I think gift registries can be very good things. It gives you a glimpse into someone's taste and style, allows you to see what a person truly needs/wants, and sometimes can give you a boost into an idea that would be really neat for a gift for a person, even if it's not on their list. But this week I was more than a little frustrated with one.
Sometimes when a person in our church is having a shower and they've registered for something they need that is more than the average person would spend, I've coordinated a group gift. This week was one of those times. I had checked online, collected the money, but when I went to purchase the gifts at the store, there was not one single thing from the registry at that store. So on Thursday I drove to a nearby town and checked that store. Same thing. I asked a sales clerk about it. This store does not get to order or carry the same brands in every store. They never know what is coming on the truck. The may only get one of an item, and when that sells, that is it. And there's nothing wrong with that, except if you create a registry based on what is in a store, then you'd expect that chain to carry it in most of their stores. I came home a little frustrated and uncertain what to do when I found out that the shower is being postponed because the Mom went into labor three weeks early and delivered a healthy baby boy. So I've ordered all but one of the items online that we had planned to purchase (the high chair is no longer available and can be purchased in a store only). So far only one of the items has shipped. As more and more young people are creating online registries, it's making it harder and harder to do this as a group.
Meanwhile I'm hoping the "in progress" note on the order means that it will be shipped very soon and will actually arrive before the new shower date.
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