jthm

Well conveniently enough my girlfriend's birthday and our 21 month(don't ask) anniversary fall 2 days apart, lucky me. Unfortunately we will be away at different universities during the 13th(anniversary) and 15th(bday). So I have until september 18th when we both come home for a weekend to sort all of this stuff out. I'm thinking of having flowers delivered to her dorm on both days, I've begun perusing stores for anything she'd like.

Just looking for some advice on how fellow tfp members handle their respective special days, ideas on gifts, ways to celebrate, date ideas etc etc ad nauseum.

gracias,
jthm

gar1976

Flowers are nice....but go the extra step or two.

Think about what you're going for here. Some recommendations, based on what I've done for my wife in the past:

Get some nice poetry, either from the internet or from an old, used book. If from a book, try tearing out the page from a nice, romantic poem and mailing it to her. If from the internet, print it out (using a nice script font, of course) and do the same.

Go for clothing. Nothing fancy, a simple short, flowing dress/skirt should do fine. You don't want to shout out "I want to hump you," sometimes subtle is good. Make sure it's got easy access and shows off her body, but isn't blatently sexual. You're implying here. You know what you want, she knows what you want, make it a nice fun game with what she wears.

Arrange for a nice, intimate dinner. In Newberg, OR there used to be a small restaurant that had candlelit tables for two. See if you can find the same. Or, pack a picnic basket and blanket and head into a field/park somewhere.

Chicks dig time and effort. Flowers will get you the "aw, shucks" but planning will get you laid.

Averett

Be careful with clothing... better know her size. If you get something bigger than she wears, it could be insulting. And well, if you get something smaller it could be insulting as well

Write her something. A letter, a note. Anything. Buy a blank card and tell her how much you love her and such.

A picnic is a great idea too.

If she likes manicures and facials and spas and such, get her a gift certificate.

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amonkie

If she has a radio station that she likes to listen to, call in and request a song that has memories for the two of you if you think she'll hear it. Like others have said, it's the small and thoughtful things that will most likely win smiles, not neccessarily something you bought.

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RainbowBright

My hubby likes to go for the homemade gifts, our first christmas he made me a pillow. The material was my favorite colors and it was shaped like a butterfly one of my favorite animals. Our first anniversary I wrote a fairytale about us. I wrote it in a nice notebook with a cloth cover and went to Kinko's and got color copies of pictures of us. I glued those in to illustrate it. My favorite gifts are the ones that tell me he really thought of me, they're simple things but things I really wanted/needed. Like he bought me a hardcover book when I was waiting for it to come out in paperback. He got me a radio for the shower and a filing cabinet one Christmas because he'd heard me say in passing those were things I wanted.