My mom put our engagement announcement in the Bakersfield Californian.
Click here to see:
http://www.bakersfield.com/1329/story/518564.html
Saturday, August 9, 2008
Sunday, August 3, 2008
...and the registering begins
I wasn't completely braindead when I finished up my weekend event this morning so Brent and I headed to Macy's this afternoon to do some homework on registering. All of the wedding timelines we've read say that we should register between 6 and 9 months before the wedding, and we are at about 7 1/2. We figured we would need to research a bunch of stuff before we could officially sign up for the "scanner gun" and start pointing.
What we found out is we can basically register for all of our gifts - Macy's and all of the others - in our pjs at home in front of the computer. You don't even have to go to the store to pick out the gifts anymore (although in my opinion, that is part of the whole experience). The only experience that I've ever had with registering is when my dad and Janice got married and they probably spent upwards of 20 hours in Gottchalk's in as many trips.
After we deadlocked on our dishes and bedding at Macy's, we decided to "table" those selections and that we needed another piece of scenery. So - we headed over to the new Lowe's in West Sacramento.
I heart Lowe's. I could easily walk out of there thousands of dollars in debt if I actually had the time to do the home improvement projects that I imagine myself doing while I'm shopping there. I think Lowe's is so much better than Home Depot and the prices always seem lower too. At Lowe's we found out the *only* way we could register was online so we started a list (and as you'll see on the web site, it took about 20 minutes to input what we registered for there).
So, we'll "un-table" the decisions about dishes and bedding in a few weeks and head back to Macy's. I gotta say, the whole registry thing is pretty overwhelming to think that you are picking out a lot of items that are intended for you to use for your lifetime. Lots of choices and decisions to come...
What we found out is we can basically register for all of our gifts - Macy's and all of the others - in our pjs at home in front of the computer. You don't even have to go to the store to pick out the gifts anymore (although in my opinion, that is part of the whole experience). The only experience that I've ever had with registering is when my dad and Janice got married and they probably spent upwards of 20 hours in Gottchalk's in as many trips.
After we deadlocked on our dishes and bedding at Macy's, we decided to "table" those selections and that we needed another piece of scenery. So - we headed over to the new Lowe's in West Sacramento.
I heart Lowe's. I could easily walk out of there thousands of dollars in debt if I actually had the time to do the home improvement projects that I imagine myself doing while I'm shopping there. I think Lowe's is so much better than Home Depot and the prices always seem lower too. At Lowe's we found out the *only* way we could register was online so we started a list (and as you'll see on the web site, it took about 20 minutes to input what we registered for there).
So, we'll "un-table" the decisions about dishes and bedding in a few weeks and head back to Macy's. I gotta say, the whole registry thing is pretty overwhelming to think that you are picking out a lot of items that are intended for you to use for your lifetime. Lots of choices and decisions to come...
Bakersfield - Watch the newspaper!
Bakersfield peeps -
My mom put Brent and I's engagement announcement in the "Celebrations" section and it will be coming out on Saturday, August 9th. Watch for it and let me know how it turns out.
My mom put Brent and I's engagement announcement in the "Celebrations" section and it will be coming out on Saturday, August 9th. Watch for it and let me know how it turns out.
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