Crate and Barrel

Crate and Barrel's wedding registry event went really well! (it was also my first ever foray into registering). the store was open only to those who were participating for the event so it felt very, how shall we say "exclusive"? we were greeted at the door by two employees who told us to proceed to check our coats and to help ourselves to some breakfast:

fruits, muffins and cake

mimosa!

then we were handed registry guns and proceeded to zap things! awesome!!

Chris scanning our cupcake set

what was also really informative/helpful about this event is that there are demos stationed around the store to help you decide what you should register for, this was extremely helpful with our knives selection:

here's the knife demo guy demonstrating the shun knife (what we ended up registering for) and explained that this knife was designed with right handed users in mind, so it is particularly comfortable... i couldn't agree more! they are also hand forged steel(durability) and aluminum (lightness)

here is chris testing out the wusthof knife, which is weighted(steel) and balanced also a really good knife (i think this what most people register for?) but they were a bit heavy for me when i tested them so we went with the other :)

the good thing about both these knives are that the WHOLE knife is in tact, so that it eliminates the handle coming loose factor which is dangerous for knives and they are built to last (alton brown from food network also said this, i'm a fan!), only needing to be sharpened twice for the rest of our lives (or so we've been told)...and if they don't happen to last that long, the manufacturers will replace them for us free of charge...both sets have been around for many many years, hundreds in fact, so they're time tested...

we spent the next hour or so visiting other demonstration sites and scanning other objects for which we will furnish our married home with. We finish up and return our registry gun, print out our list and head back to coat check for our things. Upon leaving though, we were also handed a gift at the coat check:

heart shaped candy(?) dish, how cute! we're told that the gift actually changes from week to week

after the wedding we'll be given a coupon to purchase the balance of our unpurchased registry at 10% off

all in all this was a very positive experience for us, albeit tiring! we give crate and barrel a thumbs up for throwing this event for engaged couples, it's really helpful and informative, so if you have a crate and barrel near you, i'd highly recommend you to pop in on one of their registry events.