Well I almost never thought it would happen to me, but it did, I’m engaged. The whole wedding thing is kind of outside my realm of expertise. I was never the little girl planning my wedding for fun, so now that it’s upon me - I feel a bit lost. Recently at a family get together my aunt asked me if I was going to register.

I really hadn’t considered it. It feels weird to point out to people what we “want” for gifts. I guess the idea is to limit the amount of running around returning unwanted items, but I still feel uneasy over it. I just want people to come and celebrate with me and my fiance. But it became abundantly clear to me this past weekend that people want to give gifts, whether it’s out of kindness or a feeling of obligation I don’t know, but if you throw a party your guests are going to bring gifts.

So that leaves me in my current situation if we register won’t people feel obligated to give a gift, where as if we don’t the option seems a little more open ended.

 To make things doubly complicated on myself if I were to register, I wouldn’t want to do it at your usual department store. If I’m going to get household items I want them to be the beautiful handmade art work on etsy, and etsy doesn’t have a bridal registry yet.

I have plenty of time, but I need to think of these things now before my inaction makes a decision for me.