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I've never understood why

Mollee Francisco — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:38:48 -0500

I've never understood why people put scales on their wedding registries. Like I want to be the person who gets you the gift that you'll later swear at and stomp on when you've put on all that post-wedding (aka blissful marriage) weight. No thanks.
(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

Nothing says "Wishing you a

Mollee Francisco — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:37:04 -0500

Nothing says "Wishing you a lifetime of happiness!" like a toilet plunger and matching snake.
(Mollee Francisco is a staff writer for the Chaska Herald. She can be reached at mfrancisco@swpub.com.)

People are extremely

Jmarie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 16:16:07 -0500

People are extremely generous when it comes to giving wedding gifts, so go ahead and register for that Kitchen Aid mixer (it is so worth it!), or the things that you would love to have but don’t have the money to buy yourselves.

Worst Bridal Gift ever! A toilet plunger & matching toilet snake. No Lies! The Bestman in our wedding decided to leave this gift behind (no pun intended), wrapped in Christmas paper. Thankfully, my husband and I have a great sense of humor, but try opening & explaining this gift to your parents, grandparents, and other family members that have gathered to watch you open all the other wonderful gifts...

I LOVE the idea of an

lori carlson — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 15:10:17 -0500

I LOVE the idea of an anti-registry! If only it was socially acceptable to tell people what NOT to get you for a gift!

I don't want to get your hopes up, but I will say that my husband and I were absolutely stunned by how generous people were when it came to our wedding, both with registry gifts and cash. People we don't even know that well had no problem writing out $100 checks or going overboard on gifts! I guess everyone loves a wedding (or at least pretends to)!

Your blog is bringing back

steinie — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 14:45:06 -0500

Your blog is bringing back the good, the bad and the downright ugly memories of wedding and shower gifts gone bad - my own included. Worst gift - make that the worst two gifts - I ever saw someone receive was at the same shower in 1987. I was the maid of honor who joined my friend, the bride, at the "church ladies" wedding shower held in her fiance's hometown. Now I'm as small-town as they come, but even I had to hold back the hysterical laughter when I saw my friend try on the worn-before "barn chore coat" - complete with work gloves, twine and a cap - that was presented to her by two of the neighbor "ladies" in attendance. And it was no joke, as I first thought. They seriously gave her a chore coat - because "she grew up 'in town' and most likely didn't have a decent coat to wear outdoors or in the barn." Here's the hook: my friend and her fiance WERE NOT going to live on the farm or in the barn.
Same shower, a couple of floral wall hangings later - my friend opened a shoe-sized box and smiled as she removed an embroidered dish towel. I smiled back, and prepared to add "dish towel" to the gift list I was keeping for her. That's when I heard her whisper quietly to me to look and not laugh - under the dish towel was a small can of black pepper (seal broken, visible pepper on the white plastic top) and a bottle of Watkin's vanilla flavoring (seal broken, vanilla stain on the cap). Thankfully, the ladies were too busy admiring the previous gifts to notice that my friend and I had quickly turned our faces to the church wall behind us, in a failed attempt to control our disbelief. We would have felt bad about our outburst of laughter, had the 'giver' been of old age or otherwise ... but she was neither. She was a middle-aged church lady who made a most unforunate first impression with her boxed and bowed used kitchen goods!

Best wedding gift we received and, in turn, have given (disclaimer: given to the 'right' couple who have "everything and aren't easily offended") - a case, as in like 150 rolls, of toilet paper. I don't think we bought Charmin during our first year of marriage!

Big Fat Bridal Blog: The gimme guide

Mollee Francisco — Mon, 24 Mar 2008 12:22:51 -0500

Along with eating cake, creating a wedding registry has to be one of the best parts of the wedding planning process.

It's akin to being asked to put together a giant wish list that you actually have a pretty good chance of getting some stuff from (unlike any birthday or Christmas list that I ever wrote out).