Our wedding is coming up in a few weeks! It is very small and we are not inviting a lot of our more casual friends, work colleagues, and extended family. We don't bring up our wedding around these people, but many of them know that we are getting married soon and they bring it up regularly in conversation ("Sooo, how is wedding planning going?"). Usually I just give them a little update on something ("I have a dress now!" or "It is going to be outside so I hope this rain goes away!") and then change the subject.
Recently, however, several of these people have asked where we are registered. Is it rude to just tell them and then change the subject, as is my habit these days when non-guests bring up wedding-y things? But they are essentially saying "I want to buy you a gift even though I am not invited!" and that is so incredibly nice and generous (and something I would never do, b/c I am not that nice) that I don't know what to say. (They could just be making conversation, but at least one co-worker has already bought me something off of the registry). I know this is a non-issue, in the grand scheme of things, but it makes me feel guilty and awkward
Anybody else have this sort of thing come up? What did you say when people who weren't invited to your wedding asked about your registry?