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I was having some trouble coming up with gift ideas for Jen this year, so when she opened one of those smelly pages in the magazines she reads and rubbed it on herself, and said “oooh, this smells nice, I like it”, I thought all my problems were solved. I rushed out and purchased said smelliness.

Two weeks later we were wandering around The Bay or Sears or some such smelly store when she decided to try it again. “Oh, it doesn’t smell so good now” closely followed by “No, I don’t like it” meant I was back at square one.

A flash of inspiration gave me another idea. Ever since we saw them in Maxi a couple of years ago, Jen has been talking about getting a dancing hamster toy. They’re cute and cuddly, they dance, and they sing in annoying high pitched voices. So, maybe I can find one of those for her instead. Before I’d even started researching that she came bouncing in from her office one evening saying “I’ve ordered 4 dancing hamsters online!”. Gah. Women.

So now I’m back at square one again, looking for another flash of inspiration and hoping I come up with something before it’s too late.