Our recent move finally provided the opportunity to upgrade to a king-size bed, which was a very welcome change in my third trimester (my pregnancy pillow nearly warranted its own king)! Given the opportunity, I wanted to craft the perfect sleeping haven from top to bottom -- and after many hours of due diligence (and many more enjoying the fruits of my labor) I think I can call this a sweeping success. 1) Bedding Basics Mattress: We had many friends rave about the Casper, and I was ... View the Post
the wedding registry guide
Tom and I moved in together for the first time just a few weeks before our wedding, which is basically the perfect time for all of your friends and family to gift you amazing new stuff! Tom was living in a furnished apartment in San Francisco while I finished up grad school in Boston, and we literally had nothing when I arrived - we slept on an air mattress for weeks until we got our acts together. Why should I register? Convenience: If you don’t, you’ll end up with a ton of gifts (mostly ... View the Post
wedding registry lookback: 10 kitchen essentials
1 / 2 / 3 / 4 / 5 / 6 / 7 / 8 / 9 / 10 Hopefully you made it through all of my unsolicited advice on why you should register and where to register here: The Wedding Registry Guide. Now let's get to the fun part - what should I register for? I had a serious amount of time to kill before our wedding, a few weeks after my business school graduation. With that said, you can trust these gifts are heavily researched! I spent hours (weeks?) putting together our registry ... View the Post
wedding registry lookback: home & entertaining
While planning our wedding registry, I mentally equated marriage to mean hosting fabulous dinner parties nightly. While these visions of effortless entertaining haven’t exactly panned out, I am pleased to have picked just the right pieces to suit both everyday and elegance, which we still love two years later.If you missed my earlier post The Wedding Registry Guide on why you should register and where to register, take a look here ... View the Post
