Weddingbee Blog

’Cuz let’s get real here, who doesn’t like a present or two?

I felt a little weird registering for gifts at first. I mean, it’s basically like putting together a wish list for Santa, but on crack. Hey, you know me, buy me stuff! Here’s a whole list of stuff you can buy, organized by function and design! And here’s the site where you can buy the stuff, and I’ve even provided our address, so you can send the stuff directly to us! I made it easy for *you* to give stuff to *us*. As much as I’d like to receive the things we registered for, it just seemed a little gift-grabby to me.

Well, I got over that fast. All thanks to this little gadget:

My shopping face. Second only to the Crave Case Face.

Oh. Em. Gee.

I love me that scanner. Yes, your guests will love the convenience of a registry, blahbaddy bloop, but the real fun of the registry is running amok the store scanning to your heart’s delight. I wish there was a “life scanner” I could just carry around with me - ooh, I’d like a bigger apartment - Scan! Cute puppy - Scan! Ah, a girl can dream…

Scanner in hand, Mr. Hammy and I were ready to face Bed Bath & Beyond head on. He was, shall we say, a little less than enthusiastic about the whole process, but that changed quickly. Unbeknownst to both of us, it turns out he had very strong preferences about china patterns. We’re not getting fancy china, since we’re not fancy people - unless you think our IKEA Dinera set is hoity toity. But we did want to have some matching dinnerware so our guests wouldn’t be drinking soup out of plastic cups - true story.

Just look how interested he is in the dinnerware catalog! Cracks me up.

Since he really cared about what plates we got, and I didn’t (I thought I would - who knew?), we went with his choice:

Mikasa Pure Red Dinnerware

Some other choice registry items include:

No more “food processing” with a fork and fingers

Facilitates the licking of batter from the bowl.

Bowls that will be licked (see above)

So I can pretend to be French

So I can justify the French oven purchase.

Not registered yet? Here are some tips:

1. Check the return policy.

Some stores issue full returns, some exchanges, some store credit. Familiarize yourself with the return policy so there are no unpleasant surprises later on (”Wait, we can’t exchange the blush towels for the bashful ones?”)

2. Sounds obvi, but register at places that have the stuff you want.

BBB has a ton of stuff, so we didn’t register anywhere else, but if you see flatware you love at one store and a rug at another, don’t limit yourself! Register at both stores.

3. Register for a variety of items in a variety of price ranges.

Your guests may have different price points, so registering for items in different price ranges will make it easier on everyone. Additionally, don’t be afraid to register for a lot of things, so that your guests will have choices. While I would personally love to receive a smorgasbord box of 3 wooden spoons, a vegetable peeler and a pepper grinder, a guest might feel funny mish-moshing the registry items together like that just to make his or her mental “price point”.

4. Don’t make the Hammy blunder - include your Other in the process!

To save you some pain and arguments ahead, I’ll share this with you now - please please include your significant other in the registry process. They might drag their feet at shopping. They may or may not help you in the pre-registry research (boo). But once in the store, Mr. Hammy had an awesome time with the price scanner, or “zap gun” as he liked to call it. Yes, he is 30 years old.

Are you registering? Where is your favorite registry housed?