaper on Half.com than it is on Amazon?  Don’t you wanna save the gift giver some money?  So, basically, you need a website that will combine gifts from other websites, right?

Meet the following free websites:

• Gift Wisdom
• The Things I Want
• Wish List R
• Delicious

I’m *pretty* sure the sites will let you:

• Add items to your lists from any website.
• Easily share your lists with friends.
• Add your lists to your own homepage.
• Establish who can and who cannot see your lists.

I’m using TheThingsIWant for this year.  It’s horrible web design, but it’s an easy interface.  Jonathan said Amazon has a universal wishlist, too.  I haven’t used it though.  Anyone used these?  Like them?  Dislike them?

[taken from my 9/30/08 post]