FI and I are going to be registering right after the holidays. We are thinking of just doing a small registry at BBB, because we've lived together for over a year and we really only want a few upgrades.
However, my sister brought up a good point. She said to register for whatever we want because we won't be living in our tiny apartment forever. Right now, we barely have enough storage space for the stuff we have--our Christmas tree is jammed in the closet during the year along with our air conditioner and everything else we don't use year round. Right now it doesn't bother me that we have a mish-mash of unmatching silverware, mostly drink everything out of (also unmatching) mugs, and have the ugly dishes my FI has had for years. Just our microwave and coffee pot take up our entire counter space, so there's no space for the Kitchenaid mixer my FI dreams about owning. But when we buy our own place, we probably will want nice stuff. Besides, I wouldn't MIND throwing away half our mugs and all the silverware to make room for the nice new stuff. It's just that I also don't MIND keeping things as they are while we're living in our tiny little place.
So should we register for things we will want someday but don't really have space for now and just try to make space to keep it? One of the reasons we didn't want to register for a lot is that we were hoping some people may choose to give us cash if they get us anything (TBH, if there was a polite way to say "no gifts," we would). Then we could save the cash for the down payment on the condo we really want. Sis argues that once we get the condo, we won't want to spend the money on glassware and appliances, so we should register for it now so we have it.
Did you register for all the items you wanted, even if you didn't have space for it at the time? What would you do?