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Registry Fun

This week has been a combination of a lot of work and wedding planning!  I have found myself out of my house the entire day for most of the week, coming home to grab an apple, some clothes or shower!  (Part of this may be because I do not like staying at my house by myself).

Things have been accomplished this week and we feel pretty good about that! One of the things we worked on this week was our Gift Registry.  We had already gone to Target once, signed up for the registry and added some items to the list.  We were also planning to register at Kohl's and so this week we went there.  We brought my mom with, to get some advice on the best brand/type of certain items we were registering for. 

Registering is something I feel like everyone looks forward to.  I always saw it as a fun opportunity to take the "lazer gun" they give you and go around the store scanning whatever you want!  After registering at Target for the first time, Mark and I were worn out and it was not as fun as we expected!! So, when we took my mom to Kohl's, she was pretty excited and had much of the high hopes we did going into Target.  Coming out of Kohl's my mom was also tired and worn out.  She decided that was not how she expected it to be and we all agreed that it can be rather stressful/tiring! Who knew choosing everything you want to fill your future house with would be so strenuous?? Not us!!

Nevertheless, the afternoon was fun and we got a lot accomplished on our registry! Still more pots and pans to be added and decided upon, but we are making progress!

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