My ex wife always told me flat out, that she wanted jewelry. Flowers and shit don't cut muster. I even made a horrible mistake one time when we first moved in together of buying cookware (that we needed) for her birthday. I never, ever lived that one down.
LOL little did I know after 20 years of buying the shiny shit for her that she left with a tidy little stash of it. Probably 50-60k worth would be a conservative estimation.