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Shower/registry question
I have a baby shower to go to this weekend and my mom and I were talking about getting a joint gift. My mom wants to do something that is not on the registry. I get apprehensive about doing that since I figure the couple will register for things they actually want/like. So. Whether it's for a bridal shower or baby shower would you want things specifically off your registry or does it bother you to get gifts you didn't register for?
Re: Shower/registry question
Only one person from DH's family got us something from our registry and it drove me NUTS. They all got us some kind of decorative thing for our house... Only the trouble is, they don't have my taste... So now, instead having something we needed, like bathroom rugs or pots and pans... I have a thin personalized welcome mat (that is about 14"x22" so I put it in my guest bath), a green ceramic soap dispenser, a small canvass "painting" of the beach that says "Chad and Jamie 2010," an obviously regifted wicker wine carrier with glittery Christmas holly on it, and a set of antique china (decorated in roses with a gold trim) that we never use. Oh, and about 3 different people got us towels- but we didn't need towels... And they were heinous colors like Hunter Green and the Mainstays brand from Wal-Mart.
All that to say... Get them something from their registry. IF you want to get them something else NOT on their registry, do so in addition to your registry gift. I like getting expectant mothers a personalized taggie blanket or a Taut Belly Wrap from babooshbaby.com.
Sorry if any of that sounded catty- I'm obviously still a little bitter. haha I think what bothers me the most, is that as many as 3 GROWN, married couples (his aunts and uncles), who have plenty of money mind you, went in on the ceramic soap dispenser together...... They couldn't have chipped in more than $10 a piece.
I would get something off the registry. That way you know it will be used and appreciated. Most baby showers are all about the clothes (IME). At our shower we did get most of the big things we needed but there are always those little things people don't really think about like washclothes, soap, lotions, baby towels, or even socks.
I differ depending on who it is.... One of the baby gifts I got the most compliments on included nothing off the registry. She was a first time mom and I filled a basket with things like gas drops, Tylenol, wipes, diapers, medicine dropper, laundry soap and little toys among other things. I think it really just depends on the person. I will say that when I look at my personal registry I know there are things that are"missing" because I just don't know what I might need or want.
When it comes to wedding gifts I generally stick straight to the registry.
I'll veer off the registry sometimes if it's something like Bri said--a basket full of smaller items that will definitely be used. But for non-functional things, I will usually only go off-registry if I know that person's taste pretty well.
I will say, for our wedding we also had a LOT of off-registry gifts like JLimberg. Luckily for us though, that did not include hunter green Walmart towels.
We got some really nice stuff, and I think I only side-eyed one item.
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Oh I *loved* all of that stuff! I ended up donating all of that stuff, that does not go with our lifestyle at all!