Where did you find those guidelines for what is matching for a 8th anniversary? Pottery? Bronce? Linnen? Why? There must be something else, inbetween a bed sheet and a bronce horse.
But it's not much use if it doesn't get delivered due to wintery conditions. I'm pretty fed up with winter, too. I am since mid November, actually. And we didn't even have a real winter. It has just been raining since then, more or less. So now it's time for a bit of warm sunshine. Urgently.