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Gah, that's a gorgeous headboard. I'd totally put it on my registry, even if I knew no one would buy it. Haha. Where is it from?
Maybe you could add gift cards TO your registry? In small amounts like $10, $25, etc. I don't blame you for not needing many cheap things if you've already got an established household.
Hi Vegan! Cute new pic! Yeah, I love that headboard...it's a wee bit pricey....but you never know!! It's too gorgeous to not try for..lol. Here
I will look into the gift card option. It's a good idea...I want to give people options.
I think the least expensive thing on our registry was probably like $15. We didn't register for a lot of stuff because we already lived together and didn't need china since my dad will probably give me his wedding china.
I had a little bit of trouble with this too because we'd already been living together a year before our wedding. I added some fun things like board games and movies. I also added some kitchen gadgets that were inexpensive, but maybe upgrades of what we already had. When we first moved in together we got almost all the kitchen supplies we needed, but we bought the cheapest stuff possible!
Also, we registered for some things we realllly wanted, but we didn't think anyone would actually buy them. We ened up actually getting one of them! We were pretty surprised. A lot of registries will give you a 10% coupon after your wedding to buy something that wasn't purchased. So you could use your gift cards and 10% coupon and buy your headboard :)
We've lived together for about 4 years. Most all of our home/kitchen things are cheap and need to be replaced so we're upgrading nearly everything to nicer versions. I think the cheapest things are ~$15.
I think I have something on there that's like $9. Then again, we aren't THAT established and are missing a few of the smaller basics. lol
I wouldn't think you are a brat! And I also think you should put the Headboard on there (especially if they give you adiscount on fullfilling the registry after the event)!
Being a guest that was put in this position before, I can say that you shouldn't stress over it. I had a friend that had her wedding right after our baby was born so finances were tight and the cheapest thing on her registry was a wine glass for $50/glass...so instead of giving her one glass, we just bought her a gift card for the store she registered at. At the shower it seemed like that is what a lot of people did, so it wasn't a big deal. Then she can add them up and get what she really wants :-)
I guess I'm getting married at the wrong time, because I can't see myself needing or wanting "forever" pieces for at least the next...8 years.
For the record, I have an ice cream scoop on the registry. Yum! Ice cream! I hope I get it!
Honestly, our least expensive item is only $1. This is the first time we've lived together or without roommates, so we need everything. I would love to register for only nicer things, but I know that a lot of my guests won't be able to afford much. I have had a few guest that have bought us nicer items that weren't on our registry and those are the things we'll keep forever.
I think as long as your price range suits your guest and you choose items you want/need, then you're fine. And I love that headboard. I think you should go for it.
I feel the same way. I think the least expensive thing on my registry is about ten bucks. I was thinking people would usually want to spend $20 at a shower, so I needed some items that were 20, or easily added to 20. But, for wedding gifts, I always feel like it should be a forever gift, not something I would buy/replace on a regular basis.
We have cheap stuff on ours. Like dish rags at BB&B, tiny silicon bowls on our amazon registry, stuff like that. Probably the cheapest thing is like ... $3? I'm one of those people who cleans up on all the cheap crap on a registry when I'm a guest, so I figured it didn't hurt to include that stuff. We also have a bunch of $200+ camping gear on our registry though (and $80-200 pots and pans) so people can decide what they want to spend. :)
How about adding things like a serving utensils, measuring cups, meat thermometer, meat tenderizer, colander, picture frames, etc.
I vote for the headboard! Definitely put it on. And let us know if you get it! As for cheap things, I wouldn't stress . I was worried about the same thing, since we live together and already have a bunch of stuff. But in 20 minutes of playing with the scanner thingy and Bed, Bath, and Beyond, I found plenty of fun little things like kitchen gadgets and picture frames that I'd never buy myself, all under $15. But I think most people would just give cash or a gift card if they didn't want to give anything on the registry, so I don't think you need to worry about it. Also, if a bunch of your guests know each other, they might go in a gift together. My FI (jokingly?) wanted to register for a $1800 bar. I convinced him that might look a bit bratty, although technically, if all of our guests teamed up on one thing . . . ? Haha, no that would be weird. Headboard though? Perfectly reasonable.
I've been getting hassled by my mom for only having expensive items (which isn't even true - we have a registry at Target where 50% of the items are <$30!), and not having the typical registry stuff. My mom got married at 22 and lived with her paretns till the wedding. We're both in our late 20s and have been on our own for over 7 yrs, we already HAVE all the smaller kitchen stuff. Then we moved in together over the winter and decorated our apartment, so the bathroom's done too. We're currently in a tiny Manhattan apt so we simply don't have room for extra stuff right now; we're planning to head out to the suburbs in 2-3 yrs, so I'd be more interested in my "forever" type pieces then.
People can always pool together for a bigger ticket item (like my espresso machine. Please!!) or do the gift card route. Don't apologize for your list. The bottom line is that it's your decision. I registered for a dog playpen, which I'm hoping to get early so I can use it AT the wedding (on a farm). So yeah, I'm breaking that rule too.
I deff say go for the headboard!!
I've decided not to register, I’m in my early 20’s and on house # 2 when I was still in High School I asked for house stuff for x-mas gifts so I had all the good stuff before I ever moved out. Now I’ve lived with my FI for 3 years we don’t need much besides a new dining room table. We have one it’s my FMIL’s she gave it to us when we moved into #2 it’s just not my style.
We’re remodeling our entire house, does home depot & Lowes have registry I can always use drywall & 2x4’s!
Like a lot of the others have said, maybe register for upgrades of things that you already have. Register for new towels and use the old ones as rags, new kitchen utensils, etc. Also, if you are going on a honeymoon, have you thought about doing the honeymoon registry, where people can donate money that way without actually buying you anything? Having been a guest to a few wedding when I was a bit younger, I found it hard to purchase more expensive gifts, but being a true hater of gift care giving (I feel like it makes me look like I didn’t put any effort into it…even thought I LOVE getting gift cards, funny how that works) I would fret over the gift for weeks before I would decide on something.
haha. I just checked out our registry and the cheapest item is $1.95. BUT. I'm asking for a set of 4 appetizer plates that belong to a larger set. If that makes sense.
I don't know, I think we need to give people options and that includes all price points. And we also looked at the registry as things we need, want and would never buy for ourselves.
I would never walk into Crate and Barrel and spend $$ on little appetizer plates. I would love to have them. But I would personally never buy them.
And oh, the next cheapest is $3.99 ea but we registered for 4. Korean Earthen Bowls! Would LOVE to have these but again would never spend the money myself to buy them. But again these are part of a larger set of items.
But if you don't want anything of that nature I would def add GCs then.
With the Amazon Registry can you add items from other sites?
@misshelleez,
If you did something like MyRegistry you can add things from all over the internet. We added a couple Lowes GC. :)
I wanted to put more expensive things on my registry, but I just knew that NOONE would buy them for me. At the shower, people went together, sometimes 5 people.. they got me a lot of stuff rather than getting me something pricey-er. So that told me a lot.. I'm expecting to maybe get some plates, glassware, stuff like that at the wedding, but mostly money and giftcards... so we have a LOT of unpurchased stuff. We'll have to decide what we want the most and go get it!
Personally I wouldn't mind because I'd just give a gift card or cash and not stress over it but you do see a good number of people complaining about expensive registries without good cheaper options so I do think it bothers some people. I would make the effort to have some cheaper items on he registry. They don't have to be $10 but there should be something under $50 and several under $100 and if they all get bough you can always add more.
The least expensive thing I registered for was an apple corer that cost $2.99. I know I get stressed out having to scour registries for things I can afford, and I want to make it easier on my guests than others have made it for me in the past.
We picked out items like a banana tree, new spatulas and utensiles (NEW nice ones from Willaims Sonoma!), containers for the pantry (those stainless steel ones are AWESOME and inexpensive but i use them to store my dry goods like flour, sugar, etc, instead of in their bag), Plink! balls are great too (they clean your disposal as random as that sounds), cutting boards, new kitchen towels, etc. Because we had a Williams-Sonoma registry, a lot of our inexpensive items were like, cookbooks, sauces, seasonings, stuff like that.
Add the headboard! At worst, no one gets it for you. At best, 4 friends go in on it and you get it!
I got a $350 mixer from my second cousins and I was floored because I haven't seen them in 15 years but they still sent something.
You never know :)
We don't live together, so on one hand we have two of everything already, but most of the things we have are kind of crappy dorm-room quality, so we're happy to register for upgrades. The cheapest things we have are probably some towels and kitchen gadgets like a corkscrew. We also put some board/party games on the registry like catchphrase because we thought it would be a good option for people who don't want to buy kitchen or bathroom stuff.
I would add the headboard! You never know, maybe a few couples will go in on it together.
I registered for everything from a $5 pot holder to a $200 silverware storage box. There's lots of things I'd rather spend my money on than kitchen gadgets, so I'm pretty lacking in everything. The only thing we didn't register for is china because my parents are giving me theirs as a gift.
I went to a lot of trouble to make sure there were plenty of inexpensive items on our registry--replacement dish towels, replacement kitchen utensils (~$5.99 ea) and such. Then one person cleaned them all out with one go. They spent about $100, so I don't know why they didn't just get one of the bigger items instead of taking ALL of the little ones and now there's not much left in the "less expensive" price range I was so careful to create. Oh, well. You can't predict what guests will do, so you might as well just put what makes you happy on the list. That headboard is great, btw.
I would totally add the headboard, but then, you're talking to the girl who registered for a patio set. Yeah. I went there. It's just so cute, and perfect, and I want it, and drool over it, and the WORST that happens is no one gets it and then I won't have it, but I don't have it now, so it's not like my quality of life will change, KWIM? It's pricey...but I've got several groups of friends that I could see going in on it. Whatevs. We'll see. As far as prices of other items...we're sort of all over the place. I've always wanted zesters of various sizes, and FI always thought that was a silly thing to spend money on, so onto the registry it went! So stuff like that--we've been living together for a while so there's nothing we really NEED, but there's stuff that we just wouldn't buy for ourselves because it's not strictly necessary. And not all of that stuff is expensive. Though I hope if someone gets the $7.99 zester, they might also throw in the fancy ice cream scoop. You know. For good measure.
I had a lot of luck with our Crate and Barrel registry. We registered for all sorts of things that could be bought as sets or individually, so it gave guests the option to spend much less. And, honestly, some of their hand-blown glassware is gorgeous, almost identical to the pricier brands, and far cheaper (and much easier to replace when/if they get broken!).
we registered for a bunch of cheap items at crate and barrel, but the cheapest we registered for multiples of (like ramekins and cloth napkins). we've lived together for 2 years and on our own, out of college and out of our parents' homes, for several years before that, so we have a lot of stuff, but we're upgrading. in addition to the "forever" items, as you put it, we're also registering for little things that we'd otherwise buy ourselves. like, poach pods--we have 2 of these guys and love them, but on weekends when we poach eggs we usually eat 2 each, so we could use another set to poach 4 eggs at a time... http://www.crateandbarrel.com/family.aspx?c=748&f=32095&q=poach&fromLocation=Search&DIMID=400001&SearchPage=1
@mrsmdphd
We registered for a patio set as well! A nice little 2 seat and bistro table aluminum wicker set. It's not that expensvie compared to what I've heard other have registered for!
But I agree, the worst that can happen is no one buys it.
But I can possibly see some relatives perhaps going in and buying it for us. Fingers crossed! We have a patio dining set but need a patio seating set.
I know you don't want "just a bunch of cheap stuff" from your guests, but if you don't give them options on your registry, you are likely to get things you don't want at all. Maybe you could find some stuff from BB&B to register for? If you get multiples or you get something you don't like you can always return for store credit and get something else. But having a registry with only high-end items leaves people open to get you lower priced random things that they think of instead...I'd be careful about that!
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Gah! I am having so much trouble finding inexpensive things for our registry! We live together, and have a beautiful established home so I am registering at amazon.com to have more options (endless possibilities!)
I'm just having trouble registering for inexpensive gifts. I know everyone has different price points, and if someone can only spend $x on us, I'd rather they put it in a gift card or pick out something for that amount on their own. I don't want to register for stuff we're going to throw out in two years. I think a registry is for "forever" GIFTS (eg: Waterford crystal pitcher, mantle clock, etc, etc). I dont want to register for inexpensive kitchen odds and ends...I buy those regularly for us anyways. But now my guests will all think I'm a brat!!
**I'm not saying I expect everyone to spend a lot on us, I am just saying I don't want to put cheap things on the registry..I'd rather those people just pick out a candy dish or something for the amount they'd rather spend.
1. What was the least expensive thing you registered for?
2. Is it too odd to include a headboard on your registry? HAHA. Even if it's this beautiful:
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