My husband and my 5th wedding anniversary is coming up next month and I have no clue what to get him. We cannot go out of town or get a hotel for the night as we are going on a family trip the next day and we already have plans to go out for a nice dinner. Any ideas would be greatly appreciated. Thanks!
what about something for the trip - like a new camera or a new pair of nice khaki shorts, golf shirt, and sandals to wear on the trip. A new GPS or radar detector. Something that will enhance the trip you are going to take.
We always celebrate our anniversary at the Melting Pot. It is a pretty expensive restaurant but the atmosphere is very romantic. We only go there on our anniversary so that makes it all the more special. That is our gift to each other, a romantic dinner together with out the kids.
The 5th year traditional gift is wood...so you can always build off a theme! You could do a picture frame with a fun (or sexy!) picture of you and/or the kids, you could do something for the deck like a grill set or something, you could make a bunch of his favorite foods for a picnic in the "woods"...just a few ideas. We always go off the traditional gift b/c it makes it more fun and less pressure!
We often decide what we will buy for the two of us to enjoy. One year was a hammock. This year was shelving (very desired in our case, though sounding mundane). One year I sent to his e-mail songs from our wedding to put onto his computer hard drive. We didn't give a special "number" anniversary until our 10th, and I received sapphire earrings.
Happy Anniversary! have fun at dinner and on your trip the next day!!
Have whatever you want on the menu for your dinner out.
-Really treat yourselves: appetizers, nice bottle of wine, dessert ect.
Instead of dessert at the restaurant, you could buy some fun chocolate covered fortune cookies for dessert at home after the kids go to bed, w/candles, CD playing (Sade is always good for that).
-Since you're going out of town the next day, how about reasearching something fun to do wherever it is you are going? An excursion, tour etc.
-Since "wood" is the gift for that anniversary, how about a wood framed picture of you two. Pick your fave picture of just the 2 of you having fun. From dating, pre- kids, an event you attended together etc.
-When you are on your trip, if you find a cute,inexpensive trinket you like in a store there....tell him "I really wood (would) like you to buy this for me for our anniversary." Ha ha
-Take a special picture of you guys somewhere pretty on your trip.
-Make a list of all the reasons you fell in love with him while you were dating. It's always a good reminder of why we fell in love w/our mate. :)
Maybe you could buy a nice bottle of wine to take with you to the dinner? (Depending on the corkage laws/fees, of course). My hubby and I are celebrating our 4th anniversary in a few weeks, and our tradition is to drink a bottle of wine from the year we got married..makes it special!
It depends how much you want to spend. My husband bought me an iPad for our 5 yr anniversary this year and I LOVE it.
My husband I don't exchange gifts for our anniversary. We go out to a nice dinner and that is our gift.
