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Alright, here's an idea I came up with back in my junior year of high school, though it won't fit in that box of yours. For whatever reason, I've always had a deep affection for records and 80's bands, which has led to the fact that I can walk into any Goodwill in town and the help knows me and, in some cases, have set aside records they'll think I like, they cost about a buck apiece here. If you get an album from a band that your wife particularly likes, pretty much every hobby/craft store has clock parts complete with hands for somewhere around three bucks. Take the record out, pop a hole in the center, feed the mechanism through and attach it (I used superglue), and throw the hands on. And here you have a pop-culture inspired clock, with ~$1.00 left. With the buck maybe you can get your wife's favorite gum or candy and put it in that box of yours.
Just an idea, hope it goes well.
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