Soon is my and my beautiful wifes first anniversary.
For the occasion I have planned the typical flowers, dinner and a card. I also rented a nice little cabin outside of the city for an evening.
I would like to do a little something else though… even along the lines of a gift (but not necessarily). She has made it be known early in the relationship not to buy her clothing (is she saying I have bad taste? Probably!) and jewlery (she doesn’t wear any save her ring).
Can anyone help me out here?
Well, the first anniversary is considered the “paper” anniversary. So perhaps you write her something? Maybe you could get a copy of the vows you said made out on some really nice stationary and frame them for her.
Don’t know if you’re poetic or not, but that’s also an option.
OAN, I used to know what all the anniversaries are. Now all I can remember is that the first is paper, twenty-five is silver, fifty is gold, seventy-five is platinum I think, and there are glass, wood and bronze in there somewhere kind of early.
Hope I’ve helped. 
Take her to a play.opera or something along those lines. For mine, I surprised her with dinner at her favorite restaurante, then took her to Phantom of the Opera, then went to have a picnic at the park, and stayed there till it got dark so we could look at the stars (she loves doing that). The whole thing was a surprise you got to keep in mind though. She had no idea. That was an important element. Oh yeah, and I bought one of the gold dipped roses off the internet.
http://www.edgeco.com/pages/VC-3225.html?;;21
She loved the whole day.
You know, I would Looove to take her to a play. Unfortunatly, we do not live in a city with a thriving arts community. So, we are going to Les Miserables this weekend instead… which is not our anniversary. Pretty close though.
Any other ideas for the big day?
For our first, Husband and I had breakfast at the same place we had our rehearsal dinner, then went back to where we went on our first date. (Pike Place Market and the Waterfront area in Seattle.) Just walked around reminiscing. It was a great, fun day.
Oh, and for the “paper” part of the anniversary? He bought me a book. (I’m a book FIEND!) Maybe picking out a book for your wife would be something she’d like.
A book. Great idea! She likes to read novels. Her last book was Clan of Cavebear. I know she has read the rest in that series as well. Anything that can be recomended along those lines?
I believe the next book in that very series is due out soon. Check Amazon under Jean Auel and they should have an approximate due date. BEST OF LUCK!
Oops, it’s not due until April next year. But Amazon IS accepting pre-orders. If she likes those books, has she tried the indian series that’s out? I believe the author’s last name is Gear, the first name of one of them being Kathleen or Katherine. Good books, each one takes place in a different time and area, but they all tie together. I recommend them.
How about writing her a poem? Or, perhaps, writing down (or printing up a booklet) about your reflections on your first year of marriage?
It is traditional to give her a piece of paper on the 1st anniversary.
This is a great question. I have some friends who just had their anniversary as well. The husband wracked his brains for something to do. Finally one of his friends told the wife that he’s getting an ulcer trying to figure out what to do for her. Her responce: “How sweet!” She might have liked that better than anything else.
I found out after the fact that he was nervous and could have bopped him on the back of the head. He’d been asking all his male friends when I had just been window shopping with her. Clueless. But then he’d be the first the say it.
My suggestion would have been, had he asked, to put together a little gift basket with the following items: blindfold, soft feathers, patches of different textured fabrics such as leather or silk, a soft tassle, whipped cream, carmel dip, assorted fruits like strawberries, grapes, and apples, candies of different flavors and textures, incense to burn or sented oils to put on the light bulbs, and body lotion.
When you get to the cabin let her see the basket to create anticipation, but don’t let her get too good of a look at it. You blindfold her and use the different items to tease her senses. Having lotion slowly massaged your feet is great and ticklish, especially when you can’t see. Oh and for the paper you give her a card.
For our first anniversary, I printed up 10 “coupons” good for a 15 minute massage. Not only did it go over really well (I’m a helluva massuese), but the gift was dirt cheap too! 
Here’s what I did for an anniversary once, although it was a “first f#ck” anniversary, not a wedding anniversary:
Wheeeeee!
Don’t forget to leave a $20 tip for the maid.
How about a romantic dinner picnic and then a ballon ride:)
oops! I meant BALLOON RIDE;)
Instead of the typical flowers, send her flowers that match your wedding bouquets…very romantic. And, if you can sneak a wedding picture out of the house without her noticing, she’ll give you credit for having paid attention to the wedding.
My husband gave me a spa package once…tops my list of gifts. Massage, facial, pedicure, manicure. And absolutely the gift for women with small children!