Registries and Mom Visitation

Shortly after our engagement I brought home an obligatory wedding magazine (my only wedding magazine to date for that matter) to ogle dresses and extravagant cakes. The fiance "oohed" a couple dresses but the most interesting page for him was a Macy's ad for a Sip & Scan registry event-- "Champagne and laser guns! We gotta do that!"

http://content.theknot.com/sitelets/macys-sip-and-scan/

After some research I found out the events are somewhat few and far between and one happened to be coming up at a nearby Macy's. We RSVP'd and this past Thursday we had our first wedding registry experience at Macy's.

The event was a hotbed of specialist salespeople and consumerism. After nearly two hours of browsing the fiance and I were exhausted and ready for bed. We had a pretty good time, but aren't too invested in the idea of wedding registries.

At first, we were not going to register at all. Our original plan was to provide a list of charities and ask for donations in lieu of gifts. We decided to do the Sip & Scan and decide afterward if we wanted to use the registry and it seems like a more traditional reception is in our future so the registry might come in handy.

I told Mom about our registering experience and she wanted to know how many tings we had on our list-53. "Ha! That's nothing, you'll need a lot more."

Next thing you know, we're at Target registering for 13 tubs of cat litter. Not counting multiples of items, we added 15 items to our total count while at Target. So we have nearly 70 items. Woo hoo. Still not very attached to the whole concept (although we did score a free pair of kitchen scissors at Macy's) and we are still listing charities.

Mom came up to visit Sunday and that afternoon we all went on a hike at Wallace Falls. It was in the eighties, muggy, and the trail was very crowded but the views were nice and we felt pretty good afterwards. The hike is in Gold Bar and a good distance from the corridor, but not quite far enough to ward off crowds on sunny days. It was slightly pathetic/depressing to see flip flops and smell cologne all over the trail, I think the fiance and I enjoy the trail more in rainy weather!

Today Mom and I checked out the things the fiance and I registered for and shopped some clearance. I also baked for the first time in weeks (a delectable walnut cake with praline frosting).

http://www.myrecipes.com/recipe/walnut-cake-with-praline-frosting-10000001835248/

Our original plan was to refurbish an old sewing desk of my grandmother's during my mom's visit, but the rain prevented our project (this might be a perk considering the fiance seemed interested in working on the project). Our plan is to remove all the old paint, clean it up, refurbish what hardware we can and slap on some new paint.

Taking my first full pill of Paxil tonight and next Monday the fiance and I are going back to Seattle for a check up appointment with the new ARNP. Feeling a little more neutral lately instead of down 'n mopey but haven't quite had a fantastic day yet. I'm not sure if she'll have me take another quiz to gauge my mood, that might wait until a month on the pills which would be about how long it takes for most antidepressants to really kick in.

As for the cats: Iroh has been sniffly since late last week and is finally starting to look better (no goop weeping out of his eye or drips from his nose). Millie has taken over the role of "chunk kitty" and was very cute today playing with the bag of cat treats. She managed to hold the bag in her teeth and carry it around the house, dump it over to wiggle a treat out, and then munch away! Fiendish little kitty!