Last weekend Robbin & I completed the most consumer, materialistic ritual of the wedding ritual. We registered. Registries have their strong points; people want to buy you something you will like. But it also just reminds me how much the GDP goes up for each wedding. Robbin & I will be spending money on the hotel/caterer/reception, the clothes, the flowers, the DJ, etc; our guests will spend money to get to the hotel (either through a car or an airfare). Some guests will spend money on a hotel room. And then of course people may choose to give us a gift. Seriously, I am helping the economy by getting married.
We went to Bed Bath & Beyond on Saturday before a family dinner and essentially failed at registering. We didn't know what we wanted; the eager and friendly sales person demonstrated how strong fine China is by having Robbin stand on a teacup. That was interesting but we don't need fine China. Actually, no one needs fine China, but I happen to have my Grandmother's anyway. After 45 minutes and only registering for 10 frames, both of us were cranky, looking at the time & deciding it is okay to show up early to my mom's house for dinner.
On Sunday we went to Crate & Barrel. Oh what a difference a day makes. First of all, I want to buy most everything that is in Crate & Barrel. The past couple seasons I haven't been so hot on them, but I'm back to giving CB my love. I'm pretty sure Robbin even had a good time doing this. And now I have this ultimate wish list. And I'm pretty sure that makes be shallow and materialistic to enjoy this so much. Oh well.
I think in a few years I might pretend to be getting married again & go register. I just like the handheld scan thingy.
4 comments:
hee, we were the exact opposite. We went NUTS registering at bed, bath and beyond (the wall of kitchen gadgets was Stephen's equivalent of El Dorado), and we spent two or three hours there. Then we went to Crate and Barrel and we were both just bored and overwhelmed, all at the same time.
However, now that I know this about you, I know which registry to shop from!
I don't remember registering for our wedding too well, but I do know that registering for baby things is by far the WORST thing ever, if you do it at Babies R Us, which sucks the lifeblood straight out of your bone marrow. So my idea is that when you get pregnant, just register from Crate & Barrel again!
oh my god, registering for baby stuff is HATE embodied. Why, though? I don't know what was so terrible about it but it seriously sucked.
The scanner gun thingy is one of the best creations ever!
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