Registry Question: for those living in apartments...?

Wintersbride Posted: Feb 19, 2006 02:08 PM

Registry Question: for those living in apartments...?

I don't think I have enough stuff on my registry, but when I look at stuff I just think that because we will be living in an apartment there is a lot of stuff that we don't need/will have room for. Anyone else running into this problem? They say you should register for a certain amount (which I am well below). We are not planning on moving into a house for a year or two after the wedding. Any thoughts?

ali120206 Posted: Feb 19, 2006 02:11 PM

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We currently live in an apartment as well. I registered for a lot of things. I'm not sure when I'll be moving into a house but, until then, my stuff will live with my parents or my FILs until we have room for it. A lot of my friends have done this and they feel like they have another shower when they move and go through their new stuff.

Boop2704 Posted: Feb 19, 2006 02:15 PM

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Posted by ali120206

We currently live in an apartment as well. I registered for a lot of things. I'm not sure when I'll be moving into a house but, until then, my stuff will live with my parents or my FILs until we have room for it. A lot of my friends have done this and they feel like they have another shower when they move and go through their new stuff.

Thats exactly what we did. Registered and got everything, kept it at my moms and now that we are in a huge apartment and can use it all its here. It was sooo much fun moving it all, going through it and organizing all this new stuff, it was seriously like a second shower going through it. And we didn't even bring it all, still have a bunch of stuff and our good china at moms, so we'll get to go through it again when we move into a house.

Wintersbride Posted: Feb 19, 2006 02:17 PM

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Posted by ali120206

We currently live in an apartment as well. I registered for a lot of things. I'm not sure when I'll be moving into a house but, until then, my stuff will live with my parents or my FILs until we have room for it. A lot of my friends have done this and they feel like they have another shower when they move and go through their new stuff.

I don't know if that's really an option for me.

ali120206 Posted: Feb 19, 2006 05:48 PM

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Do you have storage space in a closet for things? Of the stuff I registered for, I'm planning on using everything while in the apartment other than the china and crystal. They pack it up pretty nicely for storage in a closet (if you have the space).

sr081906 Posted: Feb 19, 2006 05:56 PM

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Why not ask for cash or gift cards? For cash, set up a special account and get interests.

That way you can buy what you need when you have your house. I don't see why you would like to use the space for things you don't use yet.

M&LSept1606 Posted: Feb 19, 2006 07:24 PM

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I say- register for everything you know you will need. Remember you won't get it all and it gives people a larger variety of things to choose from.

Plus, you'll have it when you get a house already. Until then you can store it in closets, or buy those big storage bins and stack them in your closet.

ewickens Posted: Feb 19, 2006 07:26 PM

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I'm in this boat. We registered for things we know we won't use until we get a house. Until the house comes, we're having everything stay at my parent's house for safe keeping.

heatherfaith Posted: Feb 19, 2006 08:28 PM

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Hey we have this problem but our parents really don't want a ton of our crap lying around. do we might just get a storage unit for everything or fh aunt might hold it for us.