Where have you registered for your bridal shower?

Does Sephora even offer a wedding/bridal registry? that seems really odd to me... I agree with the other ladies above.. one registry for both the shower and wedding- mainly household gifts. Use the cash at sephora if you want new makeup.. just my opinon.

Maybe I didn't explain myself clear enough but the VS and the Sephora would be JUST for close girlfriends since we all went to the mall and did the makeup thing at sephora and stopped by VS and agreed how fun it would be to get a few nighties, bikinis, beach dresses for my honeymoon. Sephora for wedding day makeup. Some people just completely blew this out of proportion.

If no one wants to get me nighties or makeup THAN SO BE IT! That is why I registered at KOHLS as well. I don't know how else to explain this any better.

VS and Sephora have a wish list that u can email to certain people. It's not a real registry.

I will point out that you mentioned "my grandma won't be buying lingerie" so I'm sorry if I upset you, but I assumed you were talking about it.

And since you haven't been to any showers and I'm not sure what kind of articles you're reading, let me just say that I would be taken back if I realized what I was being invited to. I would not want to buy these type of things (makeup) as a shower gift.

Also, lingerie showers are perfectly acceptable! My girls threw me a bachelorette party/lingerie shower and it was so fun! No one was embarrassed to buy it/open it/whatever. But unless this states lingerie shower, it could get weird.

@FutureMrs.B I think its just whether or not you feel comfortable with it more than it is an etiquette thing.. I know it wouldnt bother me But i wouls register at a sephora if there was one near me ill just say that.

We're having 3 showers...

We had a couple's shower (thrown by friends and family of my fiance in Connecticut)...the gifts were all things for us: money and kitchen stuff mostly

My bridal shower (thrown by my friends and family in the town we currently live) will also be household gifts, but only women will be there.

My lingere shower is combined with my bachelorette party and will be thrown by friends in my hometown. I'll make a wish list at a local lingere store and the invites might mention "items admired at ________" place, but I imagine many people will shop on their own.

...no one is invited to more than 1 shower (with the exception of bridal party). The reason we're having so many is because we're inviting about 300 people to the wedding and multiple different groups wanted to host things. You can definitely do a separate lingere shower if you have willing hosts. If not, expect a few lingere gifts and a lot of household stuff too off the wedding registry.

So do any of u live with your FH? Do u already have kitchen/home appliances? Why would I want more stuff in our pre married home? I want household items for our new home together AFTER we're married.

I lived with my FH before we got married and we registered to update all of our kitchen/housewares. We will not open or use our gifts until we move in a month or two as our choice. It makes it easier to move. That's how it works.

I just think your guests will be put off by this way of don't things.

@FutureMrs.B - Yes, I live with my FH. Been living in our home for almost 4 years now. The things we registered for are more upgrades to the things we have and small appliances that we want but don't have yet.

And, correct me if I'm wrong, but I thought that was what you would use the gifts for? For your new home (if you don't already have one) or your existing home. All of the "existing" appliances would either be donated, thrown away or sold and replaced with your new stuff. Right?

I don't think anyone is saying to not have the shower you want, they are just saying it's a little odd for them. But, like I said before, it's your shower and you know your friends and family better than we do. Do what you want and what makes you happy.

I get what ur saying but we live in a small apartment and have no room to store any more things so a lingerie shower would be more fitting for me. And not so sound gross or strange or odd or bizarre but wouldn't lingerie be a gift for the couple anyways!?

To everyone that commented on this: I'm sorry if I offended anyone but its slightly offensive to me when all I asked is if my registries are too much and all I got was a whole lot of judgemental answers. Thanks for your opinions, ill just stick to my opinion. I was in no way trying to be mean to anyone, I'm just put off by some of the comments!

Ugh, it is kind of a gift for the couple, yes. H joked and asked if he should write a thank you card for them haha but 30 guests at your shower and personally I would never use that much lingerie. And what are you going to register for for the wedding? Does your FH get his own registry for coolers and socks?

Ive never been to a bridal shower so i dont know what is typically given, but for those saying the gift should be for the groom too, since when isnt lingerie for the groom? Its incredibly uncomfortable to wear, and the only reason we wear it is to turn on our husbands/future husbands, right? So lingerie is a gift more for him than for her, and its a gift that i think he would prefer over a blender.

If it's common and your OK with it then ok (which is sounds like you're not going to change your mind by your replies)

But I have never heard of a bridal shower registry I have always know it as you take items off your registry plain and simple and it's to shower you with gifts to help start your home i.e. cooking supplies, towels, china (things we normally wouldn't buy for yourself)

But I also know I DO NOT want to open sexy items in front of my family members. I don't need my aunts my cousins grandma FH sister grandmom and etc knowing what I wear to do the dirty with. THAT seems wired to me and that seems more like something for your Bachlorette party. That party is more of your close friends. But again to each their own but do I think it's wired?... 100 percent think so, and I wouldn't want to receive these items at my bridal shower.

Also to be honest I wouldn't buy makeup for someone... that isn't a necessary item to live you life it's something to make you feel better...

I buy my own makeup and I don't expect my family to buy it even if it's for my wedding day.

Sorry it turned so long I didn't mean it too I was just saying I don't think these are generally bridal shower gifts. But again this is just my opinion to each their own.

Http://www.ehow.com/info_7979328_bridal-shower-etiquette-wedding-gifts.html

So here's just one article on how u can have different types of showers. It's very common around the world! Not just in "my" social circle. I'm sorry to say this but it's 2013 not the 1800s, just because you've never heard of it done this way doesn't mean it doesn't happen everywhere.

I get what you're saying about the lingerie/make-up and it being 2013..I get it. And I get what you're saying about Sephora/Vickys just being for your friends. So why not just spread the word to your friends/BP and say "hey I am really hoping somebody wouldn't mind buying me a gift certificate to sephora to get my makeup done, instead of buying me A, B. C"...just spread the word among your close friends instead of registering there

That's a good idea Rachel, thank you

I can understand both views but why call it a bridal shower then? It kind of makes no sense if you are going to get the same household items from the same people at your bridal shower and wedding..In my opinion it makes more sense to get gifts more for the bride..I say do what you want.. Everyone has an opinion and people do all kinds of different things for weddings.. Some we heard of and some things we never have heard of... It's 2013 and some things are not so traditional anymore

Yes Val yes!!! What I was trying to say!!!!