buy me a present pretty please?!

Well, despite doing absolutely nothing this weekend but watching football (and Dexter) and eating and sleeping, Adam and I did manage to cross one thing off our to-do list - we finally got off our butts and registered for the wedding at Bed Bath & Beyond.

That was quite the experience...I thought that they just handed you the scanner gun and let you loose in the store.  Nope.  We had to fill out some paperwork and then a VERY nice saleswomen helped us select our tableware.  And by select I mean she was completely shocked at the fact that Adam and I picked out our everyday stuff, fine china and place setting accessories ALL in under 10 minutes.  I guess we just know what we like.

Everyday tableware was easy - we're in LOVE with the Noritake Colorwave line.  Adam's parents have it in blue and it is phenomenal.  We both love the raspberry but seeing as we have a sage green kitchen right now and who knows what color our next kitchen will be, well, it seemed safer to go with the graphiteand just accessorize with color (napkins, placemats, etc).

As for the china, that took a little convincing simply because Adam and I both walked in there thinking that we were only going to register for the everyday stuff.  I mean really, we eat at our coffee table, how fancy do we need to get?  I think the colorwave stuff is a little to nice for our lifestyle, but hey I'm not going to give up the chance to get some nice tableware!

Well, the lady convinced us that we must register for china so Adam picked out a simple set that actually once we saw it, we both were like, oooh maybe if our siblings come over we can use this (and actually use the kitchen table for once).  So here's our china pattern, sweet, simple, I actually really love it and hope we get it now that we've picked one out.

As for the rest of the stuff, we struggled immensely.  Over the past three years we've accumulated almost everything that we 'need' in our house so we spent a good amount of time walking around the store with the scanner debating over what else to add.

I will say though that the Bed Bath & Beyondgift registry people were extremely helpful and not at all pushy, that was pleasant...especially since I had read some horror stories about some people's experiences with trying to put together a list or get their questions answered.  My only complaint would be that the 'OOPS' scan code was hard to use since you could only erase the last scanned item.  But everything was instantaneous so we just went online when we got home and easily deleted those that we didn't want.

And now for the tricky part...we need to register at one more place but are having difficulty deciding where..Target?  Crate and Barrel?  Pottery Barn?  Any suggestions?

(Unfortunately Home Depot is out, their registry is next-to-impossible to use...)

Comments

[That Kind of Girl]

I love that china pattern! Simple and elegant! As for another store, dude, sometimes I think the only reason I want to get married is to be let loose at Williams-Sonoma...

[megan]

I would suggest Target. I've never had a registry for myself, but I've seen my sister put together baby and wedding registries and Target makes it pretty easy. Not to mention they have everything and can fit most people's budget pretty easily. Best Wishes!

[Em]

Too bad I already used the collapsible cupcake carrier you girls got me for Xmas; I see you registered for the same one. That could have made my shopping a lot simpler. ;)

[April]

Wow, 10 minutes is really amazing! It took my fiance and I about an hour just to decide on the china pattern we both liked! In terms of where to register, you should look at myregistry.com--we ended up registering there because we had about 5 places too many that we liked stuff from. This website lets you add whatever you want from as many stores as you want. We also registered for a honeymoon fund there too.

[bianca]

oh my gosh, registering took FOREVER. Of course I loved it because I love to shop. The hubby on the other hand was not as excited. We also registered at Bed Bath & Beyond. We picked Macy's as our 2nd store. In addition to having stuff we liked, they had an amazing bonus program called "star rewards" where we earned 5% back on gifts people purchased on our registry. A few weeks after our wedding we got a gift card with $280 on it!!!

[Lynelle]

Sears-- a friend of mine registered there and you can get all your electronics there! Think video cameras, digital cameras, vacuum, drill, etc..