This weekend was Andrew and my 11th wedding anniversary. I always love to look up the traditional wedding gifts for anniversaries. They are so funny and old fashioned. Last year, our 10th, was the "tin" anniversary. So I got him a key chain with a dime inscribed with our initials and wedding date (Thank you, etsy.com!). He got me tin wind chimes. (Then we argued for a few weeks about whether the chimes were too loud for the neighbors and should we hang them and where... they now live inside on our back door. LOL marriage.)
The traditional 11th anniversary gift is... steel. 10th is tin, 11th is steel. At first I thought, that's weird, it should be the other way around? I mean, isn't steel stronger and more valuable than tin? But upon reflection... it makes sense. 10 is a special, fun, look we did it! anniversary. But 11- now you are in the thick of your marriage. You've (probably) been forged by some challenges. You've been tested and sharpened. Also, probably, those knives you got as a wedding present need to be updated.
So we celebrated our anniversary in very thick of marriage way (after farming out the kids to the grandparents. Thanks mom and dad!). We had a lovely little dinner at one of our favorite restaurants. We took a nap. (ah, the luxury.) We paid some bills and took care of some household chores. Mostly, we just hung out and enjoyed the quiet. We didn't need big gifts (although we could use some new knives...). We didn't need a lot of noise or big plans. Just us, and some quiet on a steely winter weekend. It was perfect.
Happy Anniversary honey.
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