We have been married 10 years now and we have done some silly things for our anniversaries. This one still makes me laugh.

I told my husband years ago that I don’t like cut flowers because I hate to see them die. So, if he wants to buy me flowers, he now knows to buy me a plant. He was okay with that and has not brought flowers home for me. So that eliminates flowers.

I am always struggling with my weight so I don’t want candy. So no candy for special occasions either.

So that leaves us with cards. But, I hate to waste five bucks on a card that just gets put away and takes up space. So, one year, we wrote a page of sweet words of our love for one another. Now, that is a special piece of paper I will always treasure.

But my favorite memory: We were at Wal-mart together and we realized we hadn’t gotten a card for each other yet. So, I suggested we pick out cards and let the other person read it and then put them back. It was hilarious. We spent about half an hour looking at cards and laughing at the silly ones. Finally, we found just the perfect one for each other. We read them, smiled, shared a quick kiss and put them back.

We still laugh about that every year on our anniversary.

Notice I never eliminated jewelry as an anniversary present. I am cheap but I am not stupid.