| Looking for an anniversary gift for your seventeenth | | | | you're couch is falling apart and is about to be |
| anniversary? Well, if that's the case, it's time to look | | | | something that you can no longer sit in, it is probably |
| around the house. Why? Because this is the year to | | | | more important that you get a replacement couch |
| buy furniture. And since this is such a broad category, | | | | than something that you have been living without for |
| you will certainly have more than enough ideas to | | | | 17 years. Another year without it is probably not |
| choose from. Need help in deciding? These tips should | | | | going to kill you.After your list is complete, the next |
| give you a hand.Since there is no traditional gift idea | | | | thing you want to do is take a look at your budget |
| for this anniversary, the list makers were kind | | | | and see what you can afford. If you've decided to |
| enough to at least give us a broad enough category | | | | go with replacing an old piece that is falling apart but |
| so that we don't go crazy trying to figure out what | | | | only have a couple hundred bucks to spend, then |
| to get our spouse. Still, there is some thought that | | | | getting a brand new couch that can easily cost you a |
| needs to go into purchasing this anniversary | | | | grand or more is probably out of the question unless |
| treasure.For starters, look around your house and | | | | you can find a good deal somewhere.However, for |
| pick out all the pieces of furniture that have probably | | | | those of you with big bucks to spend, there is |
| outlived their usefulness. After 17 years of marriage, | | | | nothing that will bring a bigger smile to you wife's |
| you are certain to have at least a couple of pieces | | | | face than to surprise her with a brand new living |
| that are pretty much on their way out. Make a list of | | | | room set. That's right, the whole set. Coffee table, |
| all of these pieces. This doesn't mean you are going | | | | end tables, couch and whatever else you want to fit |
| to replace them all. This is just to give you something | | | | in it. Just make sure that the delivery men come on a |
| to choose from.The next thing you want to do is | | | | day when she is not going to be home so she can |
| look through your house and make a note of the | | | | really be surprised when she walks through the front |
| things that you don't have. Maybe you always | | | | door and sees that her living room is completely |
| wanted to get a china cabinet, but because you | | | | new.Certainly, with a category like furniture, you |
| didn't actually get any china until a couple of years | | | | should have no trouble finding your spouse a gift that |
| ago, you never bothered. Make a note of all these | | | | will make an impression and last at least another 17 |
| "missing" pieces and add them to the list.What you | | | | years. |
| then want to do is decide which is more important. If | | | | |