How did you celebrate yours? Since we are in a small town and cant visit a big city (and hence not alot of options), we are thinking of doing small presents, some sort of activity ( a movie, bowling etc since we dont do these very often) and dinner at a nice place. I want to bake the cake myself.
More ideas/suggestions are welcome.
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Is it bad that I dotn remember?
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I think taking out on movies, eating outside etc is getting old now (not saying that it shouldn't be done cuz the couple still might enjoy it) but you should try something different. I remember a guppy had suggested taking the spouse on a hot balloon ride in a thread with similar topic.
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Muniya, i dont know if its bad or not, i shall come back in 5-6 years to relate :)
HHL: I thought about that but its too cold to do that activity here. PLus i dont even know if its an option in my pind.
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Muniya, i dont know if its bad or not, i shall come back in 5-6 years to relate :)
HHL: I thought about that but its too cold to do that activity here. PLus i dont even know if its an option in my pind.
Did you misspell* 'mind'* or did you type that intentionally? :D
Khair, one idea (I guess too late for married couple now) could've been to buy a diary and write an entry like everyday (every other day or every week) and give it to your spouse as an additional gift on 1st anniversary. Some might think it's too much work for both, the husband and wife or might think that it's kinda fruity but you never know, your spouse might've enjoy reading it :P. You can still do it for your next anniversary. Khair, these and some others I have in mind are gift ideas and that's not the topic here. You can go with the options you have in first post. You can also have a small party at your place where you invite close family members and friends, unless you want to do everything as a couple that day.
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^ Diary… hahahahahahahahahahahahaahahaahaha 
No i’m not laughing at ur idea but imagining what’d happen if i gave my diary to hubby … 
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How did you celebrate yours? Since we are in a small town and cant visit a big city (and hence not alot of options), we are thinking of doing small presents, some sort of activity ( a movie, bowling etc since we dont do these very often) and dinner at a nice place. I want to bake the cake myself.
More ideas/suggestions are welcome.
Let it be a romantic day at home :)...with the list of doing stuff u lose the essence of it...the baking a cake is a good idea...I remember I did too..it was heart shaped
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I didn’t say give yours to him. I said buy a separate one for that purpose specifically 
Nothing wrong with it. And this might give you a chance to express your feelings and/or discuss the problems you might face everyday. Hence, it’ll give your spouse a better idea if he/she already does not know and can also help the couple improve for the following year.
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My first anniv i think...ill be waking up at 6 am, trudging through the awful cold weather and going to a class and be a hateful snappy person that day. :(
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no theres nothing wrong wiht it and again sorry for laughing…it is a good idea, but of course depends on the couple themselves if they’ll like htat idea…
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Any shows nearby your town that you 2 may be interested in, can do a show & dinner. Maybe take a day trip out somewhere (depending where you live) and find an activity to do or a place to visit. Would going away for the weekend be within your budget?
How about leaving a trail of notes for him to find with different messages...maybe give few small presents and have clues written on notes as to where to find the gift...ok im rambling
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well i already gave u the coffee table idea, but u said it won't work coz u don't have enough pics.. how abt a coupon book for ur husband? like 12 coupons, one for each month until the next anniversary.. or celebrate all week long. you could put in all sorts of fun stuff, you can be generous ... like "Control of the Remote for one entire day" and "aap ki farmaaish meal coupon" :D and the rest i'll leave to ur creativity n imagination :p
also, presents don't have to be tangible things, last year, i gifted one of my friends a flickr pro account since she's very much into photography... this year i was gifted an online subscription to zee tv, which i really use since i work from home so much and am always at my laptop.. so see if he has a hobby you can indulge.
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Did you misspell* 'mind'* or did you type that intentionally? :D
Khair, one idea (I guess too late for married couple now) could've been to buy a diary and write an entry like everyday (every other day or every week) and give it to your spouse as an additional gift on 1st anniversary. Some might think it's too much work for both, the husband and wife or might think that it's kinda fruity but you never know, your spouse might've enjoy reading it :P. You can still do it for your next anniversary. Khair, these and some others I have in mind are gift ideas and that's not the topic here. You can go with the options you have in first post. You can also have a small party at your place where you invite close family members and friends, unless you want to do everything as a couple that day.
I like that idea...its a really beautiful and meaningful idea...probably better than giving anything materialistic.
If I ever get a husband, i think i might use that idea HHL. Thanks for the idea.
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^ Best of luck 
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Just make sure you don’t tell him about it until that day (i.e. keep it inside you for an year) 
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NIce ideas guys. Namkeen, Afro, Ask and HHL. Those are some wonderful ideas. I already had the diary idea in my mind but i think i will do it for next year InshaAllah. We wanted to take a trip out to somewhere but thats not really feasible at the moment with our current committments and all. We try to celebrate whenever we can Alhamdulillah so thats not a problem but i just want to make this day stand out. We shall see how it goes.
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Not sure where you live, but we went to Houston and Galveston Island, both in Texas, for our first wedding anniversary. I drove because we both love long drives. From Houston, it's only an hour's drive away from my brother's place. Galveston was fun. We arrived there, checked into the hotel, went to Moody Gardens. Moody gardens has a 3-D and a 4-D theater, dinosaurs exhibition, and a few other things. Then we ate lunch. After that we went to the beach and spent some time there.
At night, we went to a very nice spanish restaurant and then watched a movie that night. Next day we woke up and went to a local family-owned diner where we got a lot of attention once the old waiter found out we were there for our first wedding anniversary. Then we checked out of the hotel, had lunch and then drove back.
Galveston Island is a beautiful pleace and prices were very reasonable as well.
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^ wow that sounds like a really fun way to spend ur first anniversary! can i ask what time of year this was?
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^ wow that sounds like a really fun way to spend ur first anniversary! can i ask what time of year this was?
Julyyyyyy..it was sooo beautiful n romantic!!!!!
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Julyyyyyy..it was sooo beautiful n romantic!!!!!
wow...very romantic hai...:)
Ab ki bar unkay leye ek sweet sa hindi song bhi sing karna....haaaye....phir aur bhi perfect ho gaye ga...:D
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Shikra and the Mrs, that sounds like a nice way of celebrating. We are in Iowa (in the middle of corn fields). the plan so far is movies and dinner at a nice place and some other activity, either miniature golfing or bowling. We shall see what the weather is like and decide or just follow on a spontaneous idea perhaps. I just want it to be special, InshaAllah! :love: