Anniversary Presents

A month ago, when we made reservations to have dinner on our anniversary, M (now to be known as Mr. D, because having two M’s (him and me) is too confusing in my head) and I discussed whether or not we would exchange anniversary presents.  This hasn’t really come up before, as obviously, this is our first wedding anniversary, and prior to getting married, we weren’t really sure when our anniversary would be, just that it was sometime around Memorial Day the year we met, so we would talk about it in April and decide on a day, and usually just have dinner. 

 

Since we had decided on a very nice (read expensive) restaurant for our dinner, we decided to not exchange presents – until yesterday morning (anniversary is Sunday).  Whilst I am happily munching on cereal and watching Squawk Box, Mr. D decides that we should exchange presents, of the traditional sort, meaning that as it is our first anniversary, it should be along the “paper” theme.  So not fair.  At work, I email him for a spending limit, which is sizably more than me writing him a poem, but not high enough for me to worry about receive “paper” jewelry (which would show me up, which is almost always the goal), but I confirm that he did have something in mind when he proposed this plan, but had not actually purchased it.  Then, 15 minutes later I received an update that I didn’t need to worry about getting it to the house for Sunday, because his gift for me would not arrive until later.

 

Of course, I emailed my sister for some ideas, but that turned up short, with ideas ranging from stationary to poems (which would not be received well) to a family crest (meh?).  Throughout the course of the day, I went back and forth between a book (on cocktails), a framed print, and something based on a picture of us and or the dog from the Kodak store,* finally settling on a framed print of a vintage liquor advertisement when I got home.   

 

Now, when I emailed Ree for the advice, I requested that she not inform our mother, as I would not appreciate her contributions.  Sure enough, that evening Mom emailed me with her suggestion, which was a print of a landscape of Greece (honeymoon locale).  This is why I did not want her chiming in, because Mr. D and I bought a canvas of the cheesy sunset (that we may have only had put on a stretcher a week ago) while we were on our honeymoon.  I immediately emailed Ree and told her that I was going to tell Mom that she (Ree) was thinking of getting pregnant (that’ll teach her).  Apparently, it took my mom no more than 30 seconds to send out an email when she heard of my plight.  Sigh.  I guess that will be helpful if I ever actually have an email emergency.

 

 

*Note – KodakGallery actually has a very cute idea on their site.  You can take a photo and have it printed onto a pillowcase.  Before I decided that the gift would underwhelm Mr. D, I briefly thought of taking a picture of Sasha on top of the sheet set, then printing onto the pillowcase, so it would look like she was ALWAYS sitting there, and not just right after we wake up.

 

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