As the flurry of congratulations from our
friends and family started to taper off, the wedding event invites
started pouring in. Cocktails at the Lenox showroom? Sure! Brunch at the
Bloomingdale's registry department? Don't mind if I do! Mimosas at
Crate & Barrel? Man, we should get engaged more often!
Our first official pre-wedding event was Lenox
Celebrates Couples, a catered cocktail bash with an incredible goodie
bag. We didn't know what to expect, but we were pleasantly surprised to
arrive and find a hip wedding band, a photobooth, a cigar bar featuring
hand-rolled cigars and - most important - free flowing St. Germain
cocktails! (Oh, and some whiskey for the fellas.) Drinks in hand, we
wandered around the Lenox showroom and started talking about our future
registry. I have to admit, I didn't think we were going to really even
look at the fancy china and housewares; I'd sold Mr. M on the party
just by mentioning the magic words "open bar," so I didn't think he'd
be really into the idea of discussing place settings and flatware right
then and there. Blame it on the whiskey, maybe, but we actually wound up
figuring out a whole lot of our registry plans right then and there.
(And I fell in love with these Kate Spade Darling Point champagne
coupes. Amazing, no?)
Fun with registries continued a few weeks later with
a Bloomingdale's brunch, sponsored by The Registry at Bloomingdale's.
Mr. M and I both had high hopes for a repeat of the boozy, casual,
celebratory vibe of the Lenox event - but no dice. Our brunch was more
like a slice of lukewarm frittata and a cup of coffee, eaten while
talking, speed-dating style, with representatives from high end
housewares companies. Um, awkward! The folks were absolutely lovely, but
I already knew pretty much everything I needed to know about Le Creuset
and Cuisinart, and attempting to gobble down breakfast while
maintaining a veneer of interest in the products we were being shown was
just... weird. On the bright side, they eventually turned us loose with
the scanner and Mr. M and I got a whole ton of registering done in
almost perfect harmony. (The sum of all of our conversations that day:
"Ooh, that looks cool!" "Scan it!")
After the registry parties, it was time for the wedding expos! Our first was the New York Magazine Wedding Event. More on those next time!
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