| You've finally made it. The big one-oh. Ten years | | | | Another sneaky thing you can do is look for a |
| of wedded bliss and you finally get the chance to | | | | puzzle or game that comes in a tin or aluminum |
| give your spouse a really great anniversary gift. | | | | can. There are actually quite a few of these |
| So what do they throw at you for the traditional | | | | today including a very unique Monopoly set that |
| options? Tin and Aluminum. No, that is not a typo | | | | comes in a large square tin can. |
| and you're not being punked. You're probably | | | | Something that is a little more common, is an |
| wondering who the joker is who thought these | | | | aluminum or tin jewelry box. If you want to really |
| up. Well, don't bother trying to find out. Whoever | | | | surprise your spouse, you can get some jewelry |
| it is has left people scratching their heads for | | | | to put inside the box. If he or she complains that |
| centuries trying to understand how such an | | | | it's not part of the allowed gifts you simply say |
| important anniversary can have such jokes for | | | | that the jewelry came with the box. You might |
| gifts. Fortunately, the modern day gift idea is a lot | | | | get some dirty looks but you're sure to get a |
| better. We'll cover both of these in this article. | | | | smile afterwards. |
| Okay, maybe the traditional gift ideas are a bit | | | | If you want to be a little more practical, you can |
| odd but believe it or not, you can actually come | | | | always get some aluminum tableware. It may not |
| up with a few okay ideas if you just use a little | | | | be terribly romantic, but sometimes practical is |
| imagination. For starters, you can get your spouse | | | | nice. You can get a variety of items for the table |
| some jewelry made out of tin. She or he will | | | | in aluminum such as carafes, stuff to drink out of, |
| certainly be surprised. If you want to be a little | | | | platters, trays and pitchers. |
| more serious you can get your spouse an | | | | If all of this is just a little too "they gotta do |
| aluminum watch. Yes, believe it or not, they do | | | | better than this for a tenth anniversary" then you |
| make these. You just have to know where to | | | | might want to just go with the modern day gift |
| look. Go to and you'll find a few places. | | | | which just happens to be diamond jewelry. You |
| This is a little sneaky, but many of the more | | | | know what they say about diamonds being a girl's |
| exotic teas and coffees come in tin or aluminum | | | | best friend. Since you're going to see diamond |
| cans. So you can run on down to your specialty | | | | down the road again, you might want to go with |
| coffee house and pick up a couple of cans. | | | | something simple and relatively inexpensive. |
| Technically, it's still within the parameters of the | | | | Otherwise, when you get to number fifty, it's |
| traditional gift idea. After the tea or coffee is | | | | going to be hard to outdo yourself. |
| gone you can always use the can for holding | | | | And number ten was supposed to be an easy |
| pencils. | | | | one. Talk about tough anniversary gifts. |