We had friends in town over the weekend and we ate our way through DC and survived the crappy weather! I am almost certainly catching the cold that is going around DC (figures) and only just sent out our holiday cards yesterday. I’m not used to feeling so behind on E V E R Y T H I N G but maybe I need to just accept this as my new normal. At any rate, I am hoping to get posts up the rest of the week, but will likely be quest through the New Year as we are headed north to beautiful Vermont for the week between Xmas and New Years.
For today we have our FAVORITE guest blogger, Kelsey, sharing her insights into creating a rational registry for your wedding. Take it away girl!
How to Create a Rational & Practical Wedding Registry | By: Kelsey
Here’s the thing about a wedding registry: it’s awesome. But it’s also stressful. Especially if you live in 700 square feet with another person and a dog. I’ve also lived with this person for six years so we’ve got a bunch of stuff. The trouble is new stuff is better.
You’ve got to evaluate. What do you need? What should you probably replace because you’ve had it since freshman year? And finally, what do you want? Yeah, you get to get stuff you want too. Lucky for me, my fiancé loves to research everything. Like oh, you wanted to make marinated goat cheese as a gift for friends this holiday? You should consider vacuum sealing them to make them last longer. (Thirty minutes later) Did you know you improper canning may give people botulism? Seriously, this was a conversation we had today.
So we identified the pieces we wanted: pots and pans, knives, etc. and he got to work on finding the very best ones that would work for us. While I would love to have holiday china (this is a thing) I don’t have the space for it. While I would love to have a set of guest pillows and sheets, I don’t have space for it. Perhaps Joey says it best.
In addition to the stuff, we also did a honeymoon registry. There are a ton of sites out there to host your honeymoon registry, for us, Zola worked best. We were able to create various experiences for our honeymoon at certain price points for guests to feel like they were contributing to something personal and not just giving cash.
I will leave you with one other nugget of knowledge. Some people, no matter how much time and energy you spend on your registry will go rogue. They will. They think they know better and that you absolutely must have an egg cuber or an authentic southern sweet tea brewer. Remember things can be returned and thank you notes must be written. Always.
