Big News and The Wedding Registry

This week has been a great get away to DC and I was able to spend some time with Bobby. While I was hanging out in DC we did a little bit of wedding planning but became slightly distracted by finding out that BOBBY GOT A JOB!!

He will be the newest intern in the Sedgwick County Manager's Office for the next year. Real salary, real health insurance, real work!! YAY! I am so proud of him and am sooooo EXCITED that he is officially coming to Kansas! We have been talking about this for a while but now it is officially happening so I am stoked! Although wedding planning is still on the radar now things are temporarily shifting to moving, decorating a new house and figuring out a new city! We spent most of the vacay planning the move, scoping out new apartments, picking out paint colors (he is letting me paint!!) and figuring out all of the logistics. His mom was great and has already gotten some of the essentials we will need (kitchen towels, glass bakeware, bath rugs, etc) but the excitement of our first official new place together (that isn't temporary like last summer was) is making me want to SHOP!

With all of this my mind is also trying to keep wedding registering in the back of my mind. We need some stuff to get by for the year or so between the big move and the wedding but I want to make sure that we don't go overboard now and anything we get will work into an overall plan for the place. Ok, well enough rambling, this is post is just going to be fun wedding registry ideas and things I love so far. I need opinions and reminders to make sure I don't end up with a pink house full of flowers and lace and all things girly that Bobby refuses to live in. So on with the ideas and questions....

Can I really register for sporks like this one from Pottery Barn?? And why would one want a spork and a spoon, isn't the point of a spork so that you only have to have 1 utensil?


Is black stemware really ok? I love the idea of it but wonder how practical it is. Right now our kitchen table is glass and silver so it could work but I know Bobby has dreams of a big wooden kitchen table one day. Would black stemware look silly with his traditional dream table? Probably.


A strawberry slicer from Sur La Table? How lazy am I allowed to be? Really all that is necessary is a knife but is getting married an excuse to have every random kitchen gadget that may be remotely helpful in the future? I like this one but so many gadgets just seem to be a waste of space.


How many fun cake pans and such can I have? Doughnuts could be fun! And little tarts! Oh my I could handle just about ever cake/tart/baking pan created by man but when is enough enough?

Ok and now on to things I love.. do you love them too? Are they too girly?


We are thinking green and yellow for the bedroom and I love these, especially the center one.

I love this bedding but is I struggle with figuring out shades. I like the mustard-y color here but I also love sunshine yellow. Why does house decorating and what not have to be so difficult?

And how many fun serving things can one girl own. My future mother in law already got me to cake stands which I am sure I will thoroughly enjoy but how fun is this??

Glass dinnerware. Curious. I love the idea of it. I would be able to have fun and be a little ADD with my decorating and wouldn't have to worry about making sure things somewhat coordinate with whatever fun centerpiece or table or whatever that catches my eye. But what is the downside? Will they always have water spots that will drive me crazy?

Ok well that is enough of a random rambling for today. I better go but stay in touch and let me know what I should do. The next couple of months are going to bombard us with decisions to make and I would love the advice and help making all these decisions.