Wedding Gift for husband?

[Shanti]

DH and I decided we wouldn't do gifts, instead we were marrying each other that was the BEST gift of all

[Phteven]

Maybe get some wines to put down for anniversaries, birthdays etc.
Get 1 or 2 mixed dozens that will be mature at differant times.

[Aimz]

Ooh wine sounds good.

A bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne... We got a bottle as a gift and won't open it until our 10th wedding anniversary

[Curly]

I got DH a gold bullion coin from the Perth Mint - the price of gold has gone up quite a bit since then . It's an investment piece, technically he could sell it and of course it is stamped the year we were married. He's awful to buy presents for so I thought a piece of solid gold would be nice!

Another option - my sister got a star named after her DH when they got married.

[briggsy's girl]

i got DH a bar set, and had the hip flask engraved with our names and wedding date. he loved it!

[Rach75]

Jase bought me my wedding jewerlry and I bought him a beautiful dress watch

[Frantelle]

My DH and I have a long running thing with fish - it goes back to something he said to me the first night we met.

I got him the most beautiful polish glass fish which has pride of place in our loungeroom.

Do you DH and you have something special and quirky that you both share?

[Kitt3n]

thankyou guys, you have given me an excellent idea. I am going to make a wedding box, and give it to him on the morning after the wedding.

Going to pop in there

- nice champers (one in a box, i'll put the box in with the gift and chill the bottle overnight, so we can have a champagne breakfast!)

- a pen with his new business name engraved into it

- hip flask engraved with our names and wedding date - BG that is perfect!!

- a bottle of wine to pop away and enjoy in a year

- everything on oceanprincess' little list, how fantastic!!

Hee hee maybe I shoudl include a pic of that car he loves and write something on the back, something like "one day baby". what do you think?

I have one day to buy it all, argh!

[*charmalea*]

pmsl .. not sure if anyone has mentioned this but , the gift you got for him is free honey !!!!!

no need to buy him anything iykwim

sorry but it was the 1st thing i thought of

[Kitt3n]

what a sweet thing to say lea, I know you are right, I just want to do something he wouldnt expect.

He definately wont expect to wake up to a bottle of moet, or an eraser to "rub out our mistakes". (that one really touched me)

[Heaven]

I got DH a nice watch which he wore on the wedding day and he got me a diamond bracelet.

[fingerscrossed]

Hi kitt3n,

I think the cuff links are a lovely idea- I had forgotten that I bought some rose gold ones for my DH when we got married but it was 12 years ago this Sunday!

I think it's nice to get something that won't die or be superseded (i.e gadgets).

Or a dozen bottles of really good red wine to drink a bottle on your anniversary is a great idea if you have somewhere appropriate to cellar the wine so it improves with age.

Good luck, I'm sure you'll get something perfect for your DH, you know him best.
The wedding day will be great, he won't want you to go into debt to give him a present!

[Muppity]

DH and I agreed not to get eachother anything - but we have a promise for a big diamond for me and a really nice watch for him some way down the track.

I love what you have come up with - just super.

A bottle of Veuve Clicquot Champagne... We got a bottle as a gift and won't open it until our 10th wedding anniversary

As an aside - I am so sorry to burst your bubble but even the most fantastic champagne that was perfectly sealed in the bottle and stored at exactly the right temp and humidity is generally past its used by date after 10 years. Most will last 5 at a stretch. The recommended is about 3 years.

Does the one that you have have a vintage on it? If so you can contact Veuve Clicquot directly and ask them how long it will cellar for. I know that there are a couple of vintages that will last the 10 well if stored properly but most wont be much good after that time). If it doesn't have a vintage on it (generally has a yellow rather than gold label) then it was really designed to be drunk when it was purchased or within a couple of years. I would really hate for you to hold onto a bottle of good champagne and then open it to find that it was not all you dreamed it would be.

[Kitt3n]

I would really hate for you to hold onto a bottle of good champagne and then open it to find that it was not all you dreamed it would be.

I have to second this. Years ago I bought a bottle of Vintage Dom Perignon. $300 duty free, numbered, sealed, all the rest.

I stored it in what was apparently "ideal" conditions.

The time came to crack it open (lol, when I left my ex as a celebration!)..... and it was SHOCKING.

Ended up mixing it with jim beam and butterscotch shnapps (some kind of ****tail we found).

So yeah, enjoy it now!!!

[Aimz]

I didn't know that!! It's just the yellow label. Perhaps we better crack it open next week for our first anniversary!

[*charmalea*]

i got dh some professional photos of myself ... they were about $1000 for the set but worth every cent . he loves them ...