What to do with #2??

As a newlywed, there's still a lot of things i'm learning about being married. How to say things differently so your spouse don't get his feelings hurt, when to NOT say anything and just let it go, when to push them a little bit because you know they want you to, as well as other traditional rules like what kind of anniversary presents are for each year of your marriage. The last part I did not know about!!!

You know the saying "If I knew now what I know then..." well I feel that way sometimes about our wedding and the beginning of our married life. I didn't know there were all these things your expected to do. Like gifts for each other on your wedding day, notes to each other, and other things like that. For our first anniversary, we didn't really do presents, we just spent a lot on ourselves and took a really nice trip. But I didn't know you're supposed to give a "paper" gift....does our reciept count???

Last night I was thinking that I have about 3 months until our 2nd wedding annivesary and I don't even know what the 2nd anniversary traditional gift is.....so to Google I went!! Did you know the traditional gift for your 100th anniversary is a 10 carat diamond ring???? Whoever wrote these must have known that no one hardly ever gets to their 100th wedding anniversary, but it sure is nice to dream!! haha. Well...for the rest of you who are like me and don't know these rules...here's a list to help you out. Looks like someone is getting a bag of cotton balls this year! If only... :)

Traditional Wedding Anniversary Gift List

1st Paper

2nd Cotton

3rd Leather

 4th Fruit, flowers

5th Wood

6th Sugar

7th Copper, wool

8th Bronze, pottery

9th Pottery, willow

10th Tin

11th Steel

12th Silk, linen

13th Lace

14th Ivory

15th Crystal

20th China

25th Silver

30th Pearl

35th Coral

40th Ruby

45th Sapphire

50th Gold

55th Emerald

60th Diamond

75th Platinum Diamondlike Stones, Gold

80th Diamond, Pearl

85th Diamond, Sapphire

90th Diamond, Emerald

95th Diamond, Ruby

100th 10 Carat Diamond