Am I missing something?
Can I just go back to Disneyland?
Life is so much simpler when you're on vacation. I wrote about the hassle of changing your name when you get married. School started yesterday and I had to go change my name and address there too. Piece of cake! Thank you!
But there are other super fun things that have to be done when you get married (can you sense the sarcasm?). We moved most of our stuff to our new apartment before the wedding but nothing was very organized. Then there's the fact that all the gifts from the reception were just piled up in the living room. Welcome home! We opened all of our gifts Christmas Eve day. Hubby decided it would be a good idea to cover me in all the bows and ribbons. I could barely move my arms to open the next present and I couldn't SEE what I was opening for all my wrapping.
We made quite the haul. However, there is something that just boggles my mind. We registered at two different stores, went through and scanned all the things we wanted or needed to make it really easy for people to buy gifts for us. We made sure everybody KNEW we were registered at these places and they could go buy us things off our lists and ensure we got things we wanted or needed. So WHY did the majority of people opt to buy us things from who knows where? And instead of possibly getting two of the same present (one from each store we were registered at) we ended up with 3-6 of some gifts. We ended up with things we definitely didn't register for and some we weren't even sure what they were or why we would need them! Like a cloth scissors holder. Why? Why would you need that? And it doesn't just hold one pair of scissors, it holds about 8! (But this gift was from my grandma and I've already talked about gifts from my grandma on here before.)
We got 3 waffle irons, 4 salad bowls, 6 crock pots. Who needs six crock pots? 3 sets of cookie sheets, 2 ice cream makers (we didn't even register for an ice cream maker but I guess we'll keep one, ONE, anyways.) So, for the extent we went to to make sure people knew what we wanted or needed, why wouldn't they buy those things? My mom told me one lady was saying how hard it is to know what to buy and that she bought us something (not on our list) because she didn't figure anybody else would buy it for us. Duh! Because we didn't want it!
I'm not trying to be mean or rude. I really do appreciate everyone's thoughtfulness in buying us gifts. And we did end up with some things that weren't on our list that we really will enjoy (like the ice cream maker). But really, isn't it a lot easier to buy something that was on the registry? They scan it into the computer so other people know that particular thing has been bought for the couple so they should buy something else. You know what to buy, the couple gets the things they want, it's really not that complicated.
What's complicated is having 6 crockpots (with no gift receipts. That's another thing - get a gift receipt and attach it to the present!) and having to take 5 of them back because people didn't buy off your registry, and having no clue where to take them back to (because there was no gift receipt to tell you where it came from). I've been going to all the major stores to try to figure out who carries which brand and it's been a pain. Some things I still have yet to figure out where they came from. It's been a blast, let me tell you!
Life is so much simpler when you're on vacation. I wrote about the hassle of changing your name when you get married. School started yesterday and I had to go change my name and address there too. Piece of cake! Thank you!
But there are other super fun things that have to be done when you get married (can you sense the sarcasm?). We moved most of our stuff to our new apartment before the wedding but nothing was very organized. Then there's the fact that all the gifts from the reception were just piled up in the living room. Welcome home! We opened all of our gifts Christmas Eve day. Hubby decided it would be a good idea to cover me in all the bows and ribbons. I could barely move my arms to open the next present and I couldn't SEE what I was opening for all my wrapping.
We made quite the haul. However, there is something that just boggles my mind. We registered at two different stores, went through and scanned all the things we wanted or needed to make it really easy for people to buy gifts for us. We made sure everybody KNEW we were registered at these places and they could go buy us things off our lists and ensure we got things we wanted or needed. So WHY did the majority of people opt to buy us things from who knows where? And instead of possibly getting two of the same present (one from each store we were registered at) we ended up with 3-6 of some gifts. We ended up with things we definitely didn't register for and some we weren't even sure what they were or why we would need them! Like a cloth scissors holder. Why? Why would you need that? And it doesn't just hold one pair of scissors, it holds about 8! (But this gift was from my grandma and I've already talked about gifts from my grandma on here before.)
We got 3 waffle irons, 4 salad bowls, 6 crock pots. Who needs six crock pots? 3 sets of cookie sheets, 2 ice cream makers (we didn't even register for an ice cream maker but I guess we'll keep one, ONE, anyways.) So, for the extent we went to to make sure people knew what we wanted or needed, why wouldn't they buy those things? My mom told me one lady was saying how hard it is to know what to buy and that she bought us something (not on our list) because she didn't figure anybody else would buy it for us. Duh! Because we didn't want it!
I'm not trying to be mean or rude. I really do appreciate everyone's thoughtfulness in buying us gifts. And we did end up with some things that weren't on our list that we really will enjoy (like the ice cream maker). But really, isn't it a lot easier to buy something that was on the registry? They scan it into the computer so other people know that particular thing has been bought for the couple so they should buy something else. You know what to buy, the couple gets the things they want, it's really not that complicated.
What's complicated is having 6 crockpots (with no gift receipts. That's another thing - get a gift receipt and attach it to the present!) and having to take 5 of them back because people didn't buy off your registry, and having no clue where to take them back to (because there was no gift receipt to tell you where it came from). I've been going to all the major stores to try to figure out who carries which brand and it's been a pain. Some things I still have yet to figure out where they came from. It's been a blast, let me tell you!
posted by Heidi @ 1:17 PM
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