The title says it all. Color me impressed. I never know what thing to get a friend who's getting married or someone who's having a baby, or a baby for their first birthday. All these complex ideas of how not wanting to duplicate a gift and wanting to get someone something they're sure to use but not something they might already have.
Of course asking the couple what they want is always an option but if you get an answer of, "Anything!" then you're back to square one. Enter the bridal registry. I first came across the bridal registry when buying a gift for our friends who got married last October. Me and Nikki had resolved to give them cash since we had no idea what they would want. Then we found out they were registered.
We went to Rustan's, and they had already hand picked the things they wanted and so it became that much quicker for us to get them something they needed or wanted which they didn't own already. So the list was there, we picked one of the things, paid for it and we found out that we didn't even have to bring the things back home! Rustan's would deliver everything straight to their house and so we left a card congratulating them on their wedding and we were on our way home in less than an hour.
I've been telling people that the bridal registry is just a wonderful way to get people the gifts they want without the worry of duplicating the same gift by another person.
I also recently was able to use the bridal registry but this time it was for a baby shower. My cousin is having a baby girl and so I tapped into the registry once more and his wife registered! So again, it was an easy way for me to buy my cousin and his wife something they wanted and could use all without the fear of duplicating the gift of someone else.
Now, I didn't get anything out of this world - I bought baby bottles. But I can rest knowing that if this gift was duplicated by someone else, it wasn't my fault. It makes buying gifts for people a walk in the park and it saves everyone so much time and effort.
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