My wife loves the new Nickleback song, <i>Rockstar</i>, and always gets excited when it comes on the radio. Being the awesome husband that I am, I decide to surprise her with the CD. So yesterday I go out and pick up a copy. I like the song to, so I open the CD (big mistake), and rip the music into my mp3 collection first. Then, this morning, when my wife's getting ready for work, I sneak the CD into her lunch, with the intention that when she goes to lunch she get's a little mid-day surprise and a pick-me-up to listen to after lunch.
So she called about half an hour ago, and we chat for a couple of minutes, and she never mentions the CD. So I ask her how lunch was. "It was yummy, etc...". Still no mention of the CD. So I ask her to check out the bottom of her lunch bag. She then finds the CD, only to inform me that she picked it up last week. Doh! I asked her why she always has to listen to the song when it's on the radio when she has the CD and she said that she actually forgot that she bought it, left it at work, and this just reminded her that she has that CD in the office. So now I have two copies of a CD and a pretty crappy surprise that did a total 180 on me.
So, when have your best planned surprises or plans backfired in your face?