Why I Didn't Register For My Wedding

I am just chock-full of great advice about weddings and marriage and dogs and fashion and interior design and a whole slew of other things, but no one seems to really care except me. Thankfully I have this blog where I am the center of the universe and only what I write matters.

So, this is why Guy and I did not register for our wedding.

Our wedding guests were so confused. We had guests asking us where we registered after the invitation came out with nothing referring to what we wanted. Oh boy, they couldn't understand that they were not obligated to bring anything to our wedding. I had several people question our my (Who are we kidding, Guy just wanted to get in my pants. He could care less if we registered or not) decision. I questioned myself at times, but I am glad with what we chose to do.

And now you're dying to know why!

The number one reason why we did not register is because we were planning on moving from Michigan to Southern California in a few months and we did not want to haul a bunch of junk across the country and we had no idea how long it would take us to find a place to live. Another reason I am glad we did not register is because I had not taken time to develop my style at all and I think about the things I would have registered for then and they would have not meshed with what I envision my future home looking like now. We just weren't in a situation where we would be settled for awhile.

We're still not settled anywhere.

Right now we're living in my grandmother's house with most of our stuff in boxes. We have moved so many times that we're pros. How terrible would it have been to have to move all of our wedding gifts 4 times already with no end in sight?

It just made more sense for us. And you know what. People were still very generous even without a registry. We got checks, cash, giftcards, and still some gifts, mostly for the kitchen. I didn't have to worry about returning a bunch of stuff that I didn't want. I also wasn't disappointed about gifts that I didn't get.

So, what is my point? Tradition has it's place in wedding planning. But in the end, do whatever the heck you want!

*Another post without pictures. I am seriously off my game. I just spent like 20 minutes trying to find a nice picture of a pile of wedding gifts, but apparently no one takes pictures of that.*