If you can afford an expensive gift, a dinner at your favourite restaurant (perhaps the place where you proposed or got married or had some other significant occasion) would be special. Or you could take her to a romantic destination for a few days or on a short cruise or to see a play or concert that everyone is raving about.

If your desire is to buy her something personal that she will enjoy, in addition to the always-appreciated jewellery or flowers or candy or beauty products or perfume, you can either buy her a negligee or lingerie or give her a gift card to pick the gift out herself. You can take her there to try the items on for you to see and approve, too. You could also treat her to a visit at the spa or beauty parlour.

If she has a special collection, that makes it easy if all you need to do is look for an unusual angel or whatever item she most enjoys. Perhaps she has a favourite colour, and that creates a wide variety of ideas since you can go into a store and look around for that colour in all the different departments.

If she has a hobby, that, too, makes it easy whether she’s a golfer, plays tennis, bowls, dances, does handicrafts, works puzzles, or has mentioned wanting a new book by a favourite author. You could present her with a book of poems and read them to her.

Does she like to cook and bake? That opens the gift buying up tremendously as there are so many presents for all prices that you can find in a store devoted to that type of item or in the housewares section of her favourite department store.

If she works, go to an office supplies store and look around. You will get ideas for gifts in all price ranges depending on what you know she’s been needing whether it is a computer accessory, a new briefcase, a picture frame for her desk in which she can put the new family picture, etc.

The main way to find out what your sweetie wants is to listen ahead of time to what she has to say or what she mentions needing as she works in the kitchen, living room, bedroom, office, or is out with you window shopping in stores. Your buying her something that she has talked about wanting will make her know that you pay attention to her desires and will make you dear to her heart.