Despite my incredibly strong desire to hold off on registering (possibly until next year), we made the trek to Bed Bath & Beyond to start our wish list. I LOVE BB&B. I LOVE shopping there. And I LOVE that they allow you to use more than one coupon a transaction and expired coupons too! (I can't help it. It's the cheapskate in me. But, really, I could essentially buy 10 items and use 10 twenty percent off coupons...you can't beat it!) Registering was something much further down on my 'To Do' list. Why register now when stock is changing, I have no idea what our living situation will be like and I'd most likely end up completely re-doing the registry as these questions got answered? For instance I registered for King sheets. We have a queen bed. But if our future bedroom is big enough we'd like to get a king. If it's not...registry altered. And I know we will have at least one bathroom. But what if we have two...add a second set of towels and accessories. And what if we got through the agonizing discussion of dinnerware, pick plates and silverware only to have the style be discontinued and clearanced with 6 months still to go to our wedding? Which brings me back to how I LOVE Bed Bath and Beyond. Except, it seems, when it comes to registering. Registering at BB&B is completely overwhelming! It may have helped if we'd talked about what we wanted before going to the store. Instead we wandered aimlessly around the store scanning few items and mostly deciding to decide later. As a result we walked away with about ten items on our wedding list. Now that a registry is started, however, I can't stop thinking about it. We forgot cookie sheets. How can I continue my quest to perfect the chocolate chip cookie without high class cookie sheets? And what colors do we want in our bedroom? Maybe we should have decided that prior to registering for sheets. So now our incomplete and fledgling registry remains on the active to do list with no cross off date in sight. And I have a new obsession...checking and updating the registry--frequently!
3 comments:
I love that they take old coupons too. Especially when Erin is headed back to college each year. It saves me a bundle!
Girl I know exactly what you mean! It seems like registries would be the fun part, but it just causes anxiety because I don't know what to put or what we'll need!
I think the bigger question here is: How can you continue your quest for the perfect chocolate chip cookie, if you never make cookies? I think we should make an effort to make more cookies. It will be tough to test all the cookies you are going to make, but I am willing to take one for the team in order for you to accomplish this goal ;)
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