fine china

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Posted by Soon2BMrsJoeBear

my FMIL is buying us our china and crystal. I think i'm only registering for the serving pieces.

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lucky girl!!!!!!

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Posted by JTG4EVER

its up to you.

i registered for it because i want it.

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same here.

We registered for it because we wanted it. I love to entertain. We also got engaged well before the recession and also originally had crystal and silverware on the registry.

I think if you're ambivalent about it, you should just register for one set of china that's neutral and can be dressed up or down (like lenox butler's pantry or anything from the 'simply fine' collection). That way it can serve both purposes. You're also better off that way with a small guest list because it would be a LOT less useful to you to have half a set of fine china and half a set of every day. We've been engaged for so long we already have all of our main dishes for every day (butterfly meadow comes by piece), and 7 place settings of our fine, so I think we'll be in good shape, but if we were just starting a registry now, even with a 200 person guest list I think I would re-think it.

Right now instead of silver I have 2 sets of stainless, one is fancier. I am thinking of taking the 2nd set off. The first once can really match our everyday OR our fine, and we can always buy ourselves a set later on.

Don't forget you'll also need to store all of this stuff, and if you're like me, your first place together won't be enormous!

thanks girls i found this great lenox set that I can dress up and dont feel so guilty putting on the registry
its 59.99 a place setting

Beautiful! That's exactly the kind of thing I was referencing in the other post! It can really go either way!

I love the lenox harvest goblets. The colors are amazing. You can use that neutral pallette for everyday or any holiday