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We hope to go to Italy for our 1 year :) Who knows if it will happen...but we can dream :)
We went to Cabo for a week the week before our anniversary. We used our tax return to pay for it! Hubs couldn't get the week of our anniversary off because his coworker was getting married and going on his honeymoon! The actual day of (yesterday!) we just stayed in and went out for a nice dinner. I ordered a mini wedding cake at the bakery where we had our wedding cake made and we enjoyed that after dinner!
We're hoping to go on a trip. We were low on money and took a minimoon to Savannah after the wedding and were grateful we could even do that. Now my husband has an amazing job (seriously, our income has increased about five or six times). So hopefully in March or possibly January if he finds out he can't go in March, we'll be heading over to Spain for a week or so. So we'll see but we'll at least go out to dinner.
I think it would be awesome to go on a trip but I don't really think it will happen. Maybe if we had planned for it from the start, but we'd going to vegas this week (which happens to be over our 6 mo anniversary, yay!) and we're doing NYC next May for a couple days at least... so I double we'll have the funds to do another trip in Feb. I think I'd really just like to do a nice dinner. I don't think we'll get each other extravagent gifts. We did do a love letter ceremony though so I"m super super excited to open the letter! (we plan to write a new letter for each anniversary and read last year's letter... so we'll have one letter to each other for every year of marriage).
My FI and I are already talking about this. We want to take a trip to Europe for our first anniversary. We'd like to take a foreign vacation before having children. If finances don't permit a foreign vacation we might go to a ranch in Colorado for some relaxation. That was one of our honeymoon options that didn't make the cut so it would be nice.
DH is supposed to be planning this (3 weeks away...) and I'm terrified! I keep telling him to plan something AMAZING but DH is the king of last minute and I hate the impending feeling of failure, lol! Our initial plan was to go to Costa Rica, but that got put off until December, and now I'm not sure we're going to go at all.
My plan was to to to a spa for the weekend and then have a picnic where we got married, but DH isn't enthusiastic about the idea, so that's how it all fell into his lap. We'll see where the chips fall........
Hmm! Maybe we'll fly back up to Annapolis and take advantage of the complimentary dinner that our venue provides for the first anniversary. And I like another bee's idea of ordering a mini wedding cake! I missed out on eating mine and I highly regret that. Maybe DH will be okay with dropping in on the in-laws for a visit while we're there, too (might as well!).
Only about 3 weeks to go! We are going back to where we had our wedding reception (private room of a restaurant). I'm going to call them to see if they have a private party that night and if not, we want to sit in the same room.
As for gifts, DH wants to be romantic and sentimental but I want to be realistic and get a mutual gift of a new laptop.
My bday is 2 weeks later...he can personalize my gift then!
I also want to (Corny alert!) put my dress back on when we get home and play our first dance song and just dance in the living room.
We are celebrating our 1-year in October - we have a little 3-day Groupon cruise that will run Sunday-Tuesday (Sunday is our actual anniversary), so the Saturday before we are going to the departing city, renting a nice hotel room in a Hilton resort, and celebrating with a bottle of chocolate-covered champagne we've been saving :) He actually brought up the idea of presents yesterday - so I'm getting him an Indigonight.com custom print of our wedding venue (he's kind of into art, so I think he'll love it) and he's probably getting me jewelry :)
We planned on going on a trip and that's what we did. We weren't sure what we wanted to do but we knew we wanted to go some where. We ended up going back to the city where we got married (we unexpectedly moved away about 4 months after we got married). We stayed two nights at a boutique hotel in a suite with our own private pool and jacuzzi tub. It was wonderful and relaxing. We went to all our favorite restaurants from when we lived there. The whole thing was fantastic and I'm glad we did a laid back kind of weekend get away.
Hubs just took me to a nice dinner at Ruth Chris. Our anniversary is only a few weeks after Valentine's day and my husband surprised me with a weekend at the OpryLand Hotel for Valentine's day so we didn't need another big weekend so soon. Next year for our two year anniversary we'll probably go to the carribean.
We are going to Disney World for our first annivesary next month. It's our belated honeymoon since we were unable to take one after the wedding. We are so excited!
We hope we'll be home with a baby, or be big and pregnant. We may plan a short getaway if we're not.
Ours was yesterday and we didn't do anything. I was away at a bridal shower/stagette all weekend so we didn't do much. But we are leaving for New York on Sunday and that will be our trip! YAY! So excited!
There's no way we'll have the time or money to go on a really exciting 1-year anniversary trip. However, 5 weeks before our anniversary we're going to the Caribbean with my family. It'll be a great time, and we'll also get a chance to do the relaxing beach vacation that we didn't do for our honeymoon, plus spend time together. We also have some vacation left over at the tail end of that trip, so maybe we'll do something else special.
Our actual anniversary is on a Tuesday and we're both working all week. I'm actually on evenings and probably won't even get home till after midnight, so we might not even see each other. :(
My husband & I are planning a trip--a small, short weekend trip. Its only a state away. But its something we both want to do really bad & its perfect for our anniversary because our anniversary is in December. We are planning a trip to TN to see the big Christmas light show they have & we are pretty excited. Also our Anniversary falls on a weekend so work wont be a problem. :-)
On our actual anniversary we had plans to go to a winery/tasting but it was thunderstorming all day so we went outlet shopping and then to a nice dinner. We will be going on a cruise in December for what we like to call our second honeymoon.
We spent our first wedding anniversary on a picture-perfect beach (love that sugar-white sand and crystal-clear water) on the island of Anguilla in the Caribbean. We drank rum punch all day, and in the evening we walked down the beach together as the sun was setting to a walk-up beachfront French restaurant, where the owner served us an unbelievably delicious four-course meal. Total dream of a place - Anguilla is the kind of romantic island where you feel like you and your spouse are the only people in the world.
Then when we got back home, we had dinner at the restaurant run by the folks who catered our wedding, then came home to a bottle of Bordeaux we'd been saving for a long time and a slice of our complimentary anniversary cake (replica of the top tier of our wedding cake).
DH and I are planning to go on a "honeymoon" since moving cross-country days after the wedding didn't leave us with the funds or time for a real honeymoon. Since we're on the west coast now we're considering Hawaii or an Alaskan cruise - fingers crossed.
Aw, all of your first anniversaries sound wonderful!
@LittlestBirds: I would LOVE to go to Anguilla! Your trip sounds absolutely amazing. So glad you were able to spend such a special anniversary that way!
We spent our honeymoon skiing/snowboarding in Whistler so for our first anniversary, we took another ski/snowboard trip but we stayed local. We have season passes for Mammoth Mtn and we go all the time.
But for this trip, my husband booked a condo at the fanciest place in town. We spent our anniversary on the mountain all day and then went out for a nice dinner in the village.
After that, we went back to our condo, opened a bottle of champagne, and ate the rest of our wedding cake. It was still delicious after being in our freezer for a year!
We are going to plan a trip to disney for our 1 year anniversary! Have to get through the wedding first though haha
Ours is still a few months away, but we're going away for the weekend to the Willows Inn in the San Juan Islands. It's a rustic but romantic B&B with a restaurant that's become internationally known in the last year or so. We've reserved a room with a beach view. [We're also going on our delayed honeymoon to the Galapagos Islands a couple of weeks before our first anniversary]
We tested that whole "in sickness and in health" thing...
The night before our anniversary, my husband was supposed to start a set of nights (4 12-hour night shifts in a row). But instead of coming down to take a shower, he came down fully dressed and said we needed to go to the ER - his left arm was numb.
It turned out to probably be a pinched nerve (though they were worried it was a mini-stroke), but we spent the next 24 hours in the ER. They did release him at 5pm on our actual anniversary, though, so we went home and cuddled and counted ourselves very lucky. (Oh, and he'd arranged to have flowers delivered that morning before this all happened. He done good - they were beautiful.)
I'd like some flowers like I had in my bouquet and then a night away or two maybe.
We were planning on returning to our honeymoon spot, same condo and everything. But turns out, we're having a baby a month before, which I guess is an even more special early 1st anniversary present!
I was hoping for the 5 diamond band that matched my engagement ring. My wedding band is a smaller version of DH's ring (he wanted them to match). And I wanted the matching band. So, now I have both.
I'm hoping to go back to where we had our honeymoon and do different things. We played put-put golf, went to the wax museum, and watched a movie at the i-max and a few other things but this time I want to go to the titanic exhibit and a few more things. We are already at the 6 month mark. It's really hard to believe. I'm also wanting to get my husband a new wedding band. His original was a cheap thing that was too big so he can't wear it.
I had hoped for more. We didnt do anything. We really wanted to take a vacations seeing as we had to CANCEL our honeymoon and lost out on all the $$ we put into it. Then around our one year his parents happen to decide to come up during that time and were visiting. So we just hung around. : ( At least it was together with Family. But our wedding was rough due to "people" and then honeymoon canceled, hoped we could "re-do" on our Ann. but guess not this year.
DH was planning a surprise for our one year, but spilled the beans yesterday because he needed my input. We're going to a resort near where we live for 2 nights and getting spa treatments and overall pampering. He figured he should tell me so I could pick out my spa services and he could book them. His original plan was to not tell me anything until we were there.
And I ordered a small cake from the baker that made our wedding cake.
No clue now that we know I'll be due right around our 1 yr anni.... EDD Apr 1st, Anniversary Apr 9th.
Guess we'll hope that I won't be pregnant anymore. lol
we went on a trip like a 4-day vacation and we're doing that again next year. We will be TTC at the time so I think next year will be our last year because once the kiddos come along everything will be tougher/more expensive too!
We didn't go back to our honeymoon dest. because honestly we didn't like it....too much of a crowd, too many tourists and very raunchy (lots of bars with strippers, dancers and girls walking around with barely there bikinis!) So no...never again.
with that said: I am actually a home-body and once we have kids I wouldn't mind just sending them off to sleep and having a romantic dinner with hubby (especially if he brings home a box of chocolates!)
Our first anniversary is coming up on September 18!
We are leaving for Cabo on Saturday! I am so excited! It was a last minute decision, but we found a great deal and will be headed to Barcelo in Los Cabos, MX. :)
We went to Riviera Maya (East Coast) for our honeymoon last year, so we decided to do the West. We will be back three days before our actual anniversary, which also is FIL's 70th birthday.
On our actual anniversary, we will go out to dinner and eat our wedding cake at home!
THESE NEXT THREE DAYS NEED TO FLY BY! :D
We had a overnight trip planned, I was super psyched for it!
But last minute my MIL got sick and went into the hospital. She was going through a whole host of testings so we did not want to leave the country (the trip was in Canada we are in Upstate NY) so we cancelled it. I was bummed but family is way more important.
At the end of the day we had a really nice relaxing day together and went to dinner at a local steakhouse which my ILs gifted us. :)
It all works out, all that matters is you are with your husband/wife.
And oh since we had a kick a$$ honeymoon and buying a new house the gift we stipulated to be small and under $50. And I must say both of our gifts were awesome and came in under $30! Both DIY and paper related (I'm so proud of my husband for knowing that one!)
Hmmm I'm not keeping my hopes high... DH told me the other day he had begun to plan our 1st anniversary but I think it will probably be just a dinner at a nice restaurant... we will have just come back from a 3 week holiday so going away is out of the picture....
... i'd probably be content with a weekend in Paris but even that i think would be too much!!
We took a weekend trip that my husband planned as a surprise. I requested that he only tell me where we were going once we got in the car. It was really fun!
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As newlyweds of 2 months, we still talk about our wedding/honeymoon all the time and realllly hope to go on a first anniversary trip! We also know that just about everyone says that and it doesn't really happen.
How many of you had hopes and expectations of your first anniversary that didn't happen or just the opposite..did you have an amazing first anniversary - go on a trip, etc? ..I'm curious!