Just reading Jan's last entry, I was wondering where people would register if they were getting married. Not snobby places like Bloomingdales or Tiffany's or whatever.

I'll probably register at IKEA. It's a sickness, I tell ya.

Can you actually register at IKEA?

What about Zellers?

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

Answers

Ooh, IKEA! Why didn't I think of that? IKEA would be perfect, and if they don't do bridal registries, they should. Target actually does; I know this because one of Keith's OTHER relatives registered there for her wedding.

I don't know what Zellers is; is it some kind of regional thing?

Crate and Barrel would also be a cool place to register, or Pier One or any of those type of places. Although, hell, let's be frank, I'd be happy if anybody got me stuff at all; who cares where they got it from?

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

Zellers is a Canadian thing, kinda like Wal Mart but not so evil. It's owned by The Hudson's Bay Company ( aka The Bay, a 350 year old department store, kinda like Sears).

I haven't heard of some of your stores, either, but I think I get the drift.

But wouldn't IKEA rock? Are you as addicted as me?

And yes, presents are good, no matter what they are.

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

I'm registering at sears god damn it. I want a set of mastercraftsman tools and frankly their housewares dept. rocks.

Also gonna register at catalogs.com ( i think thats the right address), it has over 500 store catalogs to register in and has special reporting set ups for bridal registries.

Kick ass!

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

Most people in the 374927934 weddings I've attended in the past year have all registered at Target. That was more than fine with me because at the time, I got a discount there. :-) One good thing about Target is that its pretty nationwide, so anyone anywhere in the country could get you a gift from there for your wedding rather than not having even heard of the stores you have registered at. I guess some people register in more than one place too, which makes sense. Register at a hoity toity place so all the old fuddy duddies can spend lots of money on you, and register at IKEA or Target so your cheap friends can get you something you want too. :-)

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

If i could do it all over again, I wouldn't register at all... Looking back at the whole ordeal (lines, bad 'scanning' type guns for products, and the fact that we STILL got duplicates of almost everything on the list) I'd have rather just collected cash and gone on a spree. I mean, my friends and family could tie the bundles of bills in tiny ribbons if they really wanted to, it's not a big deal. Cash has such a bad reputation as a gift, now that's something that could completely change society if reversed. love Jen

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

You know, Keith also pointed out that we should register at at least one frou-frou place so that all the rich relatives can get us something fancy.

I don't know, though, I think I might rather have 100 bucks worth of stuff from Target than one 100-dollar item from the Bon Marche. I'm not sure.

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

When a family friend got married two years ago, she and her fiance registered at Target. Apparently, they give you a scanner-thing, and you just scan the bar code of whatever you want on your registry. The fiance was playing around and testing it before they actually went through the store, and he scanned a can of Pringles something like 50 times. So, of course, there on their registry was "Can of Pringles. [50]" You can probably imagine what the lucky couple got from most of their friends! ;) (in addition to real gifts; we weren't *that* cheap)

Anyways, cute little Target story.

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

Jan: I'm completely with you on that expensive gift thing. My wife has a rich uncle, and he gave us a very expensive crystal decanter from Tiffany's. We were both lamenting what that money could have bought. There were so many things we could have used, a crystal decanter was not one of them. We're not even wine drinkers. We just don't know what he was thinking.

-- Anonymous, May 17, 2000

I _do_ want the expensive flatware, plates and decent wine glasses.

the rest is knick-knack

-- Anonymous, May 18, 2000

I was talking to Keith about this last night (in the context of mentioning this forum thread), and he said that he feels like you SHOULD have one or two big-ticket items on the registry, at least. That way, if Uncle Bigmoney wants to get you one big item, he can get you something off the registry instead of some random expensive gift that you don't want and will never use.

I suppose I can see the value in that, although personally I'd still rather have a lot of less expensive stuff that I really wanted, than one big-ticket thing that I only sort of wanted. Of course, Keith did say that his idea of a big-ticket item would be something like a bread machine or an espresso maker, so I suppose I could go along with that. Just no crystal decanters, please!

-- Anonymous, May 19, 2000

IKEA!!!

Registries are a good theory that never quite work out in practice. (Not entirely unlike my first marriage.. good IDEA.. just didn't really work OUT.. heh) The only good thing about getting china and crystal from a registry instead of cash, is that in reality, I probably wouldn't blow serious money on china.. but I'd still like to have the china.

Heather, I don't think Zellers has a registry.. but the Bay does.

-- Anonymous, May 22, 2000

I was joking about Zellers, actually. God, it's like registering at a dollar store. But I like the Bay for stuff like that. I think I'll go IKEA, though, because practically everything I own is from there now. Dishes, pots n pans, furniture, everything. If IKEA sold clothes, I'd never leave. I wouldn't have to.

-- Anonymous, May 23, 2000

Whenever we get a wedding invitation we rush right out and print off the registry. It's fun to see what the new couple wants, and there's always something to make fun of. "Hey, check this out! They want Samsonite luggage! Samsonite! What are they thinking?!" And even if you don't end up buying something from the list, it is still useful to get ideas from.

-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000

Sadly, Keith and I have done that too. It's just ridiculous what some people want, you know? "Jesus Christ, who the hell needs a 40- dollar pair of chopsticks? And why do they have five separate sizes and styles of candle on here??"

-- Anonymous, May 24, 2000