Wedding shower gift(s)...

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Would you prefer to get a lot of smaller stuff you registered for or one or two of the larger items?

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I'd prefer the bigger items. I had a lot of people spend the equivalent of the bigger ticket items by buying up all of the small things, wiping out the lower end of my registry in the process. Of course I was grateful for the gifts, but then I felt bad that H's side of the family had nothing inexpensive to choose from.

Either way, I was just very happy when people shopped the registry or bought from BBB for its easy returns. It is very possible to have too many spatulas. I believe we got over a dozen between the shower and wedding. I only registered for one. The gifts were thoughtful and everyone was properly thanked, but we really have no use for 1/2 of the gifts we received that were off-registry purchases.