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Y’all I’mma fixin’ to get up on my soapbox. And it might get ugly.
I’ve gone the easy route for everything wedding related so far. Let the girls pick the dresses, casual dress code for the dudes, and scribbled addresses on the invites. So for God’s sakes quit asking me why we haven’t registered at Macy’s.
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Hive, it’s done! We’ve finally completed our wedding registries. It only took six people five months to do it, but it got done. I feel like we managed to register for exactly what we needed and wanted. There are all these suggestions of what we should be registering for. In fact, I printed off a three page list with suggestions, But I tossed those suggestions right out the window.
Well, I didn’t throw it out the window, but I did get rid of the list. I thought about Mr. Kettle and the life we plan to have in the next 10 years or so.
We definitely needed some classic wedding registry stuff (such as wedding china), but we also needed some non-classic stuff (such as bicycles). Our registry planning got off to a slow start…a real slow start. To illustrate, I’ve done a cartoon. I had to edit it so you could actually read it this time:
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I’m going today with BM Libra and BM Law to add more items to our registry. That got me thinking about this post I wrote, but never got around to posting. Maybe… ahem… because I still haven’t done my post on the first trip to register with Momma Kettle and Mr. Kettle.
I looked up our registry info to confirm our China selection to comment on one of Miss Teacup’s posts. It turns out there are three, count them, three grooms with Mr. Kettle’s exact name getting married in the next six months.
To my bride brain, this was ridiculously funny. Don’t ask why. I texted Mr. Kettle to see if he was secretly a polygamist. It wouldn’t be so secret since he used the same name, but I found it hilarious. It’s nice to have the escapes from all the serious things that must be considered and mulled over in the wedding world.
What would you do if you found out your fiance was a polygamist? Sounds like a Lifetime movie, right? Well, Mr. Kettle did confess to being a polygamist and didn’t seem too upset that I’d caught him. It’s not like he was trying real hard to hide it. If you knew him at all, you’d know this was his oddball humor. I love his sense of humor and we had a hearty laugh over it.
But, it got me to thinking about non-traditional marriages.
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I have had a few people already ask me where we’re registered or if we have registered yet. With the wedding about 5 months away, showers, engagement parties and other fun stuff is right around the corner. I actually registered for some gifts online at Bed, Bath and Beyond, but there was something holding me back.
The place we are getting married is a beautiful, tropical island with endless turquoise waters and bottomless margaritas. It is also home to many people who live way below anything we would consider close to the poverty line. This past summer when we visited the island, I found an amazing organization called Peace Isla Mujeres. They do amazing things for schools, shelters and even animals on the island.
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Free spay and neuter clinic on the island
Mr. PF and I already live together and we have accumulated quite a bit of things in those couple of years. We have everything we could possibly need to (air quote) start our lives together.
I can’t help but think of all these amazing people we met this summer and how positive they are, even though they have nothing. I also can’t help but think of how much they need the money for medical supplies or books for their school. They need it more than we need a new toaster or another blender.
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A few weeks ago, MOH Johnny5 and I went to an ultra-swank registry event at Crate&Barrel. If you’ve ever been to one of these events, they can be a little overwhelming. They basically give you a short introduction, hand you a scanner, and let you run amok around the store. There’s one thing about the scanner they don’t tell you, though. It makes you feel powerful. And giddy.
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Registering for wedding gifts was not as fun as I thought it would be. Whew! There—I said it out loud. What a relief!
I understand that everyone has their own opinions on the whole registry thing, but in my circle of family and friends, a registry is expected and almost demanded! It isn’t frowned upon and is the norm for an engaged couple in these parts. I have already had numerous requests from people to have the right to an early sneak peek or to have “first dibs” on choosing our gifts!
Mr. Ball Cap and I decided on Bed Bath & Beyond, Macy’s, and MyRegistry.com. MyRegistry.com allows you to add items from any website onto one universal gift registry. It is free to set up, and it also allows you to sync other existing registries you may have out there (from Macy’s, for example) all to one page. This site fit our needs well. As Mr. Ball Cap and I are well into our 30s, we have accumulated quite a bit of household things during our lives. While we do need to replace quite a bit, there are other items that would be more practical for us. We’d love to be able to register at Lowe’s or Menard’s but, sadly, they do not offer registries. By using MyRegistry.com, we can add any item from these stores (or any other online store) to our registry and our guests can go to one site to see it all.
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With my second bridal shower just around the corner, I’ve been tempted more than ever to registry stalk to figure out what, if any, gifts I can expect at this upcoming soiree (I always peek at my Christmas presents). I’ve been pretty good about ignoring my instinct to check out our online registries every chance I get, but the temptation to give into my urges is getting quite strong. So instead of checking out my registry, I’m going to tell you ladies about it (and maybe we can commiserate together?).
For those of you who watched Friends (which should be everyone), I am the epitome of Rachel when it comes to gifts. I have a list. You do not deviate from the list. If you deviate, your gift will be returned. OK, I’m not that bad (I hope no one is), but if someone is going to spend money on a gift I think they would want it to be something we will actually use and want, so we naturally opted for a registry. Plus, I have some relatives that are pretty much the worst gift givers of all time. So many returned sweatshirts featuring cats…so many.
Anyway, we knew we had to register. Between the two of us, Mr. Pony and I already owned many of the typical registry items. He has a Dyson, I have place settings for 12; but we really wanted to use this as an opportunity to upgrade many of our kitchen items we purchased from garage sales or received as hand me downs and to mix in a couple new fun purchases that we wouldn’t normally buy for ourselves. So without further ado…
Ponies’ Top 10 Registry Requests:
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I keep meaning to make a quick visit to Crate&Barrel, where we’ve set up the bulk of our registry, just to feel our chosen silverware in my hands. Aside from that, however, we’ve bucked common wisdom and done all of our registries online, both at C&B and Bed Bath & Beyond.
Like many, we’d love money. Heh. But while I was going through the pages of each website, I did see many a thing we can use, mostly in the kitchen area. For one, we do not own a KitchenAid mixer (oh, for shame!!!) or a proper food processor (shame, shame). We could use a few more serving pieces, but we absolutely do not need any china—I inherited my grandmother’s semi-formal china that we use every day, and her formal-formal china for special occasions. Not to mention, we’re not inviting nearly enough guests to hope for more than a soup turren and a couple of saucers in our pattern.
The registry was super fun to set up—It’s like window shopping! That we don’t have to pay for!—so I thought I’d take a few minutes to introduce you to our Top 10 Favorite God-I-Hope-We-Get-It Registry Items.
1. Hamptons Serving Bowls (yellow, below, and green)
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Mr. Cucumber Sammie and I stopped at registration station! We have two bridal registries and are debating adding a third. Our first registry was at Crate&Barrel.
Image via Crate&Barrel
Creating a registry is something you should probably plan. Mr. Cannon and I did not. Bombshell was putting together shower plans and commanded us to register so she could tell people where we were registered, and so we went. We had no idea what we were going to register for. We don’t really need anything, but there are definitely things we want. Off we went, with vague ideas of wanting.
This is probably going to sound weird, but registering was kind of romantic for me. Not the actual registering part (that was kind of boring), but we had a babysitter for Cherry Bomb, so it was just Mr. Cannon and me walking around together. Almost every time we get a babysitter, there is a reason for it, and we attend to that reason and that’s it. But while we were registering, we didn’t have anything else to worry about except each other and our scanner guns. So it felt like a nice little date. We just wandered around holding hands and were able to give our full undivided attention to each other, which is a pretty rare treat. Yeah, it’s lame, but I really enjoyed it.
Romance, Aisle 10
After we got engaged, but before we starting talking about registering, we just knew there was one place that we couldn’t wait to tackle head on with a scanning gun: Lowe’s.
Being a bad modern couple who bought their house prior to tying the knot, we frequent home-improvement stores on the weekends and get lost in them—and lost from each other—as we gaze at paint, tools, planters, electrical boxes, sheet rock, and gardening supplies.
We were giddy with the excitement of unwrapping things that we desperately need as we hammer, revamp, and refinish our way through our adorable 1950s dream house.
Well…as many of you bees know, Lowe’s and Home Depot both discontinued their registries to the disappointment and outrage of brides- and grooms-to-be across the country. Trust me. Just Google “Lowe’s” and “registry.”
After digging and digging, I wound up finding this:
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I’m a big believer that your registries are something that you absolutely need to keep an eye on. I know Miss Bunting feels me on that one! We’ve worked very hard on our registry and continue to adjust as necessary. I don’t know if I would go so far as to call it “living and breathing,” but it definitely is something that will need little changes and adjustments as you go, depending on your circumstances.
I don’t consider it stalking, really, since I feel you need to make sure that there is always something at multiple price points for your guests, and if someone comes along and scoops up all of the items that are less than $100, the rest of your guests will be forced to spend at least $100+ if they want to buy something on your registry.
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Registering for gifts is like a grownup version of a dream Christmas list. When else do you get to single-handedly handpick what you want to be gifted for a party where you are the guest of honor?? So while BM Sweet Cream shrieked with glee after hearing that Mr. Sweets and I were going to register, I wasn’t that thrilled inside.
Why the crazy talk, you ask?
Because Mr. Sweet Cream and I were up against Mission Impossible.
Mr. Sweet Cream and I hopefully didn’t look as crazy as Tom and Keri zapping barcodes…although we might have felt this way. / Image via StarDustTrailers
Mr. Biscuit and I registered very early in the planning process. Like, last June early. I know, I know, I was jumping the gun a bit, but I was bored and spending way too much time in front of my computer while I was supposed to be studying for my boards.
After that deed was done, Mr. Biscuit and I started thinking. Did we really need a registry? Mr. B has lived on his own for years and can cook (yay!) so he has pretty much everything he would need for the kitchen. I like to bake and don’t really have the supplies for it; however, Mr. B’s oven is a glorified heating coil that I can’t bake in as I’ve been sufficiently spoiled by my parents’ professional grade oven, and we also don’t really have room for a ton of stuff as Mr. Biscuit’s house is about 1000 sq. feet. Sure, after I graduate we may move into a larger house, but until then, it would be kind of close quarters. And I don’t really like the idea of having close quarters with a pastry cutter. That’s creepy.
To be perfectly honest, we could really use a little help on mortgage payments over a new pot or pan. But, uh, it would probably be considered a wee bit crude to register for cash.
So, we decided the easiest thing to do was to register for nothing.
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