First anniversary...

Tifferz13

So I don't know if I'm overwhelmed by all the ideas in my head or just at a loss for our FIRST anniversary. I have roughly 3 months and I'm open to suggestions.... 

brooks930

Treasure hunt!!!!!!!!!!!! Clues written on paper, leading to where you are or your special gift it

Tifferz13

That's a good idea!!  

Kat174

for the paper gift, i gave him tickets to Blue Man Group, which he wanted to see so badly.

anssett

Some see a treasure hunt as creative and playful, but maybe he would rather just have dinner together naked or something simple and special. It doesn't have to be complicated to be enjoyable.

ohpagrl

anssett:

Some see a treasure hunt as creative and playful, but maybe he would rather just have dinner together naked or something simple and special. It doesn't have to be complicated to be enjoyable.

 

Who says the treasure at the end of the hunt isn't a naked dinner  

 

We went on a small trip, so we didn't do additional presents. 

chrisnjay05212010

we just do dinner at a nice restaurant and pick someplace we have never been. We usually exchange cards too if my DH remembers.  This year i got flowers at work which was a huge surprise.

the only thing different about our first anniversary is we chose a super nice, more expensive restaurant than usual. 

Unknown

The first anniversary is a good time to make your wedding album. These are always on the to do list, but it never seems to be a good time to getting around to picking through hundreds of photos. But you could make your album, and on the day of your anniversary have dinner, relive your wedding memories together, and then go for the treasure hunt

I like BrideBox's downloadable software because I can create the album at my leisure (in my jammies) and it doesn't have to be finished in one sitting.

http://www.bridebox.com/ 

(It's also a good way to knock out holiday gifts for the family by making parent albums.)

Oh, and happy anniversary! 

aimindahouse

brooks930:

Treasure hunt!!!!!!!!!!!! Clues written on paper, leading to where you are or your special gift it

I love this idea:) maybe even the clues could lead to a bed and breakfast or a restaurant he's been wanting to go to. Either way whatever you do, it's gonna be so special.

Newly Married??? Sister, let's relate!

Tifferz13

Yep Newly married. I have 3 months until our first ann.  I am still clueless about what to do. But I'm giving myself a month.  

jmcdyer

For ours last month I gave him a cute card and he got me my favorite flowers. I also bought cheese and bread and he bought wine and chocolate and we didn't realize until met at home that we'd come up with the same idea. then we made dinner and ended with awesome sex. it was wonderful. Our cake from our wedding wasn't eaten because it thawed and froze again a few times during the past year.

Djinxs

I found a site that does customized cute little stick figure "love books". Each page detailing one thing I love about my hubby. I thought that was a nice idea for the paper anniversary. 

brittanymclark

Take a weekend trip!

MYRNALOY

Ha, we did nothing....well I did but he didn't so my gift went ungiven. Even though we had a busy first year-a baby nine months after wedding, moved away from family for his job, me quitting to stay home with baby, and him working for our anniversary--I still expected something. Our anniversary also came a week after valentines and we took a short trip to Galveston for 2days but it was after valentines since he worked that holiday too(so far every holiday he has been unlucky for the schedule to stick it to us)! So maybe he assumed the trip and some chocolate covered strawberries covered both holidays? I don't know, was kinda too busy with baby to really make an issue but other than having our little one, and she is our angel, there weren't many romantic or memorable moments our first year.

Kimbus22

I'm going to assume the people liking the treasure hunt idea haven't read Gone Girl...

erollis

I haven't read Gone Girl but I never tried a treasure hunt also. We went to Miami and on a cruise for our first anniversary. Our second we are just staying in town, doing fun things here and going out to eat.

Ravenclaw79

I'm wrestling with this, too, and I've only got a month to figure it out. If I had it my way, I probably wouldn't even bother, 'cause really, I don't need another object to know he loves me, and he doesn't really need more stuff, either -- I'd rather just go out for a nice dinner, maybe go away for the weekend or something. But he said the other day that he's planning to get me something, so now I have to get him a thing. I've already done the treasure-hunt idea before. Our wedding album is long since done. There aren't any concerts coming up, and we don't have money for plane tickets. I'm totally stumped.

Leftie22

I don't think it needs to be complicated or a surprise either. Why not just plan something together that you both think sounds fun? We had a baby 6 months after our wedding, so it was a simple anniversary, but we went for a fancy dinner at the beautiful bistro where our wedding dinner had been held. It was nice to be back at the site of our reception, and re-live the memories together.

SapphireCounselor

Leftie22 said:

I don't think it needs to be complicated or a surprise either. Why not just plan something together that you both think sounds fun? We had a baby 6 months after our wedding, so it was a simple anniversary, but we went for a fancy dinner at the beautiful bistro where our wedding dinner had been held. It was nice to be back at the site of our reception, and re-live the memories together.

This is a sweet idea!

MrsS728

1st Anniversary is paper. For ours we gave each other the deed to our first home. We closed on the house 3 days after our 1st wedding anniversary.

You could buy tickets to a game/movie/concert. You could find a coffee table book s/he might like. Use your imagination.

erollis

Indigo night does pictures of the night sky on whatever date you want at various locations. I got DH one for our first Aniversay. It looks fantastic.

GilliC

We went out to a nice dinner.

I had no desire to do a "paper" gift, because I knew I would ave to explain the paper thing anyway. And then he probably would have said, "Paper?! Why is it paper? Who comes up with this stuff?!" And then I would have felt a little like he didn't appreciate the thought I put into it even though he probably did.

In the end, dinner seemed simpler and stress-free.

GilliC

PS - We save trips for when it fits into our work and financial plans rather than trying to pigeon-hole them into birthdays or anniversaries. Easier that way.