when do you usually buy bs gift?

jmurphy1864

Ok I know I am a procrastinator and usually wait until a few days before the shower to get a gift..just wondering when you guys get gifts....cause not many things are off my registry.

I hope everyone else I know is just a procrastinator too lol

Nhev

The same thing happened with my shower. Lots of people bought gifts within a week of the shower and lots of gifts were not on the registry. We still made out really well, only needing to buy a few things ourselves.

teachergal05

I usually buy gifts the week before the shower. To be honest, there have been a few times that I've bought gifts the day of or day prior to the shower. I think this is pretty common.

BeautyfromAshes

Usually the day before or morning of...I'm terrible I know.

Irishsapphire

If it is a good friend, I start the month before so that I can budget enough money each week for the complete gift-this is more for a $50 gift that I am putting together a couple of items together.  I am going to my friend's baby shower today.  And my gift was complete two weeks ago, and I had spent the previous weeks just buying a couple of baby items for the complete gift.  But I talked to my other friends, and it seems like they were waiting to buy their gift right before the baby shower. 

Recently, however, we went to a baby shower for the daughter of a friend of my husband's, and he bought the gift the week before-he spent $20 which worked out well--because we got her the Elmo bathrobe off her registry and then I added Sesame Street body wash. 

 

cherokeemomma87

I wouldnt worry about it, a lot of ppl dont get the gift untill a few days before. And if you dont get a lot of things off your registry you can either return a few things to get what you want, or you might be ok with the gifts you do get. Either way I hope you have a great shower!!

RoxyLynn

I usually buy a gift shortly after receiving the invitation, but I never use registries.  Registries are not a good indicator of attendance - I'm sure you'll have lots of people there!

EBathory997Wed74688

I buy the gift as soon as I say I am going to the shower so i have plenty to pick from off registries.

JenWhite123

I always buy as soon as I can get to the store.  I like to be able to pick out something nice in my price range.  I prefer to buy one big gift as opposed to several smaller gifts.  If you wait too close to the shower, sometimes the only things left are the smaller things.

weddingbells2010

I like to shop early to get the best selection off the registry, even if (or especially if) I don't plan to spend a lot.  I hate throwing random things together in a basket without a theme or concept because nothing else was left, or worse yet, veering from the registry so as to have SOMETHING to give.  It's just easier to plan ahead for me.

rxy5309

I give myself at least 3 weeks. I am an overplanner and I like to pick a few things within my budget and I like to give myself time because I like to order things that can only be gotten offline because I know many people don't buy those things and sometimes those are teh tings I personally have wanted the most so I like to make sure they get a few of those things.

rhubarb123

Unfortunately I wait until just a few days before.  Not that I am a procrastinator - ya right - but I do wait and wait.  Never would I go the day of though...I'm not that much of a procrastinator!  lol

awollenweber

I like to purchase early, because I usually order online and then I get to choose the item I want.  I try to go with a large item in a middle price range or choose something like a diaper bag or bath tub and put a few extra items in (usually eliminates the need for a gift bag).

 

However, I think a lot of people wait until the last minute.  There is 2 weeks until my shower and only a few registry items are taken.  I?ve heard this is pretty common, so I?m trying to not registry-stalk and have some patience.

SMJ1106

EBathory81397:

I buy the gift as soon as I say I am going to the shower so i have plenty to pick from off registries.

This... especially based on if the item is something I can pick up in store or something that needs to be shipped to my house first!