Sharing our day with us is the best gift

"Our vows will be said and sealed with a kiss
Your presence there will make it a day of sheer bliss."

First, let me say that Adam and I aren't expecting gifts. Having you share our wedding day with us is the best gift you can give us. We're so blessed to have such wonderful friends and family and hope you can join us when we tie the knot.
The majority of engaged couples will say registering was one of the fun parts of the wedding planning process. The bride gets to select nice items for the home and the groom gets the power of a scanning gun with the opportunity to scan any and everything in the store. It was a relatively painless process for us besides how long it took. A few weeks after getting engaged we were "pressured" to start a registry so family members could start purchasing gifts. We decided to devote a Saturday for this task. I did some research to see which registries offered the best perks and had products we liked. We selected Bed, Bath & Beyond, Kohls and Sears. We were planning to knock out all three registries in one day... looking back... I guess that was pretty optimistic. We started the day with bagels and coffee and headed to Bed, Bath & Beyond for what seemed like days...
Our associate was very helpful and knowledgeable, but we had no idea how long it would take. We started in the kitchen department by selecting china and glassware. This was a lengthy process, but I love our selections. We followed that by walking every inch of the store - exploring our options, picking things up and testing them out. At one point, I "vacuumed" the store floor. We grabbed lunch and decided to opt out of the other places until the next day. We set out for Kohl's the following day. They have a do-it-yourself approach. They handed us a gun and we were off. Then, we headed to Sears only to find out the machine was down so we headed up to make our selections via the Internet. Our registry at Sears has expensive items that we're totally not expecting to receive... but it was fun dreaming about having them someday. We're also in the process of setting up a honeymoon registry... more on that later.

-Penny