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Second Anniversary Ideas & Gifts

Second anniversaries are cozy, like the traditional gift of cotton. You've made through a couple of years and you're nice and comfortable in your relationship. Gift ideas for your second anniversary could follow suit. Great traditional 2nd anniversary gifts are cozy like the cotton their made from and you could spend the day together enjoying your cozy relationship and gifts. If you're not into cozy this year, try out the modern, more elegant 2nd anniversary gift of china. Not into either? The great thing about anniversary lists is that they're only guidelines.

• Send her a bouquet of beautiful cotton roses.
• Create a shirt with a photo of the two of you on it.
• Wrap up a sexy new dress outfit or suit for your mate to wear on a special dinner date that night.
• Give her a terry cloth cotton robe with a gift certificate for a spa weekend in the pocket from SpaFinder, which gives her a choice of which spa she would like to visit.
• Give your guy a break with a pair of men"s therapeutic terry slippers and a weekend morning to sleep in.
• Show that you're truly a pair with a pair of matching nickname pj"s (men"s and women"s) and a night away at a luxurious hotel.
• Spend the day in bed together on new pillows and bed linens.
• Send a PajamaGram. These pajama sets contain his and her cotton pajamas and a 'Do Not Disturb' sign to hang on your door!
• Buy bags of cotton balls and get creative!
• Get cotton comfy cotton sheets, comfy cotton pj's, and spend the day together in bed!
• Sexy cotton underwear for her, or classic cotton boxers for the guys.
• Cuddle up together with a cuddle blanket made for two. Make it a date night together on the couch with a romantic flick and lots of snacks.
• If you don't want to give a "cotton" gift, pick another romantic gift and wrap it in something cotton, such as a shirt, blanket, or robe.

• Get a place setting of your wedding china to add to your collection.
• Take a trip to China for the two of you. If you have the time and can splurge, make it a two week trip for two years of marriage.
• Create a custom plate to display in your house.
• Send her a gorgeous porcelain rose. Some china is made from porcelain, so this would work well for this anniversary as well.
• Give her a Chinese bonsai plant.
• Celebrate your anniversary dinner at a romantic Chinese restaurant.
• Get two place settings of special china to use for a special anniversary dinner and then use for every anniversary from here on.
• A set of Chinese Chopsticks for two. Dim the lights, brew the green tea, and have a romantic Chinese dinner with these silver plated chopsticks for two.

• Second|Take a 2nd honeymoon.
• Relive the past. Re-watch your wedding video, look at your wedding album together, and reflect on the last two years.
• Take a weekend getaway: 2 romantic days to celebrate the last 2 years.
• Instead of dinner, go out for two things: drinks and dessert.
• Celebrate for two nights instead of just one! Go out to dinner both nights.
• Give her two single roses (or whatever flower you used in your wedding) to celebrate 2 years.
• Send him two romantic email messages. One telling him how much you love and the other telling him how much you want him that night.
• Match the number of gifts to your anniversary: Give him/her two small gifts for the second anniversary.