BUY US THINGS!!!

Okay, not really, we care more about people showing up than actually getting things. But I know our friends & families--they will want to spend money on us as well as their travel/hotel room/etc.

Image from BB&B

Sunday we started one of our 2 registries, at that bastion of bridal registries, Bed Bath & Beyond. "But wait" you say, "I thought you were registering for your honeymoon??" We are, but haven't found the time or energy to sit down with a travel agent to at least start making tentative plans like hotel and flights in order to better know what we're looking at for a registry. That's not this post though, so you'll have to wait with baited breath to find out more about that.

Personal photo

We've been living together for 3-ish years now (man does time fly!), and have both lived on our own for many more years, which makes the whole concept of registering a little odd to me because we both already have so much of the stuff that a couple would typically register for. As you can see though, Ellie was more than into playing with the little gun! Heck, that picture was taken before we'd moved more than about 10 feet from the registry sign-up area; we'd been at it for less than a minute before we requested that little baby she's scanning.

Yay sharp objects!

Yes, I got in on the action too. If I have learned nothing else from the Food Network, it's that one can never have good enough knives, and everyone should have a carving set! No, I'm not being purposely creep-tastic in this picture, it's just the best one that Ellie took--I'm not all that photogenic.

It's pretty amazing to me that it was so easy! Maybe it's because we tried to be reasonable (other than that $6000 worth of china we selected...) because we kind of want to force people to buy the honeymoon; plus, we're not yet in a permanent living situation, so were hesitant to go crazy when we're not sure what our rooms/storage will look like in a future home. Not to mention we can always have a housewarming registry later on. :P

Some people I've spoken with have asked or mentioned the idea that it's weird to ask people for gifts. In a way it is, but I know that I always (including birthdays & Christmas) feel better buying off of a list or registry than trying to figure out what the person wants/needs. Maybe I'm too practical for my own good though.