Weddingbee Blog

I haven’t even blogged about our registries, or the fact that I didn’t even want to register in the first place, but now let’s talk about how we just opened our fourth one. Yeah, I initially wanted zero. Maybe one for wedding china. Now we have four. (Technically 3, but I’ll get into that later.)

So, I was hoping to do the bulk of our registry at Bloomingdale’s. I love Bloomie’s, and I get these things in my head like, “EVERYONE registers at Macy’s, and I’m not everyone.” Similarly, I’m very bothered by the idea of having the same or similar wedding china to every couple who got married within 5 years of our wedding date because we all chose one of the cookie-cutter options available at the massive chain stores. Now, I realize Bloomie’s somewhat falls into this category, but I find that they offer a much greater variety of brands that are outside the conventional box. I’ll stop myself here… I see this turning into one of my “nothing is unique in America” rants.

Alas, back to our fourth registry. I was browsing around Sur La Table a few weeks ago and these beauties caught my eye:

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Now, we already had Le Creuset on our registry at Bloomie’s, but it wasn’t in my beloved purple. The options looked more like this:

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We had registered for Le Creuset pieces in white. Then weeks later we swapped them for red, and then the dark blue. We just kept going back and fourth. I didn’t particularly like any of them. So, I reminded myself that they go in the oven, cook food, and that is their purpose. Relax.

But then I saw the purple ones and immediately fell in love. How can you not love the purple? Weeks later I went to Bloomie’s to see if they were carrying them and the saleswoman said she wasn’t aware that Le Creuset had even introduced purple. (Seriously?) So I figured I could wait a while, maybe they would carry them soon, and I could just swap out the blue for purple before my bridal shower(s).

Then I discovered this is not possible. Why, you ask? Because the purple is a Sur La Table exclusive! So, alas, we now have a fourth registry only for the purpose of receiving our purple Le Creuset pieces. See? I told you, Crazy Town.

Is there something your registry just won’t be complete without?