Anniversaries… why are they so special? Why do they mean so much to couples? Although most couples celebrate an anniversary even when they are not married, to me I think they are more special when you are married. It signifies the years of commitment and the fact that each year has a unique meaning adds to why I think a wedding anniversary is a perfect day.
Maybe I’m very pro-wedding anniversaries today because today is the 25th Anniversary of my parents. A pretty good number if I say so myself. A couple of month ago I remember talking to both my parents at different points and having them discuss what they should get the other for their anniversary. They wanted both mine and my sisters advice, I’d say we know them both equally well and it’s a big number so they wanted to make it special. Let’s start with my mum first – she 100% did not know what to get him. He’s a difficult one to buy for if I’m honest because he is one of those guys that just gets what they want rather than asking other people for it. Maybe it’s because he is impatient or maybe it’s just because he thinks to himself “I may as well buy it myself”. But that does not help in the gift giving situation especially with my mum pondering what kind of anniversary gift to get him. In all honesty I don’t know if they’ve exchanged gifts yet and if they read this then I may get into trouble so I’ll just give some hints on how my mum settled on a gift rather than telling you exactly what she got him. I’ll just say that she went for something personalised and thus something he would cherish 
. It’s actually very beautiful – she’s had the year they got married engraved on to it and a special message that its unique just to them. I asked my mum what this message meant and I wasn’t allowed to know!!! The gift she has chosen is pretty simple, but I think that is what makes it. The fact that she has taken the time to get it engraved and made sure that its a gift that’s relevant to his taste and interests (i.e. him being ex-air force and his love of planes). And if you are going to buy a gift for someone then you should make it so that it is one that they will remember. There is no point in buying something that is going to get put in the trash.
Dad, on the other hand had loads of ideas for my mum. I think he’s settled on jewellery, but his is more of a surprise…. It was very sweet last night, I went round to my mum and dad’s for dinner and afterwards I decided to stay over, more for the fact that I couldn’t be bothered to drive home (it’s a good job I keep clothes at their house) but as I was heading to bed, Dad gave mum her “first” anniversary present (I have a feeling there are going to be a number of presents during the day). He had got her a personalised pen. She loves to write and he got her a brand new pen which he had had engraved. It too had the same message that mum wrote on her gift to dad. I really wish I knew what it meant.
The interesting thing is that they both went for personalised gifts. And it made me wonder, why? Why go for a personalised gift… what is the appeal of personalization? I think it has something to do with the fact that a personalised gift has a lot of sentiment. You’ve taken the time to get the gift personalisation either with engraving, a card or just plain text. But it is the thought that has gone into it.
Do you want to know what I got them? Don’t worry I’ve given it to them so I can tell you all about it. I too went for a personalised gift… however I think mine top’s both of their gifts. I got them a personalised photo frame, it’s also engraved with a message. But I think the thing that makes my gift unique is the photo inside it. I spent a bit of time on this and because I’m a whizz of photoshop I came out really well! What I’ve done it found a really old photo of them, probably from when they first met and PhotoShopped it so that instead of their “young” faces, it has their faces now. I quite like it and so do they. Or maybe they were just being nice. Don’t worry I didn’t just give them a personalised photo frame I also got them tickets to go and see Michael Buble!
Anniversary Chart
