It looks like I'll be having three bridal showers -- one hosted by my FI's aunts for his side of the family; one hosted by my FI's church for his "church family;" and one hosted by my MOH and mom's friends for my side of the family, my friends and my co-workers.
I'm a little worried about this, because after we are married, my FI and I will be starting our lives in a very small apartment. We already have some appliances, towels, etc. I feel like we are going to get wayyy more gifts than we need or have room to use, and although we can always return them, I would like to be able to tell the kind gift-givers that I love their gift and use it on a regular basis.
My other concern is that by the time the last shower arrives, everything on the registry will already have been purchased for the first two showers, leaving the guests of the last shower without any great ideas of what to get us. I'm especially concerned if that last shower happens to be the one for my friends and family, because a lot of my friends are on tight budgets and I was hoping a lot of the cheaper registry items would still be available so that they can get us something we'll like, without feeling like they have to spend a ton of money. I guess I could do a "gift card" shower but then I feel like we're just basically soliciting money from people and taking away their creativity and real feeling of helping us start our life with something personal.
I also don't know when to register -- I feel like if I register in time to send out the invites for the first shower, by the time the last shower rolls around, half the items will have been discontinued! Has anyone dealt with something like this before? It's so nice of everyone to offer to throw showers for me, but geez...