| The first anniversary is officially designated the paper | | | | about a photo-book? Put together pictures of your first |
| anniversary, making this one of the easiest to find a | | | | year together with captions (funny or otherwise) and |
| really great romantic gift, whether you are looking for | | | | you've not only a lovely romantic gift, but a potential |
| something for a man or a woman. | | | | family heirloom. |
| Top of the list: books. Easy to get and with a whole | | | | Many women enjoy writing letters and keeping in |
| range of prices, books are a great choice, but | | | | touch. Since it is so easy to do so electronically these |
| remember that to class as a romantic gift the choice | | | | days, it's likely that written communications will become |
| should be personal. Gift tokens are not romantic, but | | | | highly prized. If your beloved enjoys the process of |
| hopefully after a year of marriage you'll know his | | | | putting real ink to paper, some beautiful notelets, |
| favorite sport, or movie star. A book with the history | | | | decorated notepaper, or even a whole wardrobe of |
| of a team, or about the development of a product | | | | stationery will make a lovely gift if personalized in |
| (say a car or airplane) can also be a good choice. A | | | | some way. It's easy to find services to print her name |
| magazine subscription can also make an interesting | | | | or monogram, or if that's outside your budget, choose |
| gift, perhaps a book about his (or her) favorite hobby | | | | a design which features her favorite animal or flower. |
| with a magazine subscription to top up the gift each | | | | Less obvious 'paper' anniversary gifts include tickets. |
| month. When looking for a gift for your wife, its | | | | From a trip to the local theater to a world cruise, |
| diplomatic to avoid cookery books or books about | | | | tickets are available at all price points. Here it is |
| style. She may be interested in the subject, but the | | | | important to understand what makes a gift romantic. |
| essence of romantic gift giving is to give someone | | | | Tickets for a weekend shopping trip for your wife and |
| something they want, but that they would not buy for | | | | her mother may be appreciated, but lack romance. |
| themselves. Cookery books do not usually fall into that | | | | Tickets for a trip to the theater for you both would be |
| category. | | | | a better bet, and depending on where you live, may |
| For a luxury paper anniversary gift, consider a first | | | | also be cheaper. |
| edition. In the case of a relatively new book, this may | | | | If money is no object, there's no reason to feel |
| one day become a collectors item, but if your loved | | | | restricted by paper, as most items of any |
| one has a particular favorite book, a first or rare edition | | | | consequence have some form of 'paper' associated |
| of the book could make an excellent gift which will only | | | | with them. How about a car? Rather than handing |
| increase in value with the years. | | | | over the key, put the registration document in an |
| Other paper based gifts include photographs. If, like | | | | envelope, or if you've finally bought that cottage in the |
| many, you're newly married and impecunious, this can | | | | country, you can do the same thing with the deeds. |
| be a good way to go. Choose a picture (or pictures) | | | | However much money you have available to buy your |
| which mean something to you both, frame and wrap | | | | gift, paper is one of the easiest and most versatile |
| them nicely. You can buy sets of 10 assorted photo | | | | anniversaries. Chose well and get your second year of |
| frames for only $20 or so, and they make a great | | | | marriage of to a good start, next year it's cotton, |
| display on the wall. If you don't like to display them, how | | | | which isn't nearly so easy! |