Registry check!

morenachica110 · April 2012

Whoo hoo! That part is done! Now I just have to go over everything. I'm a little upset that some of the stuff that was in stores isn't online.

Buuut... oh well. Decided to just stick with BB&B and REI. After scouting out online I had about 3 things lined up for Belk. lol! Pretty pleased with the selection we have as well. Have everything from $3.99 to $199.99.

I think our most expensive items from both registries are the Shark vaccum (ditched the Dyson), $129 fiber bed, $100 tent, and $100 flatware set. The rest just kind of falls from there. Do you think that's okay?

Anyways... just glad that the bulk of it is over. Scoping out online beforehand made a world of difference. We only spent about 2.5 hours at BB&B and did the REI online in about 30 minutes.

ETA: I am kind of worried because we chose three lamps in store that aren't online. There's not even a picture to get an idea... I'm wondering if I should choose some online instead...?

jessa1228 · April 2012

Feels good to have that done, doesn't it? Your price range sounds fine. I'm worried because we have a lot of things $25 and under, and then a lot of things $80 and over, with only a few things inbetween. I'm gonna have to go back and tweak it a bit.

morenachica110 · April 2012

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[QUOTE]Feels good to have that done, doesn't it? Your price range sounds fine. I'm worried because we have a lot of things $25 and under, and then a lot of things $80 and over, with only a few things inbetween. I'm gonna have to go back and tweak it a bit.
Posted by jessa1228[/QUOTE]

<div>See... I think we did well in that department. We have a good selection of $30-$80 stuff. I'm just worried we'll look greedy with a $100 saute pan and a $70 knife. FI chose them and, granted, they are the only ones that are a single item and pricey like that, I still feel kind of bad. <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-undecided.gif" border="0" alt="Undecided" title="Undecided" /> Idk.. they <em>are</em> Calphalon so they're good quality. I'll just leave them. If someone gets them great, if not then NBD.</div>

jessa1228 · April 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Registry check! : See... I think we did well in that department. We have a good selection of $30-$80 stuff. I'm just worried we'll look greedy with a $100 saute pan and a $70 knife. FI chose them and, granted, they are the only ones that are a single item and pricey like that, I still feel kind of bad. Idk.. they are Calphalon so they're good quality. I'll just leave them. If someone gets them great, if not then NBD.
Posted by morenachica110[/QUOTE]<div>
</div><div>We went for a lot of the high-end appliances (Cuisinart, KitchenAid). I look at my registry and I feel like it makes us look really greedy. I honestly don't expect people to buy us this stuff, but I also don't want someone to buy us a $20 blender that'll break in 2 years, KWIM? It's tough for us too because we're basically starting from scratch, so we need EVERYTHING.

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morenachica110 · April 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Registry check! : We went for a lot of the high-end appliances (Cuisinart, KitchenAid). I look at my registry and I feel like it makes us look really greedy. I honestly don't expect people to buy us this stuff, but I also don't want someone to buy us a $20 blender that'll break in 2 years, KWIM? It's tough for us too because we're basically starting from scratch, so we need EVERYTHING.
Posted by jessa1228[/QUOTE]

<div>Oh I totally get it. The only reason I don't feel so bad (and we don't have a million things) is because we've been together for awhile and our families were very nice and helped us out so we have a ton of stuff already. We have most pots we would need and got a few nice pans. We just needed to supplement. Our big things were a vaccum that sucks things up (honestly our's now I have to run over something 10 times and then end up just picking it up with my hand lol) and dishes/tableware. We have WalMart dishes and hand me down mismatched aluminum feeling tableware. haha! Is it weird to be excited over real forks?</div>

smartlypretty · April 2012

Sounds completely fine! I think as long as you have a range of prices and plenty of stuff for your guests to pick from, it's perfectly fine to throw some pricey things on there (especially if you know great aunt Ida and your Nana June will buy something pricey). Mine is mostly stuff in the 25, 50, or 75 dollar range and then I threw in a few pricey things. I put a dyson (400), a caphalon set (400), and flatwear set (150) but those are the only things above 100 dollars. I already know my aunt is buying the dyson. And if no one buys the other stuff, completion discount!!!

jessa1228 · April 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Registry check! : Oh I totally get it. The only reason I don't feel so bad (and we don't have a million things) is because we've been together for awhile and our families were very nice and helped us out so we have a ton of stuff already. We have most pots we would need and got a few nice pans. We just needed to supplement. Our big things were a vaccum that sucks things up (honestly our's now I have to run over something 10 times and then end up just picking it up with my hand lol) and dishes/tableware. We have WalMart dishes and hand me down mismatched aluminum feeling tableware. haha! <strong>Is it weird to be excited over real forks?</strong>
Posted by morenachica110[/QUOTE]

<div>Haha not at all! It was funny watching FI pick out the flatware. He wasn't specific about a lot of things, but he was VERY specific about the flatware. I have no idea why.</div>

Ciardasully · April 2012

I also worried about looking greedy but I decided not to worry about it. We don't actually expect to receive the expensive items (kitchenaid mixer though my FI dreams about having one). We just decided to have some fun and made sure there was a wide range of price points. We've lived together for two years so most of what we registered for are not needs anyway. But I know when I attend others weddings, I prefer they have a registry. I want to make sure I get them something they like. But it does feel weird to be on the other side.

What surprised me was how exhausting registering was. Before I was engaged, I thought it would be just be all fun and no work, like shopping without actually buying but registering was a lot of work!

Trins · April 2012

We were the same way. We wanted to have a decent sized registry just in case yet match all the price points as well. We did end up registering for quite a few pricey things as well, not expecting anyone to buy us them but so we could use the completion discount afterwards to buy it for ourselves.

hollyweenOR · April 2012

Way to go! I am dreading doing the registries, honestly. Great check!

josephwedding · April 2012

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Registry check! : See... I think we did well in that department. We have a good selection of $30-$80 stuff. <strong>I'm just worried we'll look greedy</strong> with a $100 saute pan and a $70 knife. FI chose them and, granted, they are the only ones that are a single item and pricey like that, I still feel kind of bad. Idk.. they are Calphalon so they're good quality. I'll just leave them. If someone gets them great, if not then NBD.
Posted by morenachica110[/QUOTE]

<div>I totally feel you here! We registered for what seems like a mountain on stuff & I feel guilty <img src="http://cdn.cl9.vanillaforums.com/downloaded/ver1.0/content/scripts/tinymce/plugins/emotions/images/smiley-embarassed.gif" border="0" alt="Embarassed" title="Embarassed" /></div>

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