Scan Away!

So Paul and I were finally able to fit in a moment to get at least a large chunk of our registry done. We've been meaning to do it for a while, but our schedules have been quite unpredictable with all the extra things we've had to do for work and life. One night, we just went to Bed Bath & Beyond and got it over with. At first, we weren't really sure how to start. Luckily we talked to someone who was actually the store manager, and he got us registered with scanners and everything. He just recently got married and new everything about the store; so he personally took us around to explain a few things and help us with the whole process. It was a much more enjoyable experience than when we tried to do our registry at JCPenny. There were a few things that he told us that stuck in my mind. He said that there are some things that people just love to buy for other people such as pillows and towels. The explanation for pillows is that they think every night before you sleep, you will think of them as you lay your head on that wonderful pillow they bought you. That made me laugh, but he did have a good point. I think I should revise my gift giving method from now on. So he walked us around the store asking us questions and pointed us to a few things that would be good to add to the registry. It was really nice to have him around because the whole process was really fast and really enjoyable. We learned about the difference between German knives and Japanese knives and why people choose certain things. We ended up choosing the Japanese knives (they are sharper than the German, even though they need to be sharpened more often) because of the handle. They fit really nicely in my hand (since I'll pretty much be doing all the cooking), and our guide told us that these knives won't give you blisters because of the way the handle is made. That was a really great selling point to me. He didn't really show us the most expensive things or made us choose a certain brand. He gave us views that he gathered from his personal experiences and product information which let us decide for ourselves what we wanted. I was kind of dreading this part of the process because shopping for me takes a really long time. I don't really know anything about a lot of these products, and I'd hate to waste anyone's money. I think Paul and I can agree that we chose a good range of things to put in the registry. There are things that we each really love and hope that people will get for us, but it doesn't really matter. It's not really our priority...we know it's already a little financial burden to come to Hawaii especially for our far away guests. Just having them there is special for us. So I am glad to get that bulk of the registry done. We did want to do some additional "house" stuff from Lowes that would be good to have like power tools. Paul's been a little interested in doing some handy work such as rebuilding a foosball table and maybe later on a pool table...I'm kind of hoping he'll learn to make some shelves so that I can finally put together my pantry. =P One step at a time I guess.