Two weeks till my first year wedding anniversary and I haven't clue one about what to get her for a gift. I think the traditional rules say the first year is supposed to be paper what ever that means. Any suggestions or good ideas that some of you gals may have received in the past? We will be in Mexico with another coulple friends of ours that shares the same wedding anniversary as us so I won't be local and will need to take it with me.
You can find some decent things on tiffany.com Women love that. You can get a ring or a necklace within' $100-200 depending on how much you want to spend.
jmargel has a good idea ... now just take it one step further and buy something to remind her of your trip to Mexico. They've got lovely silver jewelry, if she likes silver.
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I'm on the fence about jewelry. Between her ring and the diamond earrings I got her for our wedding and then a diamond bracelet on our honeymoon, I feel like I want to do something different other than jewelry. I think jewelry will be my fall back but the girl has plenty of diamonds for now. Hard not to go wrong with Tiffany's though, great suggestion.
What kind of things does she like? Hobbies? Favorite clothes? Something that she would not normally buy for herself. Expensive perfume wrapped in a Spa Day gift certificate for when you get back to the States? Furniture? A really nice jewelry box with a gift certificate in it, or like others said - some nice silver or turquois jewelry that you find in Mexico inside the box? Does she like to read? Maybe a nice book or set of books (that's paper!)
I don't remember what I got or gave for our first anniversary! I think I just made hubby's favorite dinner and he didn't kick up a fuss about eating with real plates and silverware vs. the usual paper & plastic!
I know someone who was given a set of personalized stationery. Which would only be useful to her if she writes letters, I guess.
There are paper specialty stores that have cards and gift paper but also have nice things made out of papier mache and cardboard. And of course books are paper - is there an author she really enjoys? Does she like art books or books about decorating?
I think it's fun to follow the traditional anniversary gifts idea but it does sometimes take a bit of imagination.
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One year.. Congrats!
I've seen some cool books that are basically the story of "Us" the idea behind them is a lot like Baby books.. you know keeping track of the milestones.. but these books are geared for couples.. you can write down the story of your relationship, add photos and things like that...
I think it's great that you're putting some thought into this... yay!
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If your wife likes this kind of stuff, what about a gift cert for a nice spa day - massage, facial, manicure, pedicure - the works. Just a day of pampering & you can write a note about how you want to spoil her head to toe...
Anything from Victoria's Secret or Fredericks of Hollywood is fun, and it says "hey, you're still so sexy to me" not to mention, stuff sized in S/M/L is pretty easy to guess at, as opposed to pants, skirts, dresses.
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Congrats!
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