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Finally a weekend at home!!

Posted Monday, July 09, 2007 1:54 PM

This past weekend was the first weekend that DH and I were at home in Minneapolis since our wedding. We have been all over the place since getting married: went to 3 weddings (2 in the Cities and 1 in Alabama), a family reunion in western MN, helped build a pole barn at DH's parents' house up north, found an apartment in Colorado, and went to a bachelor party in Brainerd (I hung with the girls). It was nice to finally be at home and to be able to sleep in together in our own bed.

 On Friday night, we had my parents, two of my brothers, and my sister-in-law over for dinner at our house. We grilled out and ate on our deck and it was so much fun! Then on Saturday, DH and I went canoeing down the St. Croix river. It was 98 degrees that day but on the water, we had a nice breeze, which made it bearable.

Yesterday, we finally finished taking care of our wedding presents. We took a lot back, even things we registered for. It was a lot harder to decide what we wanted before the wedding when we weren't buying the things we were registering for. We even got 5 sets of the dishes we wanted (2 different styles) but ended up taking them all back for a different style.

When we were taking the gifts back, I remarked that it's funny how taking back wedding gifts is socially acceptable. You don't really take back gifts that you receive for anything else--for instance, you don't return birthday gifts, even if you don't like them. So I feel kind of bad taking back all the things people got us, especially stuff on our registry. They thought they were doing us a favor by buying us what we wanted. Well, we did end up getting what we wanted, it just happened to be something else...

What was your experience with wedding gifts and returning them?

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re: Finally a weekend at home!!

Ours was terrible since one of the places that we registered at was Target. They didnt tell us that we're both only allowed 2 items a yr w/out a receipt. AND on top of that when you return s/thing off of your registry... you have to get s/thing out of that same department/isle.  Ex.. dishes for dishes... dish towel for dish towel. Basically they tell you 2-3 isles worth of stuff that you can pick from. I really just totally didnt get their mindset behind all of this! So needless to say I tell everyone that I know getting married to NOT REGISTER AT TARGET b/c they dont make it easy to return unwanted items.

Posted by amandag56    Monday, July 09, 2007 12:45 PM


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Actually, one of the places that we returned gifts to was Target. A couple weeks ago, I had returned a coffee maker I got at one of  my bridal showers and discovered the same thing--you can only return 2 things a year without a receipt. But then later, lamenting to one of my friends who had gotten married 1 1/2 years earlier, she said that as long as you registered at Target, your registry serves as your receipt. So when we went to return stuff, we printed off our Gift Purchase Log and returned $550 worth the stuff. We got all the dishes, pots, and kitchen gadgets we wanted, as well as a new iPod nano. It turned out well!

Posted by Happy2BeKathyKluthe    Monday, July 09, 2007 2:02 PM


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Target has definitly changed.  When we were married 2 years ago we were able to return any gifts on the registry without any trouble.  We printed out our gift registry and they gave us a gift card to use anywere in the store.  Now (we are registering for our baby) you have to either have the gift receipt or Target can look up your "buyers guide" by printing out your registry.  If the person that bought the gift didn't have your reciestry scanned when they purchased the gift, then you will not be able to return it.  It is a bunch of junk, if you ask me.  

I don't think it is right to return stuff you put on your registry just because you have now changed your mind.  I did have to return a lot of gifts that we received dupicates on.  

Posted by steen05    Tuesday, July 10, 2007 1:36 PM


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We registered at Target too.  I didn't have any problem returning things - I just used my registry as proof and they were fine with it.  I actually think they are alot better than some about returning things.  

Posted by Lulustyle    Wednesday, July 11, 2007 2:07 PM


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When we returned our wedding gifts we had no problem at all, Actually we only had to return gifts from Macy's and they were GREAT! They took our gifts, told us it'd be awhile because they had to dig for receipts or do a return w/o a receipt and then on top of all that they said they'd combine all of our gift cards into one, so I wouldn't have 10 Macy's cards in my purse. I do think it's funny that no one has a problem with the bride and groom returning wedding gifts, but if I were to return a b-day gift for something I'd never hear the end of it.

Posted by DanielleS2104    Wednesday, July 11, 2007 6:25 PM


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I usually try to get a gift receipt for any gift I'm buying whether it's for a wedding or birthday.  Gift recepits are so standard now that Target just automatically prints it out with your receipt.  Bed, Bath, and Beyond are really good about returning things.  I was really annoyed that some people didn't buy off of our registry.  We ended up getting two sometimes three of the same things but not the brand or style we wanted.  I.E. we would get the cookware we registered for and two guests would each get us cookware sets that weren't on our registry.  And since they didn't leave a gift receipt we don't know where they bought it.  We tried returning one to Macy's since they carry that line and we got the lowest price they could give us.  RIP OFF!  So, we're just going to hold a garage sale and get rid of that way.  Who needs 3 blenders, 3 toasters, 2 microwaves......

Posted by dragon_chica    Thursday, July 12, 2007 11:02 AM


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In May of 2004, I found out what it means to have a personal relationship with Jesus Christ and it changed my entire life. I owe everything--including my husband--to Him and His work on the cross.


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