Today we went to our first registry appointment to see what that experience is like. I understand Matt’s argument that we should just register online in our apartment, but I wanted to experience what it’s like to carry that scan gun around. There’s also the question as to whether we’d agree or have the same tastes in household items. Yes, we’ve been living together for a few years, but most of our stuff is older and from what we brought into the relationship.

So imagine my surprise when Matt picks out the China that I totally love and which I thought would be too girly for him. It’s not that it has flowers or pearls or other weird patterns, but it does have a very delicate bow line around it. We also agreed on silverware, kitchen appliances, and bedding stuff. It’s pretty cool.

The experience of scanning at Macys is probably over-rated. We should have waited for an event where you have champagne. I was told they always do that which is not true. Or at least not at the Beverly Center. We were given a scan gun, some paper, a pen, and a list of gifts we could get if we registered for X amount of items.

Yes, there seem to be rewards for what you scan. Scan X dollar amount of particular list of companies and you can get a gift. We received two gifts that we have to mail out for. One for our China selection and the other for our silverware/glasses. The other part of their registry is you can win a prize if people get X amount of dollars for you from a particular company. The last way to receive more stuff is to just scan away and based on the amount bought you can receive a Macy’s giftcard.

So after scanning (some stuff we’re going to take off. it’s just too expensive for what it is), we turned in our list. The nice thing is because of the sale weekend, we scanned a couple items that we bought which gives us credit for those items. It’s like a win win. If we need to buy something at Macys we can add it to the list and then buy it. Boom we get the points for it. So I definitely recommend that route.

We’ll be registering online for Target and Bed, Bath & Beyond. I want to do Crate & Barrel in person because they supposedly do make it a party atmosphere and fun.