IF YOU'RE ALREADY AWARE OF MY LIMITED KNOWLEDGE OF WEDDINGS AND THE MARRIAGE PROCESS, PLEASE SKIP THIS LONG BORING BACKSTORY, LOL!
For those who don't already know, I have a small family. Even when you include our extendeds, it's really not that large. The last person on my mom's side of the family who got married was my mom (to my now-stepdad). Before that? My mom again! With her first marriage.... in 1984.
Needless to say, I've only been to a couple of weddings in my life:
1. A friend of my uncle's (I was 4 years old)
2. My dad's first re-marriage (I was about 8)
3. A girl I went to school with who was 5 years older than me (I was part of the television crew at the church she wed in, so I wasn't even in the sanctuary. I was in a back room on the second floor of the church operating joystick-control cameras.)
4. My mom's re-marriage (I was 12, and it was in a courthouse).
5. My step-dad's niece's wedding.
To me, the last one is the only one that counts, because it's the only one where A) I was old enough to remember it in detail, and
It was a traditional ceremony of someone I knew that I was a guest of, not just a crew member.
-------> GETTING TO THE POINT:
FI and I are getting married on April 21st, 2012.
FI currently lives with his family in San Diego, California. We agreed that since I would be moving away from my family once we got married, he would agree to get married here where I live in order to make it easier for us to plan the wedding.
My mom and grandmother have both been asking me about a Bridal Shower and a Registry. I got to wondering how a registry would work for us, seeings how, once all the stuff was bought, I would be taxed with finding out how to get it all the way to the other side of the country. My grandmother offered to gift us with money instead, but I like the thought of the fun of making a registry, and to be quite honest, I don't trust myself to not use the money for other things in the meantime.
What I'm asking is, is there anyway to set up a registry both in-store and online, and perhaps have the items shipped to a CA address? If I register at, say, a Wal-Mart here, would his relatives out there have access to it?
Sorry for the post and run, but I've got to head to work! I'll check back tonight when I get off! 