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If you've had your shower already, how much
of what you got actually came off your registry. I've been reg. stalking (I know, I know...) and not much of anything so far off either has been purchased.
What did you get? I am anticipating nothing, or very little.
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Re: If you've had your shower already, how much
I had a shower with DD. Most stuff was not off my registry. DD was the first girl on both sides so everybody wanted to buy girl clothes and pink stuff.
I've had one small shower. A few people went off the registry and the rest picked registry items. A lot of people bought at the last minute, though. I was a registry stalker too and got worried that everyone would buy random clothes. Luckily, that didn't happen.
We'll see how the next ones go.
I would say that 95% of what I got at my 3 showers were stratight off my registry. I think it helped that we didn't find out what we're having, so people didn't go crazy buying girl or boy clothes. I did, however, still get quite a bit of gender neutral clothing ~ but for the most part everything was off my registry. It was awesome!!
Some of the stuff that my friend bought off my registry are not showing up as purchased...... BLAH!!!!!
the first shower i had...we got a ton of clothes an literally 30-ish bibs! lol. but i had a shower this weekend, and even though there the registry hadn't changed an hour before the shower...[[i was registry stalking]]... i got so much stuff off of the registry... a lot of people don't have them take it off the registry...
i was really happy that i received practical items... that i really needed and didn't really want to pay for.. even though Dh and i were prepared..
ummm... items included... medela breast bump, breast feeding storage/supplies, pack and play, baby bath, diapers, wipes, tons of bottles, cleaning supplies, clothes, bibs, diaper bags, custom wall art for the nursery, tons of gift cards and cash. etc... we were very blessed this time around!!
We were lucky enough to have two showers.
The 1st shower that was thrown by family we received very little off our registry. A baby carrier, bouncy seat and ear thermometer. We received LOTS of clothes and other fun stuff.
The 2nd shower that was thrown by my BFF and her mom - we recieved TONS of the registry. I was actually amazed. Car seat, extra car base, high chair, baby bath, bottles, diapers, wipes, sheets, outlet plugs, dishwasher basket, changing pad covers... pretty much everyone shopped off our registry.
We also anticipated not getting much off our registry and planned on buying everything with the completion discount.
We were lucky enough to get three showers thrown for us. You'd think, therefore, that we would have gotten most of the stuff on our registry, right? You'd be WRONG. A very few people got us essential things off of our registries (car seat, baby monitor, etc), and a few more people got us cutesy, low price things off our registries. But most people got us clothes and things (toys, blankets) THEY thought were cute, totally ignoring the registries. It's good that you're not expecting anything much to come from your showers, because it's my experience that that's how it goes. And it's also frustrating, because it made for a LOT of returns. We were able to take back about 50% with a receipt and got cash to use for stuff we actually needed, but had to have store credit issued for some stuff, which is a big pain in the ass. We now have merchandise credit at stores that we don't shop at and don't need stuff from, like Gymboree and Pottery Barn Kids. I think those stores are cute, but $25 there doesn't go nearly as far as $25 at Target or Wal-Mart, which we prefer to shop at. I know it's supposed to be the thought that counts, but when the thought brings more work to the people the gift is bought for, what's the point?!?
Most of the things we got were off the registry, or people got us a cute outfit and something off the registry.
But as far as gifts go- I have started to receive random items and i already have way too many baby blankets!
I had my first shower last week. It was small, at DH's work. I'd say about 1/3 of the gifts were off the registries, 1/3 were not, and 1/3 were gift cards. I was happy with all of it.
I stalk my registries as well, and most people didn't buy things until the day before the shower. I have another shower next week, and so far no one has bought anything yet. So, I wouldn't worry too much.
We got a pretty substantial amount from the registry. People actually didn't get us clothes really. Not sure if it's because we're having a boy, or just because most of our guests aren't the type to enjoy perusing the baby section, and probably ran in and out as fast as possible. We did get a few non-registered for toys, blankets and extras like pacifier holders, but overall, it was mainly what we asked for.
I should probably note, however, that at least 25% of the registry stuff purchased was bought by my mother. She went way overboard.?
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Our family/friends were nice enough to throw 3 showers for us, one small and two large ones. Plus we each had a surprise work shower. We registered for about 80 items ranging in price from $5 to $400 (breast pump), although must things were in the $25-$50 range. We received all but 10 small items. We also receive about $500 in gift cards.
From what I could tell, most things did not come off until the day or two before the shower.
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We got most of the things off of our registry. DH and I went to BRU on Friday night to buy the last of the things that we needed. We bought mainly off of our registry and I found that several of the things we bought did not come off online. It was one transaction and had to be the system--not the cashier. We found that we received duplicates of things that mysteriously did not come off even though people had bought them off of our registry. Not a big deal though!
Only 1 thing from the registry. I wasn't surprised though because I already figured most people don't take the time to look at it, etc. anyway, or might not even step foot in that certain store we chose.
I got all my big stuff (stroller plus accessories, high chair plus accessories, car seat, video camera), minus the swing. Pretty much everything else I got was something of the ruffly pink dress variety. All very cute.
On the upside, I am running out of room for clothes, so that will keep me from blowing a ton of money on clothes and make me stick to the things I actually need!