Suggestions Needed!!

Dear Readers, I am in need of your help. Our two-year anniversary is coming up on October 21. We're not doing anything fancy (at least not that I know about!) and are being cautious about spending since the Baby (!!) and then Christmas (!!) are coming up so quickly... But I still, of course, want to get Paul something special for our anniversary.

Apparently the second anniversary is the cotton or china anniversary... And so I need your help. Any suggestions on clever gift ideas??? For the "paper anniversary", year one, Paul had a jigsaw puzzle made for me out of our wedding pictures which was pretty creative. I gave him the recipe for his favorite meal from our favorite restaurant that we ate in on our honeymoon- I emailed the chef asking for the recipe and he was nice enough to send it to me.. So that was printed on paper and I also gave him a leather catchall for his change...

But I am STUMPED on this cotton/china thing... He doesn't wear a robe so I can't do a fancy monogrammed robe.. He's not that into china (surprise surprise) unless it has a moose on it (if you ever visited our old house when I first moved in you've seen the moose plates.... ) and I'm not willing to go down that road again...

So if you have any suggestions please send them my way! Thanks!!!

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