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Anniversary gift ideas
Our 3 year wedding anniversary is coming up on the 18th and I'm at a loss of what to get and what to do for it. It's a Tuesday so he has to work, so I figured at the very least we should go out for a nice dinner. The traditional gift is leather and the modern gift is crystal/glass. We have decided on a $50 budget. He just got a new wallet and I have no idea what I could get him in crystal or glass. We were just talking about putting away breakables that we really cherish for however many years so they don't get broken by little hands. For the past 2 years our anniversary has fallen over MLK weekend so we have gone to the Grand Plaza, where we got married and had our reception, for 1-3 nights. It's been a nice little getaway and we've had so much fun doing it. However, my parents may or may not come down and I don't know if we should be spending that kind of money right now anyway, since my tiny paid maternity leave just got smaller since I missed 2 nights of work last week.
I feel like this anniversary is sort of bittersweet since it is our last one before the baby is born and I want it to be special. It has really gotten me thinking that H and I have been together, just the 2 of us, for 14 years. We are about to hit a huge change in our relationship and it terrifies me in a way. I know we have a solid relationship, with the occasional bump in the road just like anyone else. 14 years of being together has definitely taught me that there can be ups and downs. I am so excited about this baby and watching H interact with her! But there is that feeling in the back of my mind of a little sadness that the time of just the two of us is almost over. I feel selfish thinking this, but I am pretty sure it is normal.
Anyway, sorry about this long post! I am feeling about a million different things right now as the time gets closer. I just want to have a nice anniversary with my love. Any suggestions are welcome! Thanks!!!! 
Re: Anniversary gift ideas
Leather:
Gloves? For driving or golf or gardening or construction.
Shoes
Belt
Leather box for holding trinkets/rings/keys, etc.
Leather something for the car
Chaps
Whip
Harness
Glass/Crystal:
A friend of mine got her H two bar glasses. He's a huge fan of beer and always joking about how many beers he'll need to make it through the first year. One was regular pint sized and the other was a tall, 40oz. glass. On the shorter glass, it said his name. On the taller glass it said, "Dad."
Magnifying glass to read the fine print of the hospital and insurance statements.
IDK. This one is hard for a guy.
I totally LOL'd at this because these were the first things that popped into my head when I saw it was Leather for this anniversary.
It was all I could think of, lol! Thanks for all the ideas!
For the glass maybe something like...
http://www.theanniversaryrose.com/store/p/349-Your-3rd-Anniversary-Poem-Beveled-Glass-Frame.aspx
http://www.theanniversaryrose.com/store/p/1248-3rd-Anniversary-Keepsake-Crescent.aspx
For leather maybe something like....
http://www.theanniversaryrose.com/store/p/210-Personalized-Leather-Can-Cooler.aspx
I couldn't think of anything glass/crystal either, so I went with the leather for our 3rd anniversary.
A couple ideas I had but didn't use: wallet, watch (with leather band), autographed baseball, baseball gloves for each of us (I'm so unathletic and he would have loved that as a gesture that I would toss a ball around with him)
What I did: I ended up making him a marriage scrapbook. I got a nice leather scrapbook album and made one page for each year of our marriage, just using pictures and mementos from that year. My plan (hope) is to try to make one page per year throughout our marriage, even if eventually it just turns into gluing one "signature" picture from that year to a page. The scrapbook has 50 pages, so when we hit our 50th anniversary, if I really keep up with it we'll have one album that is a summary of our whole marriage.
I don't know if you'd have the time or desire to do something like that, but that's what I did for year 3.
Happy early anniversary, by the way!
Ellie ~ 3.29.12
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Without knowing his likes, hobbies, daily rituals it is kinda hard but some other thoughts:
Leather shoes or boots
Leather bound picture frame with a picture of just you and him and another slot empty for him and the baby
Leather Lingerie for after the baby is born to show him that you are still his hot wife
I love this album idea and I am totally going to steal it!! That is such a nice idea!! Where did you get your album?