Weddingbee Blog

When we set up our second registry we wanted to go somewhere practical. After researching different options, we decided on Bed, Bath and Beyond. We realized they have the same items as many of their competitors, but at much cheaper prices!

For example, when we were considering china, I fell in love with Lenox’s Opal Innocence. At Macy’s it is typically $172.00 per place setting, but often goes on sale for $119.99. At Bed Bath and Beyond it is always $119.99 and they always have 20% off coupons, so if guests are coupon savvy, they can get the place setting at $95.99!

After learning the price differences, we were completely on board with BB&B.

It doesn’t hurt that they have an incredible amount of items to choose from. They have so much in fact, that we had to visit a couple of stores to see different items. Not every store has the same inventory. This has been the only down side to registering at BB&B, but since we have multiple registries, I doubt it will be an issue.

So what does our china/dinnerware look like? Well even though I absolutely love the Opal Innocence china, we decided it isn’t very practical for our lifestyle. We plan to continue holidays at Mr. Starfish’s aunt’s house (if you pronounce it ant do you spell it ant or aunt? I say aunt, and Mr. Starfish calls his aunt, ant), or at Sister Starfish’s house, Starfish Dad’s, Starfish Mom’s or FPIL Starfish’s house. We tend to visit a minimum of three houses on the holidays. So needless to say, we won’t be needing it for many occasions.

Instead of a fancy china, we went for a more practical version, Wedgwood White. Mr. Starfish loves the simplicity and I love that I can dress it up or down based on the occasion.

So with practical china picked out, we were able to continue registering for some favorites like the KitchenAid mixer (did you know this is included for the 20% off coupon?), Calphalon Contemporary Stainless Steel non-stick cookware, a Henckles knife set, Pyrex measuring cups and Calphalon bakeware.

We are such a practical couple that BB&B was the perfect registry choice with all of their well known quality brands at great prices. This was by far the easiest place to register and our favorite. We especially love going online, so we can see it all in one place.

Here are a few of the other perks to registering at BB&B:

• Incentive program- ability to receive free gifts when registering for specific items, that are purchased off of your registry
• Gift tracker- which helps with thank you notes
• Completion program- get a discount on items that were unfulfilled on your registry with a one time coupon to use once in store and once online up to three months after the event
• Free announcement cards
• Complimentary gift packaging in store for guests
• Hassle Free Returns
• Refer a friend program- I was referred to BB&B by Sister Newport, so they gave her a $25.00 referral card good towards any purchase over $50.00. If you plan to register here, see if any of your friends were recently married and used them and make sure to tell the consultant when you set up your registry!

Did you have a favorite registry location? What made them stand out?