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May 26, 2007

Registry update

Okay, so we tried the registry again. Thanks for all your helpful and encouraging comments! It went better this time. It was much more fun, until, of course, somebody stole my wallet and went shopping with my credit cards.

Yep, I'm serious.

I can't figure out if I took it out of my purse and left it on the table during lunch or if someone lifted it off me while I was shopping. Either way, the culprit made several purchases before I realized it was missing. Not the best way to end a day of registering.

Is it possible that the registry gods just don't want me to enjoy this process?

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May 24, 2007

Registering is supposed to be fun?

When my fiance and I got engaged almost a year ago, I kept hearing how much fun it would be to register for gifts. I had visions of the two of us wandering through stores with the scanner gun, compiling the ultimate wish list. I figured we would spend the morning at one store, picking out most of our kitchen items and then spend the afternoon at another, concentrating on the china, bedding and bath and there would be a charming, outdoor lunch to break up the two excursions. I had pictured the perfect day of engaged bliss.

Somebody should have told me it wouldn't be like that.

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