What do you put on a wedding registry?
July 13th, 2010 | 
Author: We are getting married at the end of October this year, and everyone keeps asking where we are registered. We have not made a registry yet because we have no clue what to put on it.
We have lived together for about a year now, so we just had a house warming party where everyone bought all of that kind of stuff that we needed. I can’t think of what else we would put on it..
Any ideas? What do/did you have on yours?
Thank you =]
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I’m getting married in September and just did our registry today. We don’t really need anything either (we’re both in our mid-20s and have been self-sufficient for quite some time). I originally didn’t even want to do a registry. A few people asked, so I finally made one. We put a few big ticket items that we won’t be able to purchase on our own for awhile, a few things that we’d like to upgrade, a few fun things, and a few practical things that aren’t necessities.
New plates/bowls
Cutlery
Cute ceramic coffee mugs
Wine glasses
Picture frames
Dish towels
Bath towels
High thread count sheets
Wooden spoons and a spoon rest
Garlic press and can opener
Cookbooks
Spice rack
Cutting boards
Knives
Kitchen Aid stand mixer
A new TV
Waffle iron
Camping gear
Pyrex bowls and baking dishes
Most things are pretty practical, but you can register for things that you wouldn’t just go out and buy on a normal shopping trip (better knives or sets of coffee mugs). If people buy you things from the registry, great. If not, oh well, you most likely don’t really need it since you already live together and have already set up your home. People seem to like the registries, so might as well make it convenient for guests.
A registry checklist is a great help: http://www.bedbathandbeyond.com/regchecklist.asp?
You won’t need everything on there, but maybe it’ll spark something in your mind.
If you truly feel that you don’t need anything, you don’t have to have a registry. People will either give you random gifts or they’ll give you cash.
Sounds like you don’t need a registry. There aren’t any shoulds about what should be on the list. These aren’t great times economically and your guests will be showing their love and support for you both by coming out and supporting you by their very presence.
I hate it when a registry is just a way of upgrading what the b & g already have, especially when most everything on the list is pricey and the b & g might not even fork out that much money for themselves. People are only asking you to be polite and to know they will be buying you something you really want, not something you’ll be disappointed getting. If you don’t need anything, don’t have a registry and your guests will either choose a gift for you or will give you cash – you can always return gifts you don’t like and you know what to do with the cash!
You could alternatively, discreetly let it be known that in lieu of presents for yourselves, you would really appreciate it if guests would donate what they would have spent on a gift, to a charity of your choice. But please don’t go the tacky poem route to do this or put this on the invites. This should only be told to guests IF they ask what you want and preferably via a third party unless you and your fiance and your guests, are comfortable talking about these things directly.