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Actual Conversation

Mr. CPF: Hey, did you order something? UPS made a delivery today.

Me: Nah, I'm too broke. I wonder what it is?

Mr. CPF: I don't know. 

Me: Let me stalk our registry....Oh yes! YES!!!!

That excitement came from my discovery that this had come in the mail for us:

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The Lovely Cuisinart Dual Blender/Food Processor.

I will be the first to say that I have been salivating over this for some time now. I tend to cook quite a bit, but I am the world's SLOWEST chopper. There are so many things that are faster and easier to cook with a food processor. Why the dual? Well, we've got one of those small NYC apartments that just doesn't have much cupboard space. This handy-dandy gadget will definitely help conserve that (especially when I get that big 'ol Kitchen Aid Mixer!!)

Thanks to FMIL CPF for our very first wedding present. We really appreciate it. 

Is there anything on your registry that you do/did really want? 

Fun With a Scanner Gun

In two separate trips, Mr. CPF and I set up our registry at Crate and Barrel and Macy's. Yes, I know..big box chain stores, but with guests coming from all over the country (and the world for that matter), it made the best sense. By the way, if you want to see your fiancee get excited about household products, give him/her the scanner gun. Mr. CPF liked that part...A LOT. I was actually pretty surprised how much he got into choosing things likes towel and knives. It's nice when your significant other surprises you. 

I know that Mr. CPF hates shopping, so I made sure that this process would be as painless as possible. Since I aim to research the heck out of everything I made sure to: (1) think about our household lacks, (2) read and cross-reference many of the "suggested" checklists from a variety of sources, and (3) do a major reality check while I stared at our very small NYC apartment kitchen. 

I would also add that Mr. CPF is a pretty good check on me. While I am waiting for the day that I will get my huge hard-core stand mixer (that may still be a possibility), I will be appreciative of all of the extra space we'll have now. Mr. CPF shot me the "Are you out of your %#$# mind?"  look when I began whining about not having that amazingly huge mega-juicer. Ya gotta love it when your significant other can call you back from the edge of the household appliance abyss. 

In the end, we have a pretty full registry, but again the guilt is/was still there. Should we really be asking for anything right now? I will be happy if people even show up. If they decide that they would like to give us a present that would be lovely, but our guests remaining financially solvent is a nicer situation. Even with many of our registry items coming under$50 and given the collecive belt tightening that is going in our country, I can't say that registry process was all that easy in my mind. 

Was anyone else as strangely meticulous with their registry as me (or am I just a weirdo)? For those currently engaged are you even having a registry? Are you feeling the need to downsize or be more careful with your registry given the economy?