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    3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    3 Year Anniversary tomorrow - what to get the wife? Any ideas?

    budget = up to £150 available, but don't need to spend that.

    Clothes, Jewellery and perfume are no go - I always get wrong things!

    I want a new Bluray player, maybe she does to! - unlikely.
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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Using the traditional wedding anniversary gift list (which myself and mrs mycarsavw follow) you'll be looking for something leather.

    Good luck!
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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    How about making her something? Spend less = more thougthful

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Really? 3 yrs is leather? Cool. 3yrs coming up next year. Oh, the possibilities...

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by DR View Post
    How about making her something? Spend less = more thougthful
    My creative talents end at drawing stick men - poorly.

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Smudger View Post
    Really? 3 yrs is leather? Cool. 3yrs coming up next year. Oh, the possibilities...
    I wouldn't get too excited, you'll probably get a wallet too.
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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    Using the traditional wedding anniversary gift list
    Where's this list too? I can't think of anything Leather to get her. she doesn't like leather, apart to sit on.

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
    Where's this list too? I can't think of anything Leather to get her. she doesn't like leather, apart to sit on.
    It's in our "useless crap goes in this drawer" drawer.

    I think this is pretty much the same though
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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by Brewster0101 View Post
    My creative talents end at drawing stick men - poorly.
    A well drawn stick man is worth a 1000 words!

    Is there anything you do together that you could put it towards? Or is there anything you both want to learn? Get some dancing classes or something (just as an example, don't know if that's the kind of thing that would interest you!) so that you can spend some time together, my ex seemed to like that kind of thing!

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by mycarsavw View Post
    It's in our "useless crap goes in this drawer" drawer.

    I think this is pretty much the same though
    90 - stone? After all those years together, you're meant to get something made of stone?? Sounds pretty rubbish to me.

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    90 - stone? After all those years together, you're meant to get something made of stone?? Sounds pretty rubbish to me.
    This is the point where all her withering looks come to fruition and you actually turn to stone. A present for her, really...

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Top tip for buying gifts for women!


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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    why not make her a bath with rose's in it and candle light aswell as a dinner to go with...then you could get something like a set of 3 rose's (of her fav colour) yeno 3 years 3 rose's? then of course the gift, something she likes so erm a braclet? cant go wrong with this kind fo stuff for women
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    It was so small that mine wouldn't fit into it

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by razer121 View Post
    why not make her a bath with rose's in it and candle light aswell as a dinner to go with...then you could get something like a set of 3 rose's (of her fav colour) yeno 3 years 3 rose's? then of course the gift, something she likes so erm a braclet? cant go wrong with this kind fo stuff for women
    This is tough. I love all the ideas so far, but ......

    She doesn't enjoy baths.
    She doesn't really care much for flower or Roses.

    We are not that romantic and we have a 4 year old son, so getting out and doing stuff is quite hard.

    Last year we went to imax to watch Avatar SE, which was a cool idea. We both love the film and never been to an imax cinema before.

    Year before that we went on a pirate ship for a 2 hour sail around the Baltic sea. That was cool.

    This year she said she is happy with just going out for a nice meal... Easy enough where we live.

    But I think a small token present would be wise. I actually already got her a custom made photo book, but I gave this to her already.

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    Get the grandparents to come babysit and go out for the evening to a nice hotel. £150 should pay for a room, dinner and a nice bottle of wine.

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    Re: 3 Year Anniversary - what to get the wife!!

    Quote Originally Posted by htid View Post
    90 - stone? After all those years together, you're meant to get something made of stone?? Sounds pretty rubbish to me.
    I think the idea is that after 90 years you'll probably be so fed up of each other that a large stone could come in handy.

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