Birthday and Anniversary Approaching

[twotrue]

I feel like I do this every time, but help me out ladies. In the next two weeks K and I will be celebrating five years of marriage as well as her birthday. I need ideas. What to do? Buy? Where to go?

Throw 'em all out there and I'll wade through the ideas.

[Deleted]

The fifth anniversary is the Wood anniversary. What kind of gifts does she like?

[eratmama]

Wood--I'd go with a canoe paddle.
Restaurant with a fireplace.
B&B with a fireplace
Firepit for the yard

One track mind tonight.

[clickerish]

We believe in gifts of time/experiences...so I would consider taking her somewhere nice and getting a babysitter. If not for a weekend, at least for an interesting date. I don't know K, though, so not sure how to be more specific on that.

[thiswillbe]

Wood? WOOD? We've got WOOD this year? What in the world do you do with that?

Although, I have to admit S got me a very, very sweet Mother's Day gift of a wooden jewelry box that she'd had engraved with a poem she wrote to me ("from" the kids). But that's a little girly for S and K, I suspect. ;-)

[Deleted]

I googled "wood anniversary gifts" and this Etsy search came up.

www.etsy.com/search?includes%5B0%5D=tags&q=wood+anniversary+gifts&page=1

[twotrue]

Thanks all! Maybe I should purchase the wood shelves she wants for the basement ;-)

I've always gotten K an anniversary gift that goes with the traditional theme. I would like to do it again this year, but feel no pressure to because she clearly does not notice. ;-)

[bluedaisyus]

You could do what we did and remodel your kitchen, then say that the new wooden cabinets were your expensive as hell gift to each other and call it even.

[never2amazing]

the cheesy side of me: www.amazon.com/NOVICA-Wood-sculpture-Heart-Power/dp/B005199B78/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343674884&sr=8-1&keywords=Heart+Power+Wood+Sculpture

[twotrue]

Jul 30, 2012 14:03:44 GMT -5 never2amazing said:

the cheesy side of me: www.amazon.com/NOVICA-Wood-sculpture-Heart-Power/dp/B005199B78/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8&qid=1343674884&sr=8-1&keywords=Heart+Power+Wood+Sculpture

That is very sweet and I'd like the cheesy-ness of it, but K, probably not as much

This is so hard. I'm trying to talk her into us not doing gifts and then just going away for a weekend sometime in the future.

[thiswillbe]

Jul 30, 2012 15:18:50 GMT -5 twotrue said:

I'm trying to talk her into us not doing gifts and then just going away for a weekend sometime in the future.

There's gotta be a wooden magnet/ sculpture/ something that shows a place you'd like to spend a weekend away. Like, say, this wooden puzzle of the Washington Monument, which you could give to her with a note suggesting you come down here for a little vacation. Built-in free nestie babysitters included! (And a guest room, if you want it!)

[twotrue]

Jul 30, 2012 15:32:18 GMT -5 thiswillbe said:

Jul 30, 2012 15:18:50 GMT -5 twotrue said:

I'm trying to talk her into us not doing gifts and then just going away for a weekend sometime in the future.

There's gotta be a wooden magnet/ sculpture/ something that shows a place you'd like to spend a weekend away. Like, say, this wooden puzzle of the Washington Monument, which you could give to her with a note suggesting you come down here for a little vacation. Built-in free nestie babysitters included! (And a guest room, if you want it!)

Oh, I already told her about the guest room and my plan to visit! And btw, she says congratulations!