holy regifting batman!

We had several people bring boxed gifts to the wedding. Since we left for our honeymoon the next day, we didn't get to open them until we got back... and I have a great story now!

Some of you may remember the friend of my husband who got married the week before us and kept sending emails about his wedding and his registry to us, even though they never sent us an invite. Even his fiance was sending us emails about it - and neither one of us had ever met her (and my husband hadn't seen his friend since COLLEGE!) We'd been getting email after email about how we were invited, etc. -- and that's the only reason we invited them to our wedding. This started about 6 months before the wedding -- we finally got an invite about a week after the RSVP date on their invites... nevermind the fact that not two weeks earlier, we received an email about how they had updated their registries...

We couldn't attend their wedding (it was far away and we had family coming into town early for our wedding - and a million things to do). We RSVP'd no and sent a gift card (to a store where they registered) with the response.

Only DH's friend came to our wedding (one week after his wedding, without his wife). He brought a gift... it was a Williams & Sonoma cookbook and a set of 4 dessert plates we hadn't registered for (they were very pretty plates). I love to cook, and I immediately opened the cover of the cookbook. I figured everyone opens the cover of a book they get as a gift just as a reflex -- Well, apparently NOT! Inside the front cover was written THEIR names and August 4th wedding date AND a very personal note to them from friends or family of theirs...

Talk about regifting! At least make sure it's not THAT obvious when you do it!

I *almost* wrote in their thank you card 'We'll think about you every time we open the cook book' - but I held back.