Anniversary Gifts - Forty-Eighth Anniversary

Hard to believe that you're only a couple of yearssame old rut and you think a new look would be
away from your golden anniversary. Well, you stilljust the ticket to a new attitude, this is your
have to get through this one and if you're thinkingchance to get a gift that will really make an
that the anniversary gifts have been a littleimpression. Don't think that glasses are a cheap
unusual of late, this year doesn't get any better.gift; frames and lenses these days can easily run
You're going to have to really put on your thinkingyou several hundred dollars.
cap to come up with some ideas for this year'sOf course, you can also get away from the
anniversary gift. But don't worry, we'll give you aobvious as well. This could be an excellent time to
few things to consider when picking outget into something that you never even
something for your spouse of 48 years.considered. Do you remember as a kid how your
This year's anniversary gift idea is optical goods.dad would get you one of those cheap little
Now for those of you thinking that this meanstelescopes and have you look up at the stars?
you have to get your spouse a pair of cheapRemember how you really didn't see much? Well,
sunglasses, think again. Optical goods can bethose days are long gone as well. Telescopes
anything that contains a lens. That covers a lot ofhave become very powerful these days and they
ground and therefor gives you a lot of food fordon't cost an arm and a leg either. You can get a
thought. Hopefully, some of the followingreally good telescope for a couple of hundred
suggestions will strike just the right chord withbucks easy. You might want to pick up a book on
you.astronomy to go with it.
Of course, you can go with the obvious here.Let's not forget something else that comes with
Unless you're blessed with really great eyesight,a lens. It's called a camera and today, your
by the time you've been married 48 years youoptions go far beyond cameras. You can get
most likely are wearing glasses. Because yourvideo cameras, digital cameras, camcorders and a
eyes don't really change much as you get older,number of other items that can capture the
you probably don't get your prescriptions changedmoment. Prices have also come down a lot as
all that often. Even if you have had yourwell, so you can get a really nice setup for very
prescriptions updated recently, most likely youlittle money.
haven't changed your frames. This can be a greatThis can be a very interesting and enjoyable
opportunity to get your spouse a whole new look.anniversary and if you do get those cameras,
The days of the Clark Kent glasses are long gone.you can use them to go along with next year's
Eyeglass frames have become very fashionableanniversary gift. We'll just keep that a secret for
and it's actually become very cool to wearnow though.
glasses. So if your spouse has been stuck in that