My ex and I did a lot of really special anniversaries and birthdays. In no particular order:
blindfolded husband and took him to a restaurant called The Melting Pot
told husband we were just going on a picnic when I had actually made reservations at a B&B in Abingdon, VA. This was when we lived in Asheville, NC
husband made me wait in bedroom after I got home from work while he prepared a birthday surprise including crab legs, presents, tons of candles, music, fire in fireplace, etc
took husband to Atlanta to stay at his sister’s house while they were out of town. Surprise! He didn’t know I’d gotten tickets to see the Hawks
surprise! husband loved Seven Brides for Seven Brothers, so I took him to see the play in a dinner theater in Santa Barbara CA
surprise! husband made reservations at an ooh la la hotel in Asheville, NC for my birthday and surprised me with a black gerbil we named Smoky for the Smoky Mountains (we loved gerbils and over the years had several)
Went many time on picnics in Cade’s Cove in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park. Have many many special memories of our marriage. Should have made it last :(