Later this month, my husband and I will have been married for 13 years. At the time we were married, my husband was in the middle of his 3rd year of dental school and I working a low paying job. We were very poor. When it came time to register for our wedding gifts, a good friend of mine told me, "Janice, just because you are poor doesn't mean you should register for cheap stuff. Register for quality, last forever type stuff. Don't look for trendy, faddish stuff either. Think long term."
I took her advice and went to a nice store and registered for nice dishes, china, cooking pans, and flatware. (At the time, Target was the "new" place to register and I bucked the system and didn't go there.) I had been advised by someone else to look at Gorham because they had been around forever and their stuff was good quality. I found the above pictured pattern and registered for it. It was one of the more expensive things on my registry and through good friends, my siblings and a few others, we ended up getting 12 five piece place settings.
Well, today, as I was putting away my dishes from the dishwasher, I had the thought, "I never purchased the serving spoons with this set. I LOVE this set. I should buy the 'hostess set' and pick up a few more 5 piece place settings." But alas, I couldn't remember the name of it. Fortunately for me, I have kept all of my wedding planning things in a 3 ring binder. I went there, found my original gift registry and was able to order more.
Moral of the story: When you get married, register for quality stuff and NEVER throw away your gift registry.
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Unfortunately my pattern Belle Rose was retired, however, I have continued to buy pieces through Replacements.com
Your advice was the same I got from my mom and I took it too. We still love the things we got for our wedding.
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