Actually, Michael is the one who put in the five years with the company one of the companies he works for. Just about the time they laid him off, he got notified that he was entitled to a gift for working for them for five years. He wasn't really interested in it, obviously, so he just handed me the catalog and told me I could pick something, since I'd put up with him for almost that long! (It will be five years on Jan. 1).
And this is what I chose: an amethyst ring, my birthstone.