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Romantic Gifts Under $20 |
| GUM WRAPPERS AND TICKET STUBS Submitted by: Kim Gates What is a romantic gift? Is it a dozen
roses, a private bubble bath, or a box of chocolates? I believe these
things are nice, but so unoriginal they don’t convey romance to me. When my husband and I celebrated our
first Christmas together, we our finances were such that I doubted
we’d really be able to celebrate the holiday. We were living with his
parents and struggled for the tiniest thing, having to save most of our
money for our first apartment together. I was not prepared for the
romantic gift he got me that year, and I will never forget it. He bought a plain photo album and glued
fabric and batting to it to make it look expensive and fancy. He placed
all sorts of stuff within the pages, including movie ticket stubs,
pressed roses, and a gum wrapper. You might be thinking, “What is so
romantic about a gum wrapper?” The very day we met, he asked me for a
piece of gum. I didn’t know it at the time, but he saved it. I know it
is the original wrapper because I wrote my name and phone number on it
the day I met him. Another great thing he did was separate the pages in
chronological order, starting with when we first met all the way till
our first Christmas. I had no idea, until I unwrapped this gift, he had
been secretly keeping mementos throughout our first year of marriage.
The gift itself was most likely under $20, but the thought that went
into creating it was and still is priceless. Strange…. It’s actually
the most romantic gift I’ve ever received, and I wouldn’t trade it
for a diamond ring (or any other jewelry).
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