Winning at Marriage

My anniversary is coming up and I was trying to figure out what to get my husband to celebrate. Looking for inspiration,  I went to the almighty Hallmark website, to see what was the appropriate gift to mark the numerical year of my anniversary.  I was horrified.

This is what Hallmark had to say.  

Anniversary	Traditional	Modern
1st	Paper	Clocks
2nd	Cotton	China
3rd	Leather	Crystal/Glass
4th	Fruit/Flowers	Appliances
5th	Wood	Silverware
6th	Candy/Iron	Wood
7th	Wool/Copper	Desk Sets
8th	Pottery/Bronze	Linens/Lace
9th	Willow/Pottery	Leather
10th	Tin/Aluminum	Diamond Jewelry
11th	Steel	Fashion Jewelry
12th	Silk/Linen	Pearls
13th	Lace	Textile Furs
14th	Animals*	Gold Jewelry
15th	Crystal	Watches
20th	China	Platinum
25th	Silver	Silver
30th	Pearl	Diamond
35th	Coral	Jade
40th	Ruby	Ruby
45th	Sapphire	Sapphire
50th	Gold	Gold
60th	Diamond	Diamond

* Historically, the traditional 14th anniversary gift was ivory, but endangered elephant populations make this an unethical choice.

I feel cheated that I missed leather.  There are some interesting things that I could have done will leather. Right now I am on Fruit/Flowers or better yet Appliances.  I am not entirely sure that, Honey I love you. Please enjoy this new oven and please don't cook me in it, is the way I want to go. 

I feel like this list had a lot left to be desired. It didn't inspire me, well maybe the leather did, but other than that it didn't give me much to work with. The idea of buying fruit or flowers or appliances doesn't stir the blood. I decided that I would make my own list.  

Anniversary 

1st-Tee Shirts   

2nd- Action figures/ Toys

3rd - Comics/ Books

4th-Movies/Theater/Entertainment

5th- Games

6th- Beverages/ Alcohol

7th- Amusement Park/Fairs/ Concerts

8th- Kitchen Gadgets

9th- Food

10th- Electronics/ Computer 

11th-Themed Conventions

12th- The Great Out Doors 

13th- Winery/ Beer tours

14th- Pajamas/ Costumes

15th- Themed Hotel Room

20th- Destination Trip (hello hobbits)

25th- Jewelry

30th-Museums

35th- Leather/ Weaponry

40th-Art

45th- Mythical Creature

50th- Vow renewal - Themed

55th First edition

60th-Trophy

That's right, for my 60th anniversary, my husband and I should get a trophy for winning at marriage.