Miss Pineapple, Pittsburgh
Age and Occupation: 24, Graphic Designer
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 27, Student Affairs Administration
Engagement Date: August 4, 2007
Wedding Date: October, 2008
Blogging Since: April 14, 2008
Venue: The Rivers Club
About Me: Being a transplant from sunny south Florida I am learning to live with all four seasons while playing with our cat collective, line dancing, and doing a ton of DIY projects for our wedding (seriously, like a thousand)!
Registry Adventure
June 2nd, 2008 @ 2:38 pm by Miss Pineapple
This weekend Mr. Pineapple and I decided to pop over to Macy’s and Target to start our registries. First, we headed to downtown Pittsburgh where there is a 12-story, super old school Macy’s. The clock outside has been a landmark for over a century and is known as the “Kaufmann Clock.” The Kaufman family was very influential in the Pittsburgh region and the clock used to be on the corner of the Kaufman department store, until Macy’s purchased the chain.
On the seventh floor we set up our registry and were mesmerized by the carpeted walls.
The associate helping us get everything set up was very helpful, maybe a little too helpful. Being the salesperson she was, she kept pointing out things that were “fabulous.” She was kind, but a bit over the top. Just let us start playing with the scanner for goodness sakes. 
Here she is instructing Mr. P on how to use the scanner. For the most part I left all cooking related items and small appliances up to Mr. P to choose. I took over when it came to baking and more decorative decisions.
This photo documents the one and only time Mr. P allowed me to use the scanner. His past as a stock boy was really shining though. (Hey look! There is a weddingbee on my t-shirt! How’d that get there?)
Mr. Pineapple saddened that the giant wooden dragon would not scan.
Our next stop was at Target the following morning.
I love Target. Many of the same items we registered for at Macy’s we ended up re-registering for at Target because the prices were so much better. I may have been overly worried about the price of the items we were picking out. I shot Mr. P down a couple of times when he wanted to register for something I didn’t think we needed (like a counter top cereal dispenser). For the most part though we agreed on what to add and what not to. We also took turns picking out essentials that neither of us were really passionate about. At one point, I was looking at the digital SLRs considering adding one to our registry so we could get the extra 10% off after the wedding and Mr. P said “I wouldn’t worry about registering for a camera.” I didn’t push the issue, but I sure hope he means what I think he might mean!
The only thing I am disappointed about is the lack of puppies for sale at either store.
Did you find it hard to register for fancy items that you normally would not buy for yourself?
11 Responses to “Registry Adventure”
We registered for the things we knew we would use- fancy or not (epecially the KitchenAid Mixer that I want )! We’re going to update our registry soon to include more personal items- like camping supplies because we love to camp! It wasn’t that hard for me to pick and choose items, mainly because we only registered for functional items (although I wanted to register for more).
My fiance did not want to register for certain “cheap” items, because they were items we could afford on our own! So we had the opposite problem. But he finally got the point that you register for a range of gifts because some people will pitch in for one really nice, and some people will buy lots of little things and do baskets. It was a hastle!
However, I am really looking forward to buying things on our registry afterwards…
~Ash
cool you got a scangun. the macy’s we went to didn’t have scanguns but rather these pda looking things.
Don’t forget the Kaufman’s/Macy’s best feature: as a landmark to get out-of-towners out of the ‘Burgh and onto the right bridge.
What you could do is add something ’spensive right before your wedding, just to get the discount. Lots of my friends have done that.
Side note: The Kaufman family is who Frank Lloyd Wright built Fallingwater for.
Kaufmann as in Falling Water?
I struggled with the “that’s too expensive” thoughts the whole time my fiance and I were registering.
I have heard some terrible things about Target’s return policy… I was told to steer clear of registering there. I hope you have good luck with it, but I wanted to pass that info along just in case.
I too was dissapointed with the lack of puppies avaialbe to register for… do you think the pound can set up a “buy me a dog” wedding registry!? 
We did Macys and Target as well, and it was a great combination. Some guests liked Macys because it felt more traditional and high-end, and others (the majority!) loved Target for the ease of purchase and combination of low prices with amazingly nice items. Maybe it’s our friends, but almost everything seemed to be purchased off the Web and shipped to us before the wedding.
I’ve definitely heard all the nightmares about Target’s return policy as well, and there are a few items I’d like to return but I haven’t faced it yet. We saved all the info from the shipping boxes, so that’s OK, but I suspect we’ll have to mail back the Internet items and can’t return them to a store. Sigh. Still, considering how much the guests liked shopping at Target, I’d choose it again for sure!
Does it sound greedy or wrong that I am SO looking forward to starting our registry, and that FI and I will have NO problema registering for the swanky kitchen gadgets and gizmos we’ve been craving for too long now? (We’re all about All-Clad cookware and Wusthof knives — inside me is a gourmet chef just waiting to get out!) On the contrary, we’re mostly registering for stuff we wouldn’t normally CONSIDER buying ourselves!
I love the clock photo! My grandparents owned a store dahntahn…so I get it! It will always be Kaufmann’s and the Christmas tree will always be Horne’s. Glad you had fun in the burgh! P.s. All Clad’s big sale is coming soon!
