Anniversary Gifts - Seventeenth Anniversary
By: Michael Russell
Looking for an anniversary gift for your seventeenth anniversary? Well, if that’s the case, it’s time to look around the house. Why? Because this is the year to buy furniture. And since this is such a broad category, you will certainly have more than enough ideas to choose from. Need help in deciding? These tips should give you a hand.
Since there is no traditional gift idea for this anniversary, the list makers were kind enough to at least give us a broad enough category so that we don’t go crazy trying to figure out what to get our spouse. Still, there is some thought that needs to go into purchasing this anniversary treasure.
For starters, look around your house and pick out all the pieces of furniture that have probably outlived their usefulness. After 17 years of marriage, you are certain to have at least a couple of pieces that are pretty much on their way out. Make a list of all of these pieces. This doesn’t mean you are going to replace them all. This is just to give you something to choose from.
The next thing you want to do is look through your house and make a note of the things that you don’t have. Maybe you always wanted to get a china cabinet, but because you didn’t actually get any china until a couple of years ago, you never bothered. Make a note of all these “missing” pieces and add them to the list.
What you then want to do is decide which is more important. If you’re couch is falling apart and is about to be something that you can no longer sit in, it is probably more important that you get a replacement couch than something that you have been living without for 17 years. Another year without it is probably not going to kill you.
After your list is complete, the next thing you want to do is take a look at your budget and see what you can afford. If you’ve decided to go with replacing an old piece that is falling apart but only have a couple hundred bucks to spend, then getting a brand new couch that can easily cost you a grand or more is probably out of the question unless you can find a good deal somewhere.
However, for those of you with big bucks to spend, there is nothing that will bring a bigger smile to you wife’s face than to surprise her with a brand new living room set. That’s right, the whole set. Coffee table, end tables, couch and whatever else you want to fit in it. Just make sure that the delivery men come on a day when she is not going to be home so she can really be surprised when she walks through the front door and sees that her living room is completely new.
Certainly, with a category like furniture, you should have no trouble finding your spouse a gift that will make an impression and last at least another 17 years.
Michael Russell
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