Do you stalk your registries?

[Maura]

yari thats hilarious!

 

noo! you should open your gift when it arrives unless someone tells you not to -- the reason being that most of the time when someone sends you a gift, they know when it's been delivered, so if too long goes by that they havent gotten a thank you note, they tend to get cranky about it. a friend of mine did that and her guests thought she was so rude (i was friends with several other guests who sent gifts and didnt get immediate thanks) -- turns out she just hadnt opened any of the boxes yet!

[Alyssa]

i don't know - i just got a shower gift in the mail yesterday and we opened it. i guess you could either bring them to your shower to open with the rest of the gifts or hold to the side if the gift giver specially requests that ??

[Maura]

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Originally Posted by Alyssa i don't know - i just got a shower gift in the mail yesterday and we opened it. i guess you could either bring them to your shower to open with the rest of the gifts or hold to the side if the gift giver specially requests that ??

alyssa you dodo dont open any gifts that arrive in the mail between now and your shower! its bad enough you already know what they are besides, you want people to take your pic opening the gift at the shower, so you can show the person who sent it! my friends who didnt make it to my shower saturday but sent gifts LOVED that i sent out a link to a photo album of me opening their gifts

[Yari]

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Originally Posted by Maura i sent out a link to a photo album of me opening their gifts

This is a great idea!


Great, so we will open away!

[ACDCDCAC]

oh i am a stalker, but i wish i wasnt. my shower is 3 days away and the things i wanted most havent been bought

i REALLY wanted this brown blanket, but no one is buying. also no one has bought any sheet sets, and WTF am i gonna do with the duvet and shams, with no matching sheets?

 

see, that is another reason we didnt want to register, you pick a certain item, or quantity of something, and it doesnt get fulfilled, and then you are stuck withe the choices A) using the item in an incomplete way, returning the item and resenting the people who MADE you register, or C) having to spend your own money to purchase the missing pieces, but having to wait until after the wedding when you get $ and taking the chance of the items no longer being available, and end then end having to hassle around returning it after all

[Alyssa]

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Originally Posted by Maura alyssa you dodo dont open any gifts that arrive in the mail between now and your shower! its bad enough you already know what they are besides, you want people to take your pic opening the gift at the shower, so you can show the person who sent it! my friends who didnt make it to my shower saturday but sent gifts LOVED that i sent out a link to a photo album of me opening their gifts

really? i thought that only if someone asked us to wait to open something otherwise just open it when they came? i just got a box from Crate and Barrel and a box from Macy's - i am going to open them LOL especially since I am not 'supposed to know' anything about my shower except for the date i think it is weird to bring gifts with me - KWIM? also, i didn't get any emails / calls from anyone telling me to wait...

[Maura]

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Originally Posted by Alyssa really? i thought that only if someone asked us to wait to open something otherwise just open it when they came? i just got a box from Crate and Barrel and a box from Macy's - i am going to open them LOL especially since I am not 'supposed to know' anything about my shower except for the date i think it is weird to bring gifts with me - KWIM? also, i didn't get any emails / calls from anyone telling me to wait...

well then at least have your FI take a photo of you opening them so you can practice your surprised face for your shower! and then obviously post the photos here for us to see... LOL

[Alyssa]

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Originally Posted by Maura well then at least have your FI take a photo of you opening them so you can practice your surprised face for your shower! and then obviously post the photos here for us to see... LOL

we don't have a camera it broke! but someone bought one off of our macy's so we will after this weekend. i will wait for him to come home though to open (i always do) so he feels included plus then i would have to get off my ass and off the forum

[Maura]

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Originally Posted by Alyssa we don't have a camera it broke! but someone bought one off of our macy's so we will after this weekend. i will wait for him to come home though to open (i always do) so he feels included plus then i would have to get off my ass and off the forum

oh yeah i forgot your camera broke. well practice your surprise face anyway!

omg this thread getting bumped prompted me to check our registries and we got a bunch of gifts over the last couple days!!!!! EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!!!!!!!!!!!!

here's what we're getting, and i am soooooo excited, cant wait to see who sent it to us!!!!

-fine china tea set (jose picked this out and we both want it sooooo bad)
-dessert serving set
-all our fancy silverware!
-protective sleeves for the silver
-a silverware chest!
-the serving set that matches the silverware
(OMG who knew i could get so excited about silverware LOL)

-we received appetizer plates in the mail yesterday too, theyre so cute!

[Alyssa]

oh! that is so great Maura!!! where is K?? damn i want to open those boxes!