We Are Registered

Well, we are registered for the wedding, but man, what a process!! We started at 10:00am on Saturday morning and did not finish until 5:30pm with only an hour break for lunch in between.

We started out at Specially Yours in Hopkins. As you may or may not know, this is my favorite gift store. They have the cutest things in there. Cindy, the owner, could not be sweeter, and even e-mails me when she gets new things in that I may like. We registered for a lot of fun things there... serving pieces, bowls, candlesticks, dessert plates, candy dishes, and the list goes on. If you have not been in the store, you need to go. It is the best. There is a link from our Wedding Website, so check it out.

After Specially Yours, we had the daunting task of tackling Bed Bath & Beyond. That said, it is my favorite store, and I could live there. However, registering in a place like that is absolutely exhausting. We were in just the first section for over an hour. That, of course, was the kitchen part. You have to get the smallest of things. It is just nutty. But we did it, and got some great things. By the end though, my feet were bad, my mom's knees were terrible, and Chad was just plain pooped. One of the best parts about BBB is their return policy. They let you return things as long as your registry is posted, and all registries are posted for AT LEAST two years. That is amazing.

Our last stop was Target. I have to say... MAJOR disappointment. Everyone and their brother loves Target... who wouldn't?!?! They have everything. It is the classic story... go in for a pack of gum, and come out $100 poorer. But to register there... sucks! First, they only allow you to return things up to 90 days after your event. Well, given we do not have our house yet, that would never work for us. Also, things you scan, and verify with the scanner gun, do not show up on your registry. There are at least four things (and probably more that we have not figured out yet) that we scanned, but when we got home and checked online, were not there. All things considered, we eliminated Target from the registry, and moved most things over to BBB.

So that is my tale. We are registered at Specially Yours and Bed Bath & Beyond. If you want to see our registry, go to our Wedding Website and click on "registry" on the left side. Our address is: http://www.theknot.com/ourwedding/AlexLocke&ChadHewitt

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