The first thing we did was walk over the the "Home" section and wait for the wedding lady to come back to her desk. In the meantime, we scoped out the place... checked out the Swarovski (sp?) penguins, the Martha Stewart baby-color collection, and bulletproof pots and pans. I wonder if 50 Cent wears a Celaphon griddle under his shirts when goes out in the streets? So, the lady came back from her lonche and we went over to her desk. She made us sign some paper work (think Dr. appt), punched a couple keystrokes into the computer, and handed Ms. Tortolita a very deadly weapon... a price gun.... a bazooka! To my dismay, Ms. Tortolita is quick and accurate with that thing... I'm somehow questioning her past now... she has to have a deadly weapon possession charge against her... has to! Ok, I might be exaggerating, but try catching up to her with that thing... she went trigger happy.
Macy's provides the customer with a checklist of what they believe should go on your registry. Haha, I'm not gonna say anything, but some of those things are questionable. Fancy china, not so fancy china, sterling silverware, stainless steel silverware, crystal ware, glassware, barware..... ay, ay, ay. I know you all don't know me, but I am a very practical doode. Is there a reason we must have the fancy stuff? Why would a couple (just starting out) ever need to impress.... haha, and I love how they recommend we get sets for 12 ppl! 12 ppl! Really?! I don't think 12 ppl fit in our home... haha ... anyways.... we are pretty reasonable ppl and customized that list to only include things that we need or would use. I actually agree with our list.
"White or red wine glasses? hm.."The only thing that kinda got me was the prices of things in our list. Actually, the whole registry thing is pretty taboo to me. I heard of the registry maybe 3 years ago, when a couple had the nerve to tell us what to buy them. Lol. That's what it seems like... we always go to parties with whatever gift we wanted to bring. Gifts are surprises! And that's how always saw it, and I felt registries destroyed that element. Haha, I guess wedding gifts are not like Christmas gifts...."oooh, wonder what nino jesus brought us!" (or Santa, if you will). It would suck to end up with 6 blenders, 5 irons, and no pots. So I totally understand why we do it! But I feel bad putting things on the list that I know our family members and friends would have a hard time buying. It would suck to see things on that list that ppl can't afford, what would they think of us? "What, you need a $500 coffee maker, planning on competing with Starbuck's?" I dunno... how should I feel? Like I remember my grandma bought me some socks for a holiday event, and we were very appreciative because we knew she made them with her own hands and really poured her heart in them. Last thing I want is for us to come off materialistic... but we could use the help. I'm prolly just over-examining stuff. I am. Anyways, we had a great time choosing things that we knew we needed and we knew were in our guests' budgets. Some fancier things made in there, but we kept them, because we deserve to be surprised... right?! No ice cream machine, though. I feel like that's not a practical machine, but it is YOMZ! :D
What is your take on wedding registries?
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