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Engagement 101 - Special Features
Happiness Is A Bridal Registry
Cortland Kirkeby
What’s the best place to register? These days with the rush of life and schedules online registries is the preferred method for both the couple and the gift giver. At your convienence you simply go online ----point and click your wishlist and post it up for all to see. Friends and family will appreciate not having to fight for parking at the local mall during their lunch break. It's easy, quick and convienent.
If you still aren’t convinced that registries are the best way to go, consider the following:
- Many, if not most, of today’s couples don’t start from scratch. The bride and groom have each already accumulated a small inventory of household goods -- including some they’re not ready to part with. With a registry, it’s easy to pinpoint items neither one has.
- Time is precious, especially for working couples who already struggle for the occasional free night for dinner. Gift givers are pressed for time as well -- how much more convenient it is when the whole matter of your wedding gift can be handled with one easy phone call or online visit, toll free no less.
- People like to know you’re going to get some real world usage out of their gift. Nothing is more disheartening than to spend one’s hard earned money on something that will collect dust in a closet for ten years, just to get unloaded for 3 cents on the dollar at a yard sale.
- Thinking of suitable gift ideas is stressful. OK, so you know not to get a toaster. Make a list of twenty possible gifts. Chances are, three other people are already getting the same thing -- or they would be if the couple weren’t smart enough to set up a registry.
Unless you aspire to accumulate a collection of toaster after toaster, you’ll want to set up a registry.
It’s the only way to be sure you’ll get the things you want, and the best way for your friends and family to give them to you.
Which, after all, is the whole point, right?
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