Presents!

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I love presents. I love birthday presents, and anniversary presents, and Christmas presents, and for-no-reason-at-all-except-you're-my-friend presents. I love giving and receiving presents. I just think presents are wonderful.
All this talk about presents has been brought on because Mr. E. and I are going shopping for a friend's wedding present tonight. They have registered at Macy's, so that is where we will start, but I'm still not sure how I feel about buying a present off a registry. Part of me feels like it's really impersonal. The other part of me feels like if they registered for it, they would probably be really glad to receive it. Since the couple getting married are close family friends, I think I will probably go with something on their registry and something not on the registry that goes along with the registry gift. The best of both worlds, right?
While I feel conflicted about buying gifts from a registry, I know exactly how I feel about registering. Thrilled is the best way to describe it. While Mr. E. and I haven't registered for anything yet, I know the process will be wonderful. I have been asking Mr. E. if we could do a trial registry for over a year now (yes, I know, we weren't even engaged then. That's why it would be a trial registry). Mr. E. has always said that would be wrong (damn his morals!) But now my time is here!
While I am excited to buy wedding presents for my friends, I am also hoping this trip will make Mr. E. realize we really should get started on this registry thing (he is blissfully unaware that you register anywhere other than Macy's...boy is he going to be in for it!)

*Picture from The Knot