Well, it only seems like two minutes since the big day, but believe it or not, your Anniversary has come around (again). If you have no idea what to buy for a suitable present, then the list below showing the gifts, gemstones and flowers associated with each Anniversary may be of some use. There again, it may not - if you stick rigidly to the traditional gifts, don't expect too much gratitude for the first few years... Mind you it does give you the opportunity to show some imagination - Paper for example could be two tickets to a concert. Just avoid making mistakes like the husband who thought a good gift with a Wood theme was a golf driver for himself!

Anniversary	Traditional Gift	Modern Gift	Gemstone	Flower
First	Paper	Clocks	Peridot	Pansy
Second	Cotton	China	Garnet	Cosmos
Third	Leather	Crystal or Glass	Pearl	Fuchsia
Fourth	Fruit or Flowers or Books	Electrical appliances	Blue Topaz	Geranium
Fifth	Wood	Silverware	Sapphire	Daisy
Sixth	Sugar or Iron	Wood	Amethyst	Calla Lily
Seventh	Wool or Copper	Desk sets	Onyx	Jack-in-the-Pulpit
Eighth	Bronze or Pottery or Copper	Lace or Linen	Tourmaline	Clematis
Ninth	Copper or Pottery or Willow	Leather	Lapis Lazuli	Poppy
Tenth	Tin or Aluminium	Diamond Jewellery	Diamond	Daffodil
Eleventh	Steel	Fashion Jewellery	Turquoise	Morning Glory
Twelfth	Silk or Linen	Gems or Pearls	Jade	Peony
Thirteenth	Lace	Furs and Textiles	Citrine	Hollyhock
Fourteenth	Ivory	Gold Jewellery	Opal	Dahlia
Fifteenth	Crystal	Watches	Ruby	Rose
Twentieth	China	Bone China or Platinum	Emerald	Day Lily
Twenty-Fifth	Silver	Silver	Green Garnet	Iris
Thirtieth	Pearl	Diamond Jewellery	Pearl	Sweet Pea
Thirty-Fifth	Coral	Jade	Emerald
Fortieth	Ruby	Ruby	Ruby	Nasturtium
Forty-Fifth	Sapphire	Sapphire	Sapphire
Fiftieth	Gold	Gold	Golden Topaz	Violet
Fifty-fifth	Emerald	Emerald	Alexandrite
Sixtieth	Diamond	Diamond	Diamond
Sixty-fifth	Blue Sapphire	Blue Sapphire	Blue Spinel
Seventieth	Platinum	Platinum	Sapphire
Seventy-fifth	Diamond (again)	Diamond	Diamond

This gift list must have been compiled by a man. I mean, check it again - no shoes and definitely no chocolate!