There is a particular type of grace required of a person wherein you allow someone the excitement of giving you a gift. I'm afraid that I've never learned it very well. I keep trying but can't seem to learn it. There's this stupid thing I do that, as soon as I even suspect that someone is planning upon getting me a gift, I want to CONTROL the outcome. It's ridiculous!

I have learned from experience (and not just with my husband) that I am a difficult person to buy gifts for and I do make things hard on the giver because I'm kind of difficult to buy for.

I'm trying to get better at it. I did have to give guidance to my husband because he's a terrible gift giver. If I don't give him hints, he will head right to the book store and buy me a book. He LOVES books, especially history books. I only kinda like books. I would rather have earrings.