Have you any wool?

Seven years ago today, our little family was formed and marriage has exceeded my expectations in every way.  To celebrate our anniversary, Becky and Dylan kept the girls and Dennis and I went to dinner at Olive Garden (I had a coupon AND a gift card from my teachers!).  We then went shopping for the first time up at Firewheel Town Center. 

Today we told Amity that we were celebrating being married for seven years.  She was excited to be a part of the celebration.  She and Dennis bought flowers while running errands.  After making pizzas for dinner, we sat on the couch and looked through our wedding album.  We discovered that there was LOTS of kissing in those pictures!  She has decided that she definitely wants to be married and wants it to happen NOW.  We have told her she is just going to have to wait.  :)

Neither of us is very big into planning gifts and celebrations so we have definitely not followed the traditional anniversary gifts.  Out of curiosity, I just looked up what it should be.  This is what I discovered:
Copper has long had a traditional meaning of prosperity, good luck, and good fortune. Couples who celebrate their seventh wedding anniversary can indeed celebrate their good fortune in finding one another.

The gift of wool represents the comfort, durability, security, and warmth that couples married this long give one another. Roman brides touched their the threshold of their new home with wool.

I like the meaning of the wool a bit more than the copper.  The truth is that Dennis and I did decide to "give" (or actually we each bought our own) something that does provide comfort, durability, security, and warmth (sort of!)....We decided to get new undies for our anniversary!  Really, could we get more practical AND symbolic than that?  How romantic! :)