Interesting Wedding Registry Items

[SthrnZeta]

Originally Posted by RaggedyAnn

The strangest thing I saw on a registry was a garden hose. It was at the gift table! I laughed when I saw it. Now that I am a home owner, I can see why they did it.

When hubby and I were making our registry, we went from one end of the apartment to the other. We made a list of everything we needed replaced, wanted upgraded and really wished we had on a regular basis or when hosting guests, before we went to the stores to register. My favorite and most used gift is still my toaster oven-four years later. We are very practical people though, and really didn't want unneeded clutter.

I can see that. Me and J are pretty practical too and I like the idea of going through our house and making a list before shopping - good advice, thank you!

Originally Posted by ForeverRoses

I hope you buy them! I enjoy finding the more interesting requests and buying those rather than the standard wine glass or plate.

One good friend of mine registered for an electic toothbrush and replacement toothbrush heads. As a joke, I gave the replacement toothbrush heads as part of her shower gift. She had to wait the other 4 months for the toothbrush (that was the wedding gift).

Now THAT's funny!

[Scully]

My husband's cousin actually registered for a Playstation console.

[RaggedyAnn]

The strangest thing I saw on a registry was a garden hose. It was at the gift table! I laughed when I saw it. Now that I am a home owner, I can see why they did it.

When hubby and I were making our registry, we went from one end of the apartment to the other. We made a list of everything we needed replaced, wanted upgraded and really wished we had on a regular basis or when hosting guests, before we went to the stores to register. My favorite and most used gift is still my toaster oven-four years later. We are very practical people though, and really didn't want unneeded clutter.

[Nanners52674]

Ummm my cousin registered for a bbq that was in excess of a thousand dollars. . . btw their in marriage counseling (theyve been married less than 9 months)

[Xidelt]

A college roommate registered for furniture at Pottery Barn. She got married pretty soon after she graduated--I thought it was a little pricey at the time as most of us had just gotten our first jobs.

I was once invited to the wedding of an acquaintance (the invite was emailed to me--no joke. Pretty tacky, huh?) The bride was a pretty strict vegetarian and registered for 2 Vera Wang shrimp servers. ???

[nittanyalum]

We didn't register for any of that either, we just registered for really good everyday Noritake and flatware (and didn't even receive all the place settings for that -- what if you only get 5 of your 10 registered sets? I didn't want to buy all that china myself). Between my mother and grandmother, I'll probably end up with 2 or 3 sets of fine china and silver some day and we don't do a lot of "formal" dining here at home either. We had other things we needed for the house more or frankly, were happy with cash gifts that we could spend ourselves.

[Fawn Liebowitz]

The daughter of one of my friends registered for an animal-shaped toilet brush - I really wanted to buy it, but someone else beat me to it.

I registered for everything (fine china, crystal, etc.) but if I had to do it all again, I would only register for Christmas china.

[Fleur de Lis]

We registered for fine china and nice stemware. I make a point to use it often, so it was worth it to me. However, I didn't want to be polishing forks before a big dinner, so we just use our everyday flatware.