In November, only two months after our engagement, Lilac Dude’s grandmother sadly passed away. When it came time to start cleaning out her house all of the family decided that they would rather give Lilac Dude and I everything we needed to start a home than sell it to strangers.
Hand-me-down furniture is great. We’ll start off with a couch, chairs, a kitchen table, a counter top convection oven and pretty much all of the “big things” for a new home together. Even though these items are used, they’re a huge blessing to have because they are all pretty expensive to purchase just after getting married. When we were going through things I realized that some of things you just need to get new, which alleviated my registry worries a little because I had been watching the list of things we need shrink, which isn’t bad but I did want our guests to have a selection of different things on the registry.
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About thirty minutes after arriving home from work yesterday… the doorbell rang. When I got to the door there was a large box from Crate and Barrel on our doorstop.
 When I opened the larger Crate & Barrel box...inside was this beautiful wrapped box. I was delighted to bring it in and open it. My bridal shower is scheduled for April 10th, 2010 and this was the very first gift to arrive. I began opening it…
Inside was…
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As I mentioned in my previous post, Our First Registry Outing, we recently set up our wedding registry (or the first draft) and I’m glad we did! You can imagine the shock and excitement I experienced today when I logged on to our registry at Macy’s only to find that one of our items, a mixing bowl set (that I’m actually quite obsessed with), had already been purchased! To be honest, I thought there was a mistake with my registry list, but soon remembered that people now have access to this information from our wedding website and are buying our presents already!
So, the first thing I did when I saw this? I called Gardenia dude to share the good news, followed by my sisters, my mother & a couple girlfriends — It really feels like the best version of Christmas ever. The next 6 months are going to be REALLY exciting for more than one reason 
P.S. If the mystery shopper is reading this, thanks for making my day!
Since we’re sending out our ‘Save the Dates’ (yay!) that link directly to our wedding website with a registry link, we figured it was high time to get something going in terms of a registry. So, last night my dude and I met up at Macy’s to start the process. To be honest, I thought this would be my dream come true, but initially I think there was a bit of shell-shock on my end. They basically give you a scanner and say, “go, make a house!” With so many options and so much to get (we do not live together, so we really will be starting from scratch), the task was daunting. We did manage to get a fair amount of our Macy’s stuff picked out and on our list (minus linens — their selection is either REALLY expensive or somewhat cheap looking — not a really good in-between option if you ask me), but there really is a long way to go and being someone who tends to over think most decisions, I have a sneaking suspicion these registry items are going to change a few times over the next 6 months or so
Regardless, ‘hip hip hooray’ for the beginnings of the Gardenia wedding registry!
We decided to register at two places. We went with Bed, Bath, and Beyond. We chose them because they are all over, you can view the registry online, and purchase items online, and they always send those great $5 off or 20% off coupons and we thought our guests would appreciate that. We registered one Saturday afternoon after lunch with my daughter in tow. She loved using the scanner and we ended up choosing such things as a new bedding set, new kitchen knives…which we desperately need, and place settings. My fiance and I are not fancy schmancy people and we decided to forgo the fancy china and registered for an everyday dining set. We also tried to go with mostly needs and a few wants. Here are some of the things we selected from Bed, Bath, and Beyond.
 Rachael Ray lime green lasagna baker = $39.99
As you all know per my last post, my 1 and only bridal shower is coming. I’m psyched. I can’t wait. I’m working on picking out which beers I want at my party. (Pansy Dude and I are little beer-ies.)
So, I’ve read a few of my fellow Buds posts and I have to say. You all seem to be far more humble than myself. I’m not the least bit concerned about everyone watching me open presents. I love presents. I love being the center of attention (which has gotten me into more trouble than any of you will ever know… unless you were at Charlie’s, The Brown Jug, Connor O’Neil’s or the Theta Tau house in Ann Arbor between the years of 2003 and 2008).
On registries now. I was talking to my mother this weekend and, upon reading my invitations, she asked me why I hadn’t registered at any of the big-box stores, listing a few on her fingers.
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Greetings buds! I’ve been a very busy bride-to-be with LESS THAN 100 DAYS left till the big day! The good news is that Periwinkle Dude and I have crossed a number of items off our to-do list over the past few weeks, and I look forward to telling you all about the excitement! But first… a bridal poll!!!
Which formal dinnerware pattern do you like best?…
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I am marrying an Italian in Italy, and we are counting on at least half of our guests to be Italian. I am more surprised (in a great way) about the number of Americans who are making the trip to celebrate with us! With a bicultural wedding, there are many things to consider: one being the registry. I needed to learn how they do registries in Italy for our Italian guests and make another one for our American guests.
 From italianamericanactor.com
Cotton dude and I have been living on our own for years in our own apartments – like many buds, I am sure – which made the idea of registering at a single store impossible. Not to mention that fact that both of us were dreading that strange scanning gun.
 Photo from vhsoftware.com In comes MyRegistry.com! Literally, it was a life-changing, revelation moment when I found it. I can’t even remember how I found it now, but that’s not the point. MyRegistry.com gives you the ability to choose ANYTHING you want on the web and add it to your registry for your guests to purchase directly from the selected website.
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I am a huge Target fan. I’m sure most of you are, if not all of you. I actually thought I was the biggest fan since I go in there at least 3 times a week, until I found this blog Target-Addict. I’m pretty sure she is way more of a fan than I am.
Anyhoo, Target has been high on my list of places to register. Well, last week I talked to two of my friends who registered there last year, and they said it was quite a hassle if you wanted to take something back. If the gift giver doesn’t give a receipt with the item, you can’t return it. If its broken and no receipt you have to try to return it to the manufacturer.
So in order to still keep my Target relationship on good, I mean GREAT terms, we have decided to not register there.
But where are good places to register? If any of the Blossoms could enlighten me, it would be greatly appreciated too!!
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