Unique wedding gift idea

[pegkerr]

I thought this was a pretty cool idea for wedding gift if you're on a budget. Came in on the Dollar Stretcher e-mail, which you can subscribe to here:

One of the most cherished wedding gifts we received consisted of five wine bottles with hand-made notes attached. The white was to be opened on our first anniversary, the red is to be opened in 2010, etc. The last one being a port to be opened in 2025.

Our best man went to a local wine shop and spent a half an hour with a knowledgeable clerk. Though he didn't know much about wine, he was able to find bottles that were inexpensive now but will age appropriately for their "to be opened" label. And they would be very expensive in five, ten, or 25 years! It's one of those gifts that we will cherish, and enjoy, for a very long time, and it's a reminder of all the good things yet to come.

Moriah

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[theresamd.livejournal.com]

My friends and I (college students with no eye toward getting married or having children anytime soon) discussed this idea once. One guy said that he thought a bottle of wine would be a nice thing to buy for a baby, to drink when they turned 21, instead of a conventional savings bond. The group was split on this being a great gift idea, or an entirely inappropriate one. Thoughts?