Over the past two years, we have acquired many things to make our home a cozy place to share our lives together. We’ve got the toaster, the dishes, the 2hp Blendtec Blender, the KitchenAid Mixer, the scented candles, the picture frames, the Ove’Glove… We are now at the point where our next-step purchases together will be big undertakings. We have decided it would be best to list the things that are most important to us (in ascending order). We will be ever-grateful with any & every contribution towards our future as newlyweds!

Easy: Gift Cards

One of the few places we feel confident purchasing large items from is Costco or Sam’s Club/Wal-Mart. Currently, Costco does not offer a registry. If you’d like to give us a gift, please consider a Gift Card to Costco, Sam’s Club, or Wal-Mart. Next to money itself, these would be the most useful to us in our future together. We love pretty much everything from the Costco Home store. We also like the fact that Costco guarantees our satisfaction with all of their items.

Moderate: Countertops

One of the many, but important, projects on our home improvement list is new counter-tops. We already have great new appliances, but something about black & stainless clashes with faded ivory formica. Unfortunately, our granite fabricator “Gino” does not offer any types of gift certificates. We’ve already picked out the slab, and we are dreaming of our kitchen transformation. We would be overjoyed if you’d like to help make this dream a reality.

Difficult: Patio

We love to have cookouts. The only problem is that we have to bring our food inside to sit down and eat because we have no patio. Our plans are to get a huge slab of concrete poured in the back and have a cover built along the entire width of the house. Having a shady place to lounge in the the backyard is one important thing we are missing. All we need is a concrete truck driver, a carpenter, and all of you to make the ultimate backyard bbq!

The best gift of all, will be having everyone together celebrating one of the best days of our lives! And to our loving parents, an over-the-range microwave to match the appliances couldn’t hurt.