Just for fun.

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To register or not to register?

Now that the save the dates are out, we've started making concrete plans for the actual wedding, and some things are difficult to do from halfway across the country. Did you know you have to apply for a marriage license in person in the county you're getting married in, 10-20 days before the ceremony?!?!?? At least those are the rules in Lafayette Co., WI. Not sure how we're going to swing that one.

Another thing we've been struggling with is a gift registry. First of all, it seems really weird and disconnected to go to Target or Bed Bath and Beyond or whatever and pick out exactly what gifts we'll receive for our wedding. Secondly, we don't really have the ability to haul a bunch of stuff back on the plane to Washington after the wedding (though my parents are planning on taking gifts along when they visit this fall). So what to do? I'm worried that people will be frustrated if there's not a registry--it's really easy when you know exactly what the couple wants and needs, and I think people have come to expect it. But we're also thinking that if we're going to get gifts, we want them to come from the heart. Gifts that our friends and family saw and thought of us. Things that we'll have forever to remember our wedding and the people who shared it with us.

So long story short, I don't think we're going to have a gift registry. If you want to give us a gift, walk down to your locally owned, artisan shops and look around. What screams Scott and Becky? I know you can do it people. Not that we expect gifts or anything. We actually just can't wait to see all your smiling faces this summer!

Love.