trigger happy

Yesterday Kyle and I tackled our wedding gift registry.  It. Was. Awesome. 

It was so much fun to choose the things that we want to share and use together in the years to come—the things that would make us feel at home together--the things that meshed our unique styles into the new unit called "us".  

Kyle and I tried to go into it fairly prepared.  We had been keeping a list of things that we knew we would need (or need better of) and want, and then Kyle put our list onto a spreadsheet so we could compare the things at different stores (let me just say that I was suuuper impressed by this effort).  

I think that Kyle and I balanced each other out pretty well on this adventure.  I was insanely cautious about using the scanner while Kyle, on the other hand, was a bit more trigger happy.  I caught Kyle as he tried to sneak over to the display with the snow-cone machine and the cotton-candy maker.  He also made me laugh pretty hard when we got to the wooden cutting board section, and he literally started to scan a chopping block that was larger than any counter space we’ve got in our little apartment. :)

...couldn't resist this one...

...attempting to register for the snow-cone machine...

Kyle was a blast to register with!  I was a little nervous because I’ve seen some couples registering together before where the Mr. looks like he would rather be anywhere else in the world but there, but Kyle was the complete opposite.  We really enjoyed picking things that we both liked!  We both seem to lean toward a similar style which made choosing things really fun.  We both love natural elements such as birds and vines, and muted shades of blues, greens, and yellows.  There are several things on our list that we are both really enthusiastic about!  

(Finished at our first store, and excited about the next!)

(...You know you’re maturing when you’re totally stoked about your future shower-curtain rod, food storage containers, and dish-drying mat)

It was a huge sigh of relief to get that job done, and after our day-long adventure, it made me smile ear to ear to walk back into his apartment  (it will be "our" apartment in just 139 days) and picture it with all of the decor, appliances, gadgets, and tools that we are hoping for to transform that space from an apartment into a home.