Okay in all seriousness, it was very fun. We went to Bed, Bath and Beyond (or B^3, or B-cubed) and officially started scanning things into our registry. I had semi-started one online, but we needed to get in there, walk the aisles, and go trigger-happy. It was a lot of fun, like I said, but very time-consuming! We never even made it out of the "Beyond" part of the store, and we haven't gone into the Bed or Bath areas yet. In fact, we really were just in the kitchen department for the whole time. It took a few hours just to get through that one area, and apparently we were breezing through it rather quickly compared to some couples. It's already kind of a blur at this point, but I know it took a long time.
I've heard some things from friends and family members who have done this already and what I can clearly see is that we all definitely scan things that we don't really need and will probably never use. I've already gone back into the online account once to remove/change some things that I was gently pressured into scanning by the sales associate who was walking around with us. Which is fine, because I can always swap things out online. I also need my mom to help with editing some of this stuff because, frankly, I don't know which pots and pans I should register for. I know I need new ones, but which ones? I mean, I'm not a gourmet chef over here or anything... Plus, once I go to other stores, I'll probably take things off of the B-3 registry if I like something in another store more. It's a work in progress.
But here's the main point I want to get to with this whole registry thing: As much fun as it was, why is this still the tradition? They gave us a checklist worksheet of all the items that we're "supposed" to register for and it did make me wonder...why? I'm definitely not going to be talked into registering for certain things (especially if I already have a perfectly good microwave) just because I'm "supposed" to register for them.
Does anyone actually use an egg slicer?
No, seriously, this is on the official "must register for" checklist. I mean, c'mon. (BTW- I fully expect to get a dozen of these from people now that I'm talking trash about it here on the blog.. haha) Now, don't get me wrong, there are plenty of home items that we really do need and we are going to be extremely thankful for receiving them. I was really lusting after a couple of them when I was making dinner on Monday night. It's just that registering for all this stuff seems very old-fashioned.
"Give the couple a wedding gift that the 'little woman' will use to make a nice home for her hard-working husband."As much as I may try to cook and clean and keep things organized around here, I definitely don't consider myself a Susie Homemaker.
Plus, I always feel bad for the groom when I look at registries. Whenever I've bought wedding gifts for other people, I always scour their registry to find something that the groom might be wanting, too. While we were scanning things in the store, for every 10 things I wanted, there was maybe, maybe, one thing that Blake was moderately excited about.
So, once we finally make our way out of the "Beyond" and move on to another store, we have decided to definitely register somewhere a little more our style: REI! Tents, sleeping bags, ice chests, skiing equipment and accessories, freeze-dried backpacking food, water bottles...even socks! That's what I'm talking about ;) I'm pretty sure there's plenty of stuff in there to get Blake excited. Maybe it's not necessarily traditional, but it's us.
You may or may not see a pair of Ocean Kayaks on our registry, I'm just sayin'...
Until then, I'll don my best oven mitts and apron and get back to whipping up a nice dinner for my loving, soon-to-be husband's return home from work...
[ j. ]
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