TeamWell, it’s been a year or a few, and you still love this person, but you need to show that too, and what’s a better time to do that than on the vary day you promised to love each love forever. Let me first congratulate you on your anniversary! Your love still blossoms after all this time and it’s definitely a special occasion. Celebrating your love is important, and thanks to these 5 tips for a perfect anniversary, you’ll have the time of your life.
Make this day count and plan it ahead of time so that you can enjoy all 24h of it! Here’s how:
1. Pick a thoughtful gift ahead of time
Some couples stop buying presents for each other, but I say this is a must. Naturally, you don’t need to spend half of your salary to leave your partner breathless. A thoughtful gift doesn’t have to be expensive. You can even make one on your own. Remember the places that were somehow important for your relationship? Print a map, put hearts on those places, connect them, and frame it! There are also some traditional gifts for anniversaries. For instance, a traditional gift for a first anniversary is paper, so you can write your loved one a letter or even write down your entire love story together. The second anniversary is cotton, so you can buy cotton bathrobes with your initials on them. You can also never go wrong with buying something that your partner wants but wouldn’t buy for themselves or something related to their interests. One of the 5 tips for a perfect anniversary is also to add a love note to a gift. If you’re feeling creative, you can even write a poem about your love!
2. Get your home ready for a perfect day
Before your anniversary, you might want to tidy up and change something about your home. Whatever you do, make sure that you feel great there and love how it looks like. That’s not all though, because a tidy home needs to be messed up by romance and turned into a love tunnel. Okay, maybe I’m exaggerating, but you do want your place to be romantic for your anniversary. Decorate it with flowers, do the classic thing with rose petals on the bed, and light some candles. Set the table for your favorite meal that you can prepare together, or simply get it ready for a romantic morning coffee ritual when you’ll talk about what you’re going to do. Maybe you want to have breakfast in bed and cuddle up under a warm blanket to watch your favorite movie or your wedding video. Make sure that everything is ready for your special day, and don’t forget to set a romantic atmosphere in the bathroom as well if you’re going to have a SPA day at home. A nice warm bubble bath with champagne sounds about right.
3. Recreate your first date and take pictures
Recreating your first date is of the best of 5 tips for a perfect anniversary. Go to the place where you went on your first date, and it is where you can exchange gifts. Maybe it’s a restaurant or a bar where you can order something special and even ask for your song to be played so that you can dance to it together. If you’re shy you can always dance at home, but whatever you do, don’t forget to take a picture. You can take a picture for every anniversary and hang them somewhere or keep them in your relationship yearbook that could include all of your important memories too. While you’re making it, don’t forget to look at your wedding pictures as well and maybe even try to recreate some pictures from your previous anniversaries or the first one you ever took. If you for some reason can’t recreate your first date, you can always have a romantic picnic on the roof of a building or in nature and make it your new tradition.
4. Do something new and fun
Remember the “something old, something blue and something new” rule for brides? Well, while repeating the things you used to do is something old, you can’t neglect to do something new either. Remind yourself that life is an adventure and go crazy. Okay, maybe your definition of crazy is going on a romantic getaway trip, but no one said that you have to go bungee jumping (unless that’s what you want of course). Maybe you want to go to a karaoke bar and sing a duet even though you’re not that great at singing. Whatever it is, do something fun and make this day legendary so that you never forget it. Maybe it will be something as simple as driving into the sunset so that you can do some stargazing on a blanket in a place where you’ll be alone and free to express your love. Perhaps you’ll go to an exotic restaurant and try gourmet meals, have a wine tasting that includes something special, or even book an incredible hot air balloon that you’ll take a ride in at sunrise. It doesn’t have to be something over the top, but make sure to spend some quality time together and ignore your phone and emails during this day because it’s a great time to create new memories.
5. Make new relationship goals
Going on a vacation or camping and booking a hotel or a SPA day is all great, but you should think ahead during your anniversary, not just before it. People always need to keep improving themselves and their relationships, and talking about the future could only bring you closer together. Maybe there are some things that you can do together that you haven’t even considered yet. Perhaps you could take a cooking class, singing lessons, dancing class or pick up a new hobby that you can do together. You can even paint a picture during your anniversary since it’s something creative that you can do together and forever treasure on your wall. Talk about the future too, and make plans that you’ll look forward to for the rest of the year. If you want to spend this day with friends and throw a party you most certainly can, but make sure to have some precious one-on-one time as well.
Ultimately, don’t forget to say “I love you” and promise eternity to each other once again because you have no intention of breaking that promise. This is one of the 5 tips for a perfect anniversary that you can’t neglect, no matter how simple it is.
And most importantly – Congratulations!
Have an amazing anniversary and many more that are yet to come!
