1 year anniversary coming up

Megadeth4168

Wedding anniversary that is....

I'm in need of a bit of help. I'm looking for some ideas on what to do. I'm already covering the obvious like flowers, dinner ect...

One suggestion I had was a Hot air balloon ride... The one I looked into was $200 per person... that was a bit high to me. It was a cool idea though because it is something memorable.

Mishra

You might want to think of

http://www.ediblearrangements.com/

instead of flowers

nel

Its hard to come up with anything "original" but i guess seen as though you live in the US there will be plenty of places you could go for a nice weekend away.

Obviously you can do all the usual like meal, flowers etc.

I like personal touches - write a loving message to her (either on a card or a piece of paper) - sounds sloppy but women (or at least mine) loves it when you put a personal touch into it. infact she prefers that to something full blown which costs a bomb...then again she likes that too once in a while

Or maybe your wife has a passion for something she would love to do - see a broadway show, place of interest etc etc. keep it as a suprise and she'll love it.

dynamik

Ménage à trois

It sounds so much classier when it's in French...

jbrown414

dynamik wrote:

Ménage à trois

It sounds so much classier when it's in French...

Nothing says I love you like asking another person to join in.

mamono

On the note, you can use specialty paper that was made by hand and have your message printed out in gold leaf. Tip the waiter at the restaurant to bring the message envelope on a covered platter sitting atop a rose at the end of the dinner. Can include tickets to something inside the envelope.

JDMurray

The first anniversary is paper. The second is wood, and I think the third is, uh, beef? Or is it pork?

Ahriakin

Get a lot of your best photos together and create a card from them (and yes I do mean scan them first, cutting the real ones up would probably not be taken the same way ), ideally write a poem that weaves them together. Everything you buy is just a token, show her the times together mean something.

Talic

jbrown414 wrote:

dynamik wrote:

Ménage à trois

It sounds so much classier when it's in French...

Nothing says I love you like asking another person to join in.

Uh, swinger party?

Megadeth4168

Talic wrote:

jbrown414 wrote:

dynamik wrote:

Ménage à trois

It sounds so much classier when it's in French...

Nothing says I love you like asking another person to join in.

Uh, swinger party?

I don't think my wife will go for it....

JDMurray:
I've heard those before, I guess if the first year is paper than we have that covered with a couple of the ideas posted above.

Beef or pork for the third year huh? I suppose if her parents have pigs on their farm that year, then we could do that

jbrown414

My wife and I will be celebrating our five year next month. I got lucky as she doesn't care for expensive things. We're both taking the day off and sending our son to the babysitter so we can go have lunch together. We're poor and we both know it so no expensive gifts. I'll most likely just make some coupons. For example: one 10 minute back massage or a get of do the dishes card. I've learned that something you make yourself is better than something you buy. It shows that you put the effort in to make it instead of just going out a buying something.

jamesp1983

dynamik wrote:

Ménage à trois

It sounds so much classier when it's in French...

even swearing sounds more sophisticated in French. haha

dynamik

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

even swearing sounds more sophisticated in French. haha

Remember that scene in the second Matrix?

jamesp1983

dynamik wrote:

jimmypizzle83 wrote:

even swearing sounds more sophisticated in French. haha

Remember that scene in the second Matrix?

haha oh yea. it was awesome. i think i may watch that tonight just so i can hear it again.

rfult001

JDMurray wrote:

The first anniversary is paper. The second is wood, and I think the third is, uh, beef? Or is it pork?

Cover her in post-it notes!!

itdaddy

http://www.outofsolitude.com/

dude check out these rings. this guy i met along time ago and he makes cool custom rings
but the balloon ride sounds fun. i went on it make sure if you you do th guy has 2 burners
one is a backup..you know how us IT guys are we need that failover. and in a balloon
oh yeah you need failover..I did it before fun but scary with only 1 burner..

itdaddy

Ahriakin

dude that is a very nice idea wow!

drainey

Take Sat. off (if you guys can and don't have kids to worry about) and drive up to the UP to check out the fall colors, pack a picnic lunch and find somewhere quiet along the way to stop and eat. Don't talk about work, bills, etc. just some nice quality you and her time, where she gets to be the focus.

Later you guys can always play the band-aid game. One gets blindfolded, the other strips and puts a little circle band-aid somewhere on their body. Then the blindfolded one has to find it without using their hands or eyes.

Good luck, and Congrats!!

mrhaun03

Cut out a bunch of circles of paper and stick them to the bottom of hershey kisses. On each circle of paper write something you love about your wife. Just little things so you can make as many as possible. As she she eats them over the next couple weeks or soo she'll be reminded of how you feel about her.

Megadeth4168

There are some good ideas here! I would love to take some time to go to the UP on Saturday. Our daughter is in a youth cheer leading program and has a game to cheer at on Saturday and my wife is the coach. Whatever we do will probably be on Monday which is the day of our anniversary.

dynamik

JDMurray wrote:

The first anniversary is paper.

Divorce papers? She's got a sense of humor, right?

Seriously. Break the ice with that, and ANYTHING you give/do afterwards will seem fantastic!

shednik

dynamik wrote:

JDMurray wrote:

The first anniversary is paper.

Divorce papers? She's got a sense of humor, right?

Seriously. Break the ice with that, and ANYTHING you give/do afterwards will seem fantastic!

PERFECT!! my first anniversary is tomorrow

binarysoul

So you want something original?

Setup your desk and laptop in a picnic area and take your books and couple of DVD's. Then order some pizza and have it delivered "onsite". Watch a movie, listen to music, eat and study

Tip pizza guy a bit extra for being able to find your 'office'

itdaddy

mrhaun03


man some of you gus should write books on love wow! how romantic a women would say
"i think!?" hee hee wow! great ideas!

moss12

I think you should go to Afghanistan for honeymoon

Megadeth4168

moss12 wrote:

I think you should go to Afghanistan for honeymoon

Can I cross in Pah-ka-stahn?

Our honeymoon was awesome... Maybe had i been smart and saved up over the past year we could have done another cruise.

drthtater

http://www.bottlemeamessage.com/lovemessageinabottle.html

pLuhhmm

Buy her a corvette for you! Then let her have a relaxing evening by herself and youll go "test" out the car.

rubberToe

Yeah, I would say think more towards sentimental and personable rather than throwing money down on something haphazardly. Then it will show you put a lot of thought into, for instance my buddy had thought of his on the wedding night. He wanted to get something framed with his wedding night pictures in a nifty way to kind of rekindle that moment. He also hired a photographer to snap shots anonymously when he proposed in a public place to add too. The typical stuff as well.

Plantwiz

Megadeth4168 wrote:

Wedding anniversary that is....

I'm in need of a bit of help. I'm looking for some ideas on what to do. I'm already covering the obvious like flowers, dinner ect...

One suggestion I had was a Hot air balloon ride... The one I looked into was $200 per person... that was a bit high to me. It was a cool idea though because it is something memorable.

Keep it simple.

Spend time with your spouse, maybe a slightly 'better' then average dinner (or breakfast), but I wouldn't get crazy about it....it's only a year. Then again, I'm not a romantic like some of the guys here. Chocolate....Dark Chocolate....for me. Skip the flowers and jewelry...too expensive and wasteful. However, JD is correct, 1st year is paper.

SIMPLE is best

Congratulations!!