Bare Bones Registry
May 14th, 2008 @ 9:29 am by Mrs. Milkshake
We had our first adventure into wedding registry gunning yesterday, and I must say that I wish I hadn’t learned how to do a warehouse order at work last week because that scanning gun was cooler!
Our Dream Registry
May 12th, 2008 @ 3:29 pm by Mrs. Pineapple
Mr. Pineapple and I almost started our registry one day, but then we decided to go home and take a nap instead.
So, while we will probably do something uber unique and register at Target and Macy’s, I do have an alternate “dream registry” floating around in my head. On this registry are things you can’t really ask someone to buy for you or cannot have a guest buy at a chain (online or real life).
Case in Point, Item 1:
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A PUPPY!
particularly a mini schnauzer or Mr. Pineapple would like to have his 15 year old jack russell cloned
Something Blue?
May 8th, 2008 @ 1:02 pm by Mrs. Hummingbird
When it came to our registry, Mr. Hum and I tried to be as practical as possible. We have a small apartment so cluttering it up with every small appliance known to man seemed kind of ridiculous.
However, when we were walking around during Scanapolooza, I saw something that I really loved beyond all reason - the La Creuset Caribbean Blue Whistling Tea Kettle.
Picture courtesy of www.bedbathandbeyond.com
Have SKU Gun, Will Travel
May 2nd, 2008 @ 2:55 pm by Mrs. Shortcake
Well, we finally did it!
We registered! Like Miss Hummingbird, we registered at Canada’s largest department store, the Hudson’s Bay Company. Unfortunately for us, there is no Macy’s, or Williams & Sonoma, or Crate and Barrel in Winnipeg, so we registered at the good ol’ Bay.
This didn’t phase Mr. Shortcake one bit, as he was already off and running with the sku gun:
“piuuu! - piuuuu!” What is it with FIs and scanners? Yeesh! 
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Registering For Big Ticket Items
April 29th, 2008 @ 4:25 pm by Mrs. Toucan
When we first started registering for gifts, Mr. Toucan and I weren’t really sure what price ranges our gifts should fall under. We didn’t want to look like we were asking for too much, but at the same time, we didn’t want to register for things we didn’t really like either. When we registered at Macy’s (I know a lot of people here don’t like the Macy’s registry, but it’s easy for our guests), they provided us with a little guideline of how many gifts we should register in each price range. The registry consultant also suggested that we add a few “big ticket items” to our registry. This made me feel a little uncomfortable. What would guests think when they saw a $400 price tag on ONE item? Would they think we were greedy, asking for something so expensive?
In the end, I figured we had enough items at different price points in our registries, so I added this bad boy:
Dyson Slim Upright Vacuum
The Hostess With the Mostess
April 24th, 2008 @ 10:28 am by Mrs. Canary
From one of my favorite artists and domestic commentator, Anne Taintor
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Mr. Canary and I took the plunge and registered at Crate and Barrel a few months back. Though we are combining two households and really don’t need more “stuff,” we decided to register for a few items for our new home for the more traditional guests.
A Nice Surprise!
April 21st, 2008 @ 5:44 pm by Mrs. Hydrangea
Seeing that every weekend these days is full of things to do, I sometimes forget to check my e-mail. When I opened up my inbox this morning, I received a nice surprise - a wedding gift had been purchased off our registry!
While it’s not our first gift (we received a few gifts at our engagement party back in October), it is the first from a distant relative and completely unexpected at such an early date from the wedding!
As much as I would like to say I am going to wait until the box arrives, I went to check our registry and found out that this is the item that we are receiving:
China Options On Ebay!
April 16th, 2008 @ 11:41 am by Mrs. Magnolia
I have got to say, we have had a TIME trying to complete our everyday china since the wedding. We received approximately four bread and butter plates, forty-seven salad plates, twenty-one dinner plates, one soup bowl, a sugar bowl, and a notification that a mug has been on backorder since Christmas. Thanks a million, Macy’s and Bloomie’s.
We selected Wedgwood’s Night and Day pattern, and while it doesn’t seem to be heading into retirement anytime soon… well, it’s also not the *easiest* pattern to find. I do take partial blame, since I insisted that we not register for the five-piece place setting. While that would have been easier, I couldn’t be less interested in a cup/saucer combo. Bring on the soup bowls on mugs! Anyway, I’ve suggested to Mr. Magnolia that we supplement our everyday china with some plain white pieces (hello, Martha!), but he’s surprisingly adamant about keeping our stuff very “matchy-matchy.”
I do love the contrasting fluted/checkerboard patterns on this china. I just wish we could collect all of it! [Image courtesy of wedgwoodusa.com.]
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International Wedding Registry Dramaz
April 9th, 2008 @ 12:21 pm by Mrs. Gingerbread
Let me tell you a little story about registering in Canada, while trying to keep our American guests in mind. We decided to register at the Bay, a Canadian department store that allows people with U.S. billing addresses to order from their site. It works out since we can pick up gifts in store, cutting out shipping costs.
When we arrived at the store last month, the scanners at the department store were down. How anticlimactic! Even though we scoffed at the suggestion that we’d need a couple of hours on the first visit, and an hour or so for the second and third visits to build our registry, we did spend a couple of hours wandering around. However, we opted not to write things down by hand. That seemed too archaic, time consuming and just not as much fun as zapping our desired items.
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I’m A Stalker
April 8th, 2008 @ 5:08 pm by Mrs. Tiramisu
I love logging on to stalk my registries and see what’s been bought, and what’s listed in the “still need” category. What is it about getting married that makes me think I’ll suddenly have use for lots of kitchen gadgets, china, and fancy vases? My dad got such a big kick out of me putting a combination cake platter-punch bowl onto my registry that he bought it for me for Christmas. Now how many people can say their dad made such a purchase for them?
I’m going to have to fill this with cake often in order for
Mr. Tiramisu to stop questioning the usefulness of a cake dome.
