Weddingbee Blog

If you’re like me and needed a little (ok, more like a few months’) break from wedding tasks, here’s a little incentive to get you to make those returns, exchanges, and registry completion purchases. Macy’s, and most other more traditional registries, typically give you 10% off one big shopping spree at the end. However, from October 25 through November 6, Macy’s will give you 15% off. They will also have some great sales on housewares, bed, and bath going on then as well, compounding the savings. Not so great if you’re returning stuff, but wonderful if you’ve got stuff you want to get off your registry.

I decided not to wait for the promotion and made an appointment last Friday for various reasons. 10% is fine for me, especially when all the linens I wanted were already on mega sale and supposedly won’t be in a few days. Plus when I’m motivated, I need to roll with the momentum and just do it. I highly recommend going to a Macy’s Home Store if you have one nearby. The selection and number of staff dedicated to registrants can’t be beat. My registry specialist, Sandra at the South Coast Plaza store, was really helpful. She knew her product, she pointed out things they had just gotten in that I might prefer over what was on my registry, and she really waited on me hand and foot.

We grabbed a gray Rubbermaid cart (the kind you use to haul computer equipment, if you’ve ever worked in IT) and used a secret elevator to run amok on the three floors of home good-ness. She then took me back to the registry office, where she rang me up. No waiting! Of course running around the whole store made me want things that weren’t on my registry or want to substitute one thing for another, but it was no matter. Unlike some other stores, Macy’s will give you the discount on anything and everything you buy in your final spree; it doesn’t have to already be on your registry or frantically scanned in before you pay.

Since the hubs couldn’t accompany me, we did print out our entire registry and circled what we wanted, crossed off what we didn’t want, and armed me with it so I wouldn’t stray from what we have both decided were fine to buy. Although they print a copy for you at your appointment, I found it handy and found that things went more quickly since I could focus on the items circled boldly in orange on my list. It also kept me disciplined and on track. Even a stingy lime like me needs some boundaries.

Make an appointment now, if you’d like to enjoy the 15% off. Sandra said it’s going to be busy, busy, busy during the promotional period.