Our very first official wedding gift! WOOT!

So, Chase and I are very excited about our very first registry gift! It came in the mail about a week ago and by the size of the package, you'd have thought we were getting the entire china set. ;-) We were thrilled to get two of the (newer) style square plates in the Lenox solitaire pattern.

When my mother married my dad in 1970, she registered for Lenox solitaire. She has since inherited and bought a few more china patterns! The woman is crazy about dishes. I didn't see a need to register for a pattern (where one plate costs $50 or more!) when she could give me one of her sets (which I'd get when she kicks the bucket anyway). That may sound cruel, but I tend to view these things in the practical sense.

Practical observation #1: She has literally four sets of fine china.
Practical observation #2: She prefers to use a different set of china to entertain and rarely uses solitaire these days.
Practical observation #3: I'm going to get it in the end.

Conclusion: Bless the bride with the set and let her register for the stuff they've added to the collection in the last 39 years. For example, the new square "accent" plates.

End result: Everyone's happy and now mom has more room in a china cabinet to display more dishes.

Seriously guys, she has three china cabinets. It's time to lighten the load.