I аm working οn thе registry fοr thе wedding.
Registry etiquette ѕауѕ tο hаνе items іn various price ranges fοr everyone tο hаνе options аnd thаn tο hаνе double thе items аѕ уουr hаνе guests. Thіѕ іѕ kinda hard, bесаυѕе thаt’s lіkе 400 items! I don’t want tο look greedy οr ridiculous fοr adding items.
I аm nοt expecting anyone tο bυу mе gifts. If thеу dο thаt’s awesome аnd wе wουld appreciate anything thеу wish tο give υѕ, οn ουr registry οr nοt.
Sο, wіth аll οf thаt mу actual qυеѕtіοn іѕ:
Aftеr уου gοt married, wаѕ thеrе anything οn уουr registry thаt уου didn’t gеt? Or wished thаt уου hаd registered fοr? Or even bουght fοr yourself аftеr wards thаt proved tο bе extremely useful?
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It wasn’t something I didn’t get for my wedding, it was a Christmas gift from my husband. It was a toaster oven and when I opened it I thought why the heck did he get me this. It turned out we used it so much mainly for baking small items in the summer time to avoid heating up the house that we had to replace it.
We got around 10 per cent of the stuff on our registry… Many ancient school types will just get you a crystal candy dish anyway. We got 6. lol
It’s nice to have a variety of prices of things- but 400 items seems like a LOT. You can also register for charities, which is nice! Or people can give money for you to spend on your honeymoon at honeymoonwishes.com
It’s simplest to register for like cups and linens and stuff like that. It was nice to not have to buy all that stuff after the wedding. I reckon the thing we use the most that we registered for is a huge wok- I cook everything in it. Also we registered for wine- which turned out to be a excellent choice because after the wedding we felt like we had scrimp, so we couldn’t afford excellent wine.
Don’t worry about looking greedy- I doubt anyone will be thinking that. Personally, I really appreciate it when couples make it simple for you and give you lots of choices of what to get them! That way you know your gift won’t end up on craigslist or at the thrift store
We got a four-in-one cooker. It has a grill, griddle, waffle maker, and sandwich press. We used it at least once a day when we first got married and still use it a few times a month. I wish I would have questioned for a crock pot with a timer on it (so it will place itself on warm after a certain amount of time…)
We got married 43 yrs ago, and didn’t do the registry thing at all. My boss and his wife gave us a trivet to place under hot dishes on the table. At first we thought it was a stupid gift. But we are still using it and when we were raising our children, we used it nearly every day.
Here’s the fantastic thing about registries: most offer you a discount on the stuff left on the list after your wedding date so its not a terrible thought to place any/every-thing you might like on the list. So long as there are a variety of price ranges, its really no huge deal how many items you add.
Honestly, I look at the price ranges of peoples registries to determine if the list is reasonable or unreasonable, not the # of items on the list.
I really had my main registry at Macy’s and they did a rewards program where we got a giftcard after the wedding based on a percentage of what people spent on our registry items so I used that giftcard with my 10% “after the wedding” discount to buy a few things we hadn’t gotten — I got a flour sifter (I like to bake), a new teapot, and a set of “everyday” dishes that nobody had bought off the registry. I really didn’t “need” any of the other items that were left, but would have happily used them if anyone had bought them for us.