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DH and I have talked about going to Napa. But, I don't think it will be in the cards this year because of money. I think that we would go next summer though.
My secret wish is that he'll get a replica of my wedding bouquet made. I'd LOVE that.
@Gabrielle123: That's how I feel, too. We've *barely* saved any money for anything at all... let alone having enough money to go on a trip.
So, if we *do* go on a trip... I don't really want to go on one with other people!
In the end, we would probably do a weekend trip if anything.
We both wanted to go to Paris but we have a free 2 night stay at our wedding hotel we're going to take advantage of instead. We're going to have a nice dinner and relax for the weekend. We already started planning a Paris/London trip for our 2 yr anniversary.
I'd love for him to get a replica of my bouquet but I'd need to write him an email with the florist's # and explicit instructions for that to happen.
Love this thread - mostly because none of my dreams are likely a reality this year but its fun to dream right?
Gift: I'd love it if DH got me a second wedding band. I know I probably haven't earned it yet but I'd love it. OR he could get me the LV purse I have been drooling over.
Trip: We've discussed going to Napa - it would be perfect and beautiful. Probably too expense for this year though. I would also love a weekend trip to Chicago or Toronto.
DH doesn't know it but I am getting him a rolex for our 1 year anniversay/his 31st birthday gift. I really wanted to buy him a rolex for his wedding gift but it just wasn't in the cards. I know which one he wants and have the jeweler on notice! Also, his 30th birthday was 3 weeks after our wedding - we both felt quite poor at the time and he asked that I not do anything big. To this day I feel terrible for not going with my gut and doing something so I am making up for it this year.
@Minutiae: I'm so glad I'm not the only one who thought of that!
My bouquet was fairly simple, and actually wasn't *exactly* what I wanted. I told the florist that my only specification was that I wanted Peach Juliet roses in my bouquet, and I showed her *tons* of inspiration photos for my bouquet and my bridesmaids.
In the end, mine was all Peach Juliet roses and dusty miller, and my bridesmaids had a mix of peach/yellow garden flowers and peach carnations (the carnations where just to add texture... they're not my favorite).
What I really had *wanted* was something more like my maids bouquets, but with peach juliet roses added in... or, actually... a larger version of my toss bouquet.
I still *loved* my bouqet, but I would have been happier if it had the other flowers in it too.
That's a photo of my bouquet. If he just got me some flowers that had even a few of those in it, I would be a *very* happy girl.
@jboltz19: I would also *love* a second wedding band, and DH knows that, but I think it would be a better gift for a 5th anniversary or when we have our first child... I actually love the idea for when you have your first child.
Something about the symbolism- 3rd band, 3rd member of the family.
Also hoping for another wedding band for our 1st anniversary. I don't think I am going to get it, mostly because my H thinks what I have is perfect and it is too soon for another expensive piece of jewelry. But still holding out for a surprise....
The 1-year wedding anniversary is a bit far from now, but for our first dating anniversary, FI did something pretty special that I thought would be nice to share.
He picked up a photo/huge matteboard for people to sign. He carried this thing all over the place, secretly, I may add, while I was in class and got signatures and well wishes for a happy life together from all manner of people.
That night he took me to the restaurant that we went to on our very first date. He had arranged with them ahead of time to have this presented to me with a bouquet of flowers (roses and orchids) that he had picked out earlier. It came with 2 glasses of champagne to celebrate. I couldn't help but cry I was so happy.
@tinylittlebird: Ya, I like the symbolism too...and I mean I'd really just like 3 sparklers on my finger! :) DH loves how my ring looked with a band on each side so I am going to quietly hold out hope - but I'd be more than happy to accept it as a push present in a few years! :)
My dream 1st anniversary was a weekend get away to Napa (neither of us have been) and to have dinner at French Laundry (something we've dreamed about doing)....well SIL tried to make that her wedding instead, but shockingly couldn't get the French Laundry part. And since I think she is a horrible person, I'm being a petty girl and feel everything about Napa Valley is now tainted. Oops, thanks for the vent :)
So now I don't know what we'll do, or if we'll do anything since DH should hopefully be in grad school by then.
@Minutiae: I LOVE that!!! The day I had to throw out my bouquet, I couldn't bring myself to do it and made DH do it. I told him to make note of what it looks like and to get flowers like that for every anniversary from now on. He's a boy though...let's see how long he can remember what flowers were in my wedding bouquet. LOL!
Dream: Going on a trip, just he and I. Ideally back to our honeymoon location.
Reality: On the day of our anniversary, DH will leave for a four day training for work and I will be home by myself.
Such is life.
DH and I talked last night, and we agreed that the Vegas trip isn't a good idea for this summer. One of our friends already can't go, so we're going to tell them we would rather do an alone trip for our anniversary and do Vegas some other time.
Also, because I work retail, I think that someone has already scheduled the Saturday of my anniversary weekend off for someone's wedding... but our actual anniversary is on a Sunday, so I thought about requesting Sunday, Monday, and Tuesday off and having DH take a few of his vacation days.
I also work on commission, so that would actually be the better financial choice for me...
We were planning to go to Vegas, because it has SO much to do. Five star restaurants, gorgeous hotels, all the entertainment you could ever want, and a little glamour. But I would want to do it alone, NOT with a group of people. It's your anniversary! If you're wanting to do something less glitzy, tell him. I think a weekend away in the mountains is just as (probably more) romantic as a weeekend in sin city.
Well, we live in the midwest, so for us it would be expensive to fly out anywhere, honestly... especially when we have other stuff we need to take time off for this summer (Weddings, possible family vacation in July).
I think we'll possibly take a few days and go up to Chicago. I've only been a few times, and I've given him flack before about the fact that we've *never* gone together, even though we've been together nearly 6 years and it's only 4 hours away.
So I think that a mini-trip to Chicago is likely what we'll end up doing, which would certainly be a lot of fun!
Since we'll probably go on our big honeymoon a couple months before our first anniversary, we may not do much. I'd love an anniversary band, but that's dreaming. Haha. More realistically, if we go anywhere, it'd be the cabin where we spent our mini-moon. Which was awesome.
It would be nice to take a mini vaca or get an anniversary ring. But DH's family lives up north & any extra money we have will probably go towards a holiday trip there for either Thanksgiving or Christmas.
Im not really sure exactly- But my * wish * is to rent my future DH his favorite car that he definetly cant afford now-- for a day or two and let him have fun. lol
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DH and I have been discussing what we want to do for our 1st anniversary lately. The way it's coming up isn't on our terms... we have some friends who also got married in June/have 30th birthdays comeing up in June who want to do a big Vegas trip together to celebrate all of it.
I, personally, hate the idea. Celebrating my 1st anniversary with a group of DH's friends? In Vegas? No thanks. The trip idea was cute pre-wedding when they all had dreams of recreating The Hangover. But we didn't have the money then, and we don't really have the money now.
If we did go on such a trip, we wouldn't even have money to buy each other gifts, should we choose to go that route.
So, this all got me thinking: What would my "dream" 1st anniversary look like?
For me, it would include a trip, just the two of us, to somewhere we would enjoy visiting together. We went to Savannah, GA for a day together while on a family vacation, and I would love to go back. Or Portland, OR- I've *always* wanted to go, and I think we would both enjoy a trip like that.
In terms of gifts... I've not put too much thought into that, but I do think that, if DH gets me flowers, he should include the flowers I had in my wedding bouquet. Something about that seems really sweet to me.
So, what about you ladies? What would you love to do for your 1st anniversary?