Okay. So we left off with the saga of us trying to get our invitations
ordered (in case you were wondering, good ol’ Willie still hasn’t confirmed or
denied his receipt of our response and we still may or may not have
invitations, so I am still considering my door to door option…)
Anyway, let’s move on to the remainder of Saturday. We began
by going to Bryant’s Rent-All here in Lexington to get some prices on a few
rental options for the reception. We needed to price buffet serving pans,
silverware, napkins, chair covers, lighting, cake stand, and a few other random
things. We were actually pleasantly surprised by the prices and found that most
things were actually either cheaper to rent, or at least comparable pricing to
buying. And we don’t want to buy a lot of these types of things because
obviously we will not ever need them again. A very sweet woman (Peggy? Sue??
Jane????) helped us and gave us a great price quote sheet to take home and
digest. I think we have made some decisions and will be making our rental
reservations soon!!!
After this stop came the big mac daddy task of registering.
Shew! Now, I love to shop. But this was a long, exhausting day! And I have to
give major props to my Andrew. He really stuck with me all day and didn’t
complain at all.
So we began at Macy’s. This was our first big stop on the
registry. We found a stray associate in the shoe department and she was kind
enough to direct us to the proper location for registry. I honestly didn’t have
a clue how it all worked. I thought the stray shoe associate would just give us
a scan gun and send us along our merry way. I didn’t realize how formal it all
was!
The lady who got us started was very, very kind. Her name
was Susan, and she was very sweet and excited for us. At least she pretended to
be excited for us because it’s her job, so that was nice. We had to wait a
while before she could work with us because apparently an associate had called
off that day for the next three months due to an injury. So Susan didn’t really
have time. But she got us all set up online and gave us our scan gun and a
quick tour of the store, and then she set us free.
Oh. My. Word. First of all, our Macy’s is huge. Not NYC
huge, but large enough that a bitch was tired, mmmK? We walked and walked and
walked. We were lost in a sea of china and flatware and bedding and sheets, oh
my. It was all so overwhelming! I felt like I had been given allll this power
with my little scan gun, yet I didn’t know how to use the power. I didn’t know
where to begin. We spent at least 20 minutes deciding on pillows, and then we
quickly learned that if we spent 20 minutes on every item, we would never. Leave.
The. Store. Ever. Andrew was pretty much ready to go after the pillows, so I
gave him some quick encouragement. We walked through bedding and bath, and I
was feeling as overwhelmed as he looked, so I cheerfully told him we didn’t
have to pick these things here, we could pick them at Bed, Bath, & Beyond
which is our other registry location. Even though it required more time and
shopping, he seemed delighted that we could just check it off the list here and
move on to the next thing.
We then roamed our way into the Kitchen area. Damn. Did y’all
know there are approximately 2,589 different types of gadgets to use in your
kitchen?! I mean, there are things that slice, dice, cook your meal, and raise
your children. It was insane!! I let Andrew do a large portion of the picking
things out here since he’s a big cook and kitchen guy, but even he began to go
cross-eyed. I lost him somewhere around the time I began to pick out our
glasses. I held one up to get his opinion and he had poofed away. We were both
feeling it by this point. It had been almost 2 hours in the store. At one
point, he held up a nice big Wok and asked for it, and he swears I shook my
head and said “NO!” and walked away. I don’t have a memory of this. I was so
overwhelmed and trying to look at everything that I probably was just saying to
myself, “NO. Make it stop!!” When he pointed my reaction out, I felt awful, and
ran over and scanned his Wok. He was happy. Then he took off to go sit in the
furniture department and rest on a couch whilst I looked at the remaining gadgets.
We re-connected and I assured him the last thing I needed to
do was dishes. We REALLY want a nice set of everyday-use dishes. We don’t feel
the need to register for fine China. We just aren’t really formal people and I
don’t feel the need to have a nice set of Chinaware that will likely set in a
cabinet for years at a time between uses. So instead, I wanted to make sure our
everyday use items were my favorite pick.
Andrew trucked back to the couches and had a seat in a stray
display area. I pretty much knew what I wanted, and I went straight to them.
But to my dismay, they didn’t come in the nice big 45-piece set. And I wanted
that, for an 8-piece table setting, despite my mother’s wishes for me to
register plate by plate. So I had to hunt down Susan, who actually found the
set for me online and settled the matter.
Finally, after what seemed like 12 days, we wrapped up our
registry and got our online account set-up, and were able to crawl out of the
store. Andrew need sustenance or he may or may not have actually made it to the
second store. We grabbed food and drink, and headed to Bed, Bath, & Beyond.
Totally. Different. Experience.
We were greeted by a manager, who escorted us back to the
Wedding Registry Desk. Here, ladies and gentleman, we met Tyler. Ohhhh Tyler.
Ohhhh how I adored Tyler. He was a seemingly innocent, somewhat younger little
man who I believe may or may not have been a pocket gay. Immediately after we
finished gushing over my new peach Jessica Simpson bag, he offered to lock it
up for me, and then offered us some nice ice cold water to sip on whilst we
shopped.
We found ourselves in bedding first, and Tyler was holding a
copy of our Macy’s registry in one hand, and a scan gun in the other. I thought
that was where we would part, as we had with Susan, and the crazy would begin
again soon. But no, no, no, no, no. Tyler kept that gun. And he began to be our
personal shopper. It was awesome! He flitted about giving us his honest opinion
on every item we were considering. He owned about half of what I wanted and
offered his advice. We spent a good amount of time in bedding picking out the
perfect comforter, sheets, curtains, and more. He broke upon the bags so I
could feel things. He blatantly showed his disgust when I glanced at something
ugly. He pranced about happily when I chose the Wamsutta sheet sets. He very
quickly deducted two things:
- I love purple. And the more purple he showed me, the better.
- Andrew mostly wanted to pick what I liked best. So he basically just started showing me pretty things and waited for the approving glance from Andrew and scanned away.
We skipped and prancercised our way through bath and
bedding, we gallantly strutted through the kitchen section, and we stayed happy
all the while. Andrew would periodically disappear to go look at grilling
things and manly items, and Tyler would squeal with glee and direct me to
purple things that I didn’t need. (I’m proud to say I mostly looked, and he
only scan gunned a few items!) And let me tell you, this little guy knew his
stuff! He could talk his way around every item we picked up. He threw the
un-breakable china on the floor to show how it wouldn’t break. He slammed the Tupperware
canisters to show how they were shatter-proof. He guided us gently away from
more expensive items and showed us the equally effective off-brand version of
certain things. And once, while Andrew was lost in the grill section, he
delightfully guided me over to a GORGEOUS pasta serving set that was PURPLE AND
PARIS!! I registered for that immediately, obv, and Andrew arrived as Tyler was
entering the last scan.
I was having some trouble struggling with the pricing of
items. We really want to offer a wide price range to those guests who wish to
buy us a gift. We kept almost everything on the lower price end, but some
things we just simply had no choice – i.e. dishes, glasses, silverware,
bedding, etc. The big things. And I was struggling with scanning in these big
ticket items. But Tyler gave me a reassuring pep talk and reminded me this is
our wedding, our big day, and we should register for everything we truly need
and want. Guests may choose to buy something, or they may not, but all I can do
on my end is truly put out there what we need. So I did! Eeep!
As we finished up our registry with Tyler, he cheerfully
brought back my Jessica Simpson bag (after he offered to “keep” it for me) and
we finished up our online account set-up. He advised us to go home that night
and not think about anything wedding related and just let it all go. Then, to
re-visit the registry sites and remove and/or add anything we need to before we
release the registry to all of our guests. So that is just what we did! Andrew
was really happy by the time we finished this round of registering; even he
loved Tyler’s positive attitude, and the fact that he kept us going quickly
through the store. We didn’t feel over-whelmed, but instead left feeling happy
and excited! We left the registry as-is, and this weekend I will re-visit it
and do the final tweaking on it.
I am excited though. What an exciting thing – registering for
our Wedding Gifts. Our WEDDING y’all!! Some days I still can’t wrap my head
around all this, and then we’ll do something or see something or say something
and it all becomes real again. We had a great time, made a good memory
together, and hey – I got to shop all day! That’s never a bad thing.
Stay tuned tomorrow for the final part to our wedding
weekend. This one includes a roadtrip to Ohio and the conclusion to the Willie
Dick saga. Dunh dunh….DUNH!
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