On Our Registry, Part 1

Since I've been so eager to criticize registry items, I thought it only fair that I share what we DID put on our registry. So I'm starting the positive spin on the registry items, in the order that they are received.

The registry in general was difficult for us, since we already had everything we really needed. We almost didn't register, but then I realized something. While I was growing up, my parents never had nice kitchenware and dining sets, and I was always jealous of my friends because their families had such nice things. And then I realized that the reason people had such nice things was because they registered for them, and my parents, having married in the Philippines, weren't able to do that. So we decided to upgrade what we already had.

Over Thanksgiving we went to my parents' house and found our first set of registry gifts waiting for us.

We received a set of 450 thread count sateen sheets that feel like butter, and three sets of these:


{Waterford Marquis White Wine Set}

I love stemless wine glasses. Since we have been drinking wine out of my blue plastic glasses that I bought right after college, I was so happy to receive these. So pretty!