When did people start purchasing off of the registry?

Most of gifts were purchased in the 2 weeks right before the wedding. Make sure you put a stop on your mail or have someone go by your house if you are going to be out of the town the week before/after the wedding.

Also, I cherish our physical gifts. The cash was nice, but I couldn't tell you where most of it went.

I can't answer about when..no on has bought anything off ours yet. But I also like gifts over money. I like seeing things from friends and family and knowing they picked it for us.

I'm in Michigan, so mostly people in this area give envelopes with cash or check at a wedding and gifts for the shower...we had all of 5 actual gifts at the wedding and the rest were received at the shower, which started getting purchased the week the invitations went out.

Personally, I'd rather give money at a wedding than a gift because more often than not most of the weddings are paid for mostly by the bride and groom and I want to help them replenish thier savings and use the money towards a much needed honeymoon or possibly a new home rather than give them a blender

We only received two boxed gifts at the wedding. The rest was checks, gift cards and cash. We used the gift cards to buy the things we really wanted off of the registry.

Hey Date weekend twin, LOL! We are starting receive packages daily now-yay!!! Other than that we got a few things at shower, but thinking that most of our family will give cash/check at wedding.

FH and I had to compromise on this, because I'm like you-wanting the sentimental gift, but FH appreciates the cold hard cash to stash in our savings.

I think having a registry is a great option, but I respect that a gift will be given in the manner the giver chooses. And these days, many people just don't take the time to go in stores or even online to pick out the registry gifts. I do hope you get your faves.

P.S. Our Keurig gift came via FedEx today and I'm elated...hope this rubs off on you

Registries are for the shower and cash is for the reception. It's extremely rare (at least, in my area) to bring a gift to a wedding reception. You bring an envelope. If you buy a gift, you send it to their home. I'm sure it's less common now, with the concern of people walking off with gifts from the gift table.

But I know what you mean. Every day I use things, I remember who I got it from.

Our registries were wiped out, some the day of the wedding too. the week before was the most popular by far

In all of the weddings that I've gone been around it's been popular not to bring gifts to the reception, but to purchase them online and send them to the couple. I just remember my Oma being able to tell us what gifts she got for her wedding day and I always wanted to do the same thing. Oh well.

I just checked mine bc of your post - looks like we just had someone buy off our registry recently!

Future check your mailbox

Am I the only one who always sees boxed gifts at the wedding? Like, a whole table of them, not just a few. I had no idea that people mostly gave cash in other parts of the country until I came on here. My circles are big boxed-gift givers. Bride and groom always have to designate somebody to pack up their boxed gifts after the reception and take them to their house.

When we sent our STD someone bought something right away. It had our registry on the website which was on the STD. My MOH sent out the invites for the shower and people have been buying stuff off of it (I can't help but look and get so excited). I'm assuming the 2 weeks before the shower people will buy a lot more because no one wants a gift in their house for over a month.

And then at the wedding its usually customary to bring just a card if people give gifts. But we shall see.

@Rebecca, MEE! I had a whole box of gifts at my wedding. And a whole bunch of boxed gifts at home. My MIL had to take all our gifts home for us because we drove to my parents house to fly out for the honeymoon instead of going home.

We had one or two bought about a month ago - however; I now could not tell you what's been bought since. FH told me to stop peaking at the registries online. We received a box from BBB the other day but I haven't opened it because the first box we got from target I just decided to open and it *wasn't* wrapped inside. haha. FH wants us to open things together - which I agree. I just got excited.

I like the physical gifts too - I think it just shows that the person put effort into picking it out - even if it was on your registry. I'm guilty of gift cards open though and anything we get from people will be certainly appreciate and loved. We've told people that really we're just happy that they could travel to be with us on that day.

I love getting gifts, but I'm not going to complain about getting money lol

I'm the same. I love when I use something and it reminds me of the person that bought it for us!! I also like to give gifts. I hope we get a lot of stuff off of our registry, but I'm sure a ton of people will send cash. Not that I mind. Haha. Cash is awesome....but I will not remember you for it.

@ostrich did you send a reminder about the registry or did the gifts come in the week before naturally? Also, when did you send your invitations out?