This fall was my boyfriend and I's two-year anniversary! In the past for special occasions, we've typically gone out for a movie and dinner or just did something fun in general. However, in the year of COVID, we didn't really feel safe doing something like that.

Instead, we wanted to try something new that kept us significantly more socially distanced. Luckily, I found a TikTok trend a few months ago that gave me the perfect idea! The Target TikTok trend blew up all over for couples and friends alike. It seemed like a fun activity for us but also a good way to get each other gifts that we might not have thought about.

So last weekend, we went to Target and did the challenge. Basically, there were seven different categories of items and we were allowed to get one or two items to satisfy each category. We each started at separate ends of the store, trying our best not to meet in the middle. It was super fun to think about what to get the other and took us about an hour total.

Below are each of the categories and a little description about how they turned out for us.

1. Get something that is your partner's favorite color.

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Pictured is my roommate's cat sitting on his new favorite blanket that my boyfriend got me for the color portion of this challenge! We had a little snag in this one. Turns out we both thought the others' favorite color was maroon, when actually, maroon was each of our second favorite colors! He got me this blanket and I got him maroon underwear. It was hard to come up with something creative for this one!

4. Find something your partner needs.

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Next was one of my easiest categories, but my boyfriend thought it was the hardest! He said I need so many things that he didn't know how to pick one. While he ended up choosing a new phone charger cable, I think everything he got me, pictured above, I needed in one way or another. Even the skeleton! I got him body soap and filters for his Brita water bottle because I KNOW he has barley ever changed it.

7. Grab a gag gift- something that is funny, weird, or out of the ordinary.

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Finally, the gag gift category. This one I came up with myself as I didn't like the options that others had done in their challenges. For this, I got him a mystery pack of video game trinkets and toys and a mini brands mystery pack. These, along with everything else I got him, are shown in the picture above. I think mystery packets are just so fun, and you never know what you'll get! Some of the stuff was pretty cool and some of it will get thrown away sooner than later, and that's OK. He got me a skeleton Halloween decoration which I have put up to scare guests and truthfully, have frightened myself a couple times.

Overall, I thought it was a great alternative to a typical anniversary celebration! We also ordered take-out and walked around a park for a bit. At Target, we each spent a little over $100, but it would be easy to put a spending limit to make sure neither of you spend too much.

Try this version of the TikTok Target challenge or modify it to make it your own! I'm sure you'll love it just as much as we did.

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