I like Springfield striker fired guns. You can get pretty much any of them in that price range. Several of their 1911's are around that price too. Look at the FNP and FNX pistols as well as the Sig 226's and Sig 1911's
Flowers are cool and all but the wifey asked me to do something different this year, but gave no hints. She is getting a ROKU 2 and a nice set of headphones. She loves watching her shows late at night. This way she can do it without having to keep the volume down. I guess we will see how I did...