subject: Registries Are Exhausting [print this page] This weekend we finally ticked off another major task on the to-do list: our registry. Ill be honest with yall. Registering was on the bottom of my priority list. I knew it was something that had to be taken care of at some point in time, but I was kind of dreading it. In a lot of ways I was thinking it was going to be a pointless exercise. I mean, Mr. Hawk and I have been living together for over a year now. What could we really need? When we decided to rent a home together, we both brought a good amount of things into our home: pots and pans, plates, silverwareor so I thought. When it came time to take a good solid inventory, I realized that we were definitely lacking. Im embarrassed to admit that in a lot of ways weve been living like college kids (at 26 and 30, no less)!
The majority of our cups (I cant even call it glassware) are emblazoned with either Green Leafe logos (one of my favorite college bars) or sports logos. We have a collection of mismatched wine glasses weve collected at our various wine-tasting outings, and our serving platters are all Tar-jay plastics. I was incredibly surprised that I only was able to eliminate a handful of items from the registry lists! Apparently this registry thing was something we needed more than I originally thought.
With my notated lists in hand, we went to Macys. We decided to take care of a lot of big-ticket items there such as our china, silverware, and small appliances. At first I regretted bringing Mr. H when it came to china patterns. He thought china was pointless, yet was somehow very opinionated when it came to decision-making. (Sigh.) In the end we were able to agree on a great pattern.
Then after a Starbucks visit (and venti-sized coffees in handdid I mention the exhaustion?), we were on to Crate&Barrel. C&B was the place I was most looking forward to after our in-home inventory. I knew that we were in desperate need of everyday items. We found some great glassware and grown-up serving platters. One of my favorite items we found was the lightly green-tinted Miguel pitcher and glasses.
Mr. Hawk took charge of the scanner gun (of course), and I actually think that he might have had a good time (besides the whole Im missing college football for this attitude).
We pretty much selected everything we needed to besides a couple items that I wanted to do a bit more research on before choosing a brand and model. The online feature is going to be a lifesaver, especially for price comparisons. I know theres not a chance in hell Ill get Mr. H back out there, scanner gun or not.
