Ever since we registered for gifts over the holidays, I've been obsessively reviewing them online, fine-tuning our selections and stressing out over every tiny detail. So many questions have filled my head: Should we have registered for more place settings? Is the color scheme we've chosen for our kitchen too busy? Is it okay to register for items that are only available online? Should we have gone with different cookware? And the ever-present: Do we look greedy?
Gift registries are definitely the norm where I live, and I'm sure I'm just being my usual over-analytical self, but I still can't help but worry. A lot of these gifts are going to be in our home for a long, long time, and so I just want to be one hundred percent confident we've chosen the right items. The worst part is that, with B gone, I've just been doing this all on my own, without consulting him. Inevitably, he discovers the changes and asks me about them.
"What happened to the knife set we picked out?"
"Oh, that had bad reviews online so I switched it."
"Didn't we decide we only needed four of those Beatles pint glasses?"
"Um, well...yes. But I really like them, and isn't it better to have the full set?"
"Do we really need six floor lamps???"
"I haven't decided which ones I like best."
"But I thought we already decided in the store."
At which point, I become my psychotic alter-ego. Eyes bulging and hands shaking I scream: "I just want to make sure it's PERFECT!!!!"
Seriously, you guys, it's amazing he hasn't left me yet.
I've even been known to check out the registries of other couples we know, and compare theirs to ours (I'm sure our engaged friends are feeling seriously creeped out after reading that). I think part of the problem is that we registered in such a hurry, and I just wish we'd had more time to put some real thought into it. So I obsess.
For example - As soon as we started thinking about our gift registries, I knew one thing we had to have: the ubiquitous Kitchenaid Stand Mixer (cue dream sequence music). But holy crap! Those things come in like 70 colors!! Only four of which are in stock at our local stores (white, red, black and blue....yawn), so how am I supposed to know which color to pick?! My gut instinct told me Ice blue would be perfect.
I went with this color because I thought it was the same one I had seen advertised in a magazine and fallen in love with, as seen here:
Since then, I have learned that the advertised color is actually Aqua Sky, is the Martha Stewart Signature Color, and is only available at Macy's. Which confused me, because there was also an Aqua color available at Bed Bath and Beyond. What the hell?!! The Martha Stewart Blue appears to be the only color that has other coordinating appliances, which is right up my alley. But will that color be too bold? Is the Ice color really the one I want? And what's the deal with the random Aqua color available at BB&B???! Seriously, I'm so confused right now.
One thing I haven't second guessed is the china pattern we selected. It's GOR-geous -- clean and modern, nothing too froo-froo, but not boring either. I immediately saw it and fell in love:
The inner rim looks almost black in this picture, but it's actually a cobalt blue. I. LOVE. IT. And so does B, which settled the matter. I'll talk more about some of our other favorite registry items in a later post (once I've stopped second-guessing them).
But do/did you experience registry doubt? How do you deal with it? And for the love of GOD can someone please clear up the Kitchenaid color conundrum??
No comments:
Post a Comment