My FI and I are getting married in October and starting to think about setting up our registry. I wasn't going to do this, originally. We live together now and each lived on our own for years prior to that, so a lot of the household items that typically go on a registry are things we flat-out don't need. For instance, we won't be registering for any plates or glassware since we already own two complete sets. Obviously we're hoping for more monetary gifts (who isn't?), but I've lurked enough here and on E to know there's no polite way to ask for that. And then there's the people who have told me they prefer physical gift-giving to just writing a check, and the fact that my MOH is insisting on throwing me a bridal shower (I didn't feel I needed one), so I guess a smallish registry might be a good idea after all.
So my question is, how should one go about setting up a registry when one doesn't really need that much stuff? I can think of a couple things to put on there that we want but probably wouldn't buy ourselves (like a Rabbit wine opener and a KitchenAid), and a couple things we could upgrade (new pans, towels that actually match the decor of our bathroom), but not enough to really give the people who will be shopping for us much in the way of options. How many things, approximately, should we have on there? And is there anything non-obvious that might be worth adding?
October 2012 December Siggy - A Favorite Wedding Photo
