On buying from wedding gift lists...

I have just bought a gift for a wedding the boyfriend and I are going to in November. I selected it from an online wedding gift list from a certain department store. I don't much care for buying from wedding gift lists. These are some of the reasons why: (a) You can't actually see what you are getting for your money. Unless of course you can actually be bothered to travel to the particular department store which holds said list, which kind of defeats the object of buying online in the first place. (b) You might end up giving a completely different gift from the one you have chosen. The department store from which I have purchased said gift (which shall remain nameless), has the following message on it's website: "In the event that any of the items purchased are not available, we may select alternative items from this gift list to the equivalent value." I have selected a vase as our gift. Added to the fact that I have also had to pay for gift wrapping and postage, I feel I have spent enough. I do not mind this. However, for the same price, my gift might be substituted (without my knowledge) for ONE very much over-priced pillowcase. What married couple would thank me for the kind gift of one pillowcase?! (c) The bride and groom know exactly how much you've spent on their gift. After all, they made the list in the first place. They wouldn't thank us for the 'Vermont Mosaic or Combed Egyptian Cotton face cloth' (ie. flannel) at the cost of two pounds.

I can see why people like to make a wedding list though. Apparently you get to go round your chosen department store and just zap the barcodes for ANYTHING IN THE WHOLE SHOP! Cool. The boyfriend and I have often discussed the possibility of pretending to get married, just so that people buy us loads of cool stuff. However, there's one thing I hate even more than buying from wedding gift lists. That's when people put a wedding list in your invitation accompanied by a note along the lines of: "Please do not feel obliged to buy us a wedding present, your company on a special day is more important to us." TOTAL CRAP. If I ever get married, people won't even be allowed into the venue until they show me exactly what they've bought and I have approved of their gift. And we sure are owed a lot of good presents by people we've bought them for !!! : )

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