….on your permenant record.
Oh, yeah?
Well don’t get so upset!
Did I happen to mention that I’m impressed? –The Violent Femmes
So, yeah. I swear I wasn’t going to have a baby registry. You don’t need one for your second child. We have everything we need, except non-poison-leeching bottles, tiny diapers and a double stroller. My son’s closet is floor-to-ceiling clothes.
But then my friends decided to throw me a shower. And they FORCED me to register. I mean, they nearly tied me to the computer. I swear.
So I thought, I’ll just register for the non-poison-leeching bottles. And some tiny diapers. And the stroller. Oh, the stroller will need a rain cover. Hmmm, I should get the level 2 and 3 nipp1es for the bottles, since all bottles, even the huge ones come with level 1 slow-flow nipp1es. Oh, and that baby sling my friend had that looked so comfortable. But wait! Here’s a cool breastmilk storage system that keeps the bottles in order so you use the oldest one first. Need that. What this? A night light that makes constellations on the ceiling? Clothes from that brand I love, but never shell out the extra 5 bucks for? Need it!
The next thing I knew, there were 40 items on the registry. I kid you not. I’m expecting maybe five of the items to be purchased. Again, who needs to register for a second child?
But I confess… registering is extremely fun. Putting clothes on there was especially pleasing because I started to imagine what my new boy might look like in the new clothes.
Please, Albany get with the program and let me get married. Clearly I was born to spend other people’s money on myself. I have a talent for it, I say.
4 Comments
April 19, 2008 at April 19, 2008
The trend of registries for baby showers is yet to hit in australia-but if it did I would have a shower just for the registry (the idea of a party where i am the centre of attention makes me squirm…but if i could request present i waould bare it!)
gay marriage is illegal here too and i often joke that we will should have a ‘registry party’ instead of a wedding. After all, we have to go to weddings for people who are legal and buy them presents…surely we can just create a registry so they can return the favour!
April 21, 2008 at April 21, 2008
Tricky subject. I didn’t have a registry when I got married and not for my shower either. Something about suggesting gift choices to people makes me uncomfortable. I guess I would like to think that all gifts are optional, and that the people who give them to me probably have good enough imaginations to pick something meaningful.
April 22, 2008 at April 22, 2008
Kris,
I recall that I got you a zillion baby wipes and a lovey toy when Sam was born. Maybe not the most meaningful, but definitely useful.
I think I’m just a shop-a-holic. My favorite gifts from when cakie was born are the hand-knit ones, actually! (wink, wink)
April 22, 2008 at April 22, 2008
I was actually thinking about your present when I wrote the comment! I definitely never would have thought of/suggested it and it was so great. Also a big bag of groceries from another friend right after Sam was born was perfect.