Slacker and I will be celebrating our 3rd anniversary in a couple of weeks. I'm looking for some ideas from the vast font of knowledge that is Hatrack. Here are your guidelines for the game:
We don't have much in the way of money at the moment (bought a new house last fall, are saving for a new car, and spent a bundle at the vet last week), so inexpensive is key.
Our anniversary is on a Monday, so I'm taking that day off and he is taking Sunday night off (and possibly Saturday night too - he works graveyards Th-Sun). Since we work opposing schedules, we don't get to spend much time with each other (so even just hanging out on the couch and watching movies would be fun, but I'm hoping for something a little more) and anything we do will probably involve him being sleep deprived (since he'll be flipping his sleeping schedule).
Since we live in the Phoenix area, it is a bit warm outside, so we probably won't want to spend the day outside (unless we drive somewhere cooler first).
We're pretty low key (read: boring) people, so it's hard to think of something fun we could do.
This is why I come to Hatrack: such intelligent minds should have great ideas (despite all our constraints)! Wow me with your brilliance and ingenuity!
[ May 06, 2005, 12:14 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by dkw (Member # 3264) on :
Do you enjoy cooking? How about a gourmet candlelight dinner at home before hanging out on the couch and watching movies?
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
How about a lovely gourmet(to bounce off Dana's idea) picnic at Echo Canyon?
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Yes, I do enjoy cooking. I'll have to see if he has any special dinner requests.
[ May 06, 2005, 12:43 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by ketchupqueen (Member # 6877) on :
Hmmm, Phoenix.
Not too much to do there... There are always museums...
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Oh, about the heat and the picnic, I forgot to add an evening picnic to Echo Canyon.
You could also just take the day and drive up to Jerome.
Or dinner in Carefree.
A day at Saguaro Lake.
Posted by romanylass (Member # 6306) on :
Make chocolate covered starwberries together. Oh, the possibilities!
Check the community calnder for any free live music or shows in your area.
Happy Anniversery!
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
[ May 06, 2005, 02:54 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
ludosti, did you grow up in Phoenix, or are you newly there?
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
I've lived here since I was about 7, so I pretty much grew up here. Slacker is fairly new to Phoenix (he's been here since 1999).
Maybe I should take him up to see the Grand Canyon (he's not been there) or Sunset Crater.
[ May 06, 2005, 04:20 PM: Message edited by: ludosti ]
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
Well, our family has lived there for 28 years and I have yet to see the Grand Canyon!
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
You need to go see it then!
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
I know! Have you been to Jerome? What I love most about Phoenix is that you can go for an amazing hike right in the middle of the city. Heck, the city has made it all the way out to the mountains at this point!
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
I've been to Jerome - picture a 15 year old with her permit driving through Jerome in a full size Ford van - I don't remember much of the city, except being afraid I was going to destroy it.
I'll have to ask John if he's been there.
Posted by Elizabeth (Member # 5218) on :
You know, ludosti, since I have been sick, I have these weird mini(very mini) panic attacks whenever I think of enclosed spaces.
I just had a little one thinking of you, in the van, at fifteen, driving in Jerome.
shudders.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Sorry to give you a panic attack.
Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
I think lingerie is always a great anniversary idea.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
That goes without saying Posted by UofUlawguy (Member # 5492) on :
But I still like to say it.
Posted by advice for robots (Member # 2544) on :
Hot air balloon ride? That might be fun in the early morning.
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Oooh! I wonder if it'll be too hot by then or not....
Posted by ludosti (Member # 1772) on :
Thus far, he and I have talked about dinner (me making something fun/new/exotic) and maybe minigolf.
Posted by mothertree (Member # 4999) on :
Once I had a datebook that had the anniversary gift themes in it. There were weird ones like paper, wood, leather. Spandex hadn't worked it's way in. Maybe I'll scrounge up a link.
Hey, it is the Leather anniversary! I think I use that little red guy too much. I think we might have forgotten that by our third. For us, it was the Lithium Anniversary.
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I think I use that little red guy too much. I think we might have forgotten that by our third. For us, it was the Lithium Anniversary.