I bought my own plates and bowls a few years ago, and picked out some flatware from my 15-year catalog at my company (next year is my 20th--wonder if there's anything good in that catalog?). I'm already missing three spoons; must have tossed them in the garbage without noticing. My glasses are all sufficient (I think I have five regular ones left and five wine glasses), and I've been accumulating pots and pans as I need them (still have the All-Clad skillet on my wish list at Amazon--hope one of my parents is paying attention this Xmas).

I replaced a bunch of towels last year, and have enough sheets. I wouldn't mind a new bedcover, though (I've had this one for about 15 years).

I don't know what I would register for!

I don't even remember what I got as wedding presents.

Plates, I have. I could use a new network router for the house.

So how much driving in a day/a few days can folks here handle?

Based on the last week, and how stupid and tired I am from being crammed into the backseat of a KIA with two large Labs, I'm gonna say 400 miles a day is the max at age 39. And i still need recovery time.

This may have something to do with sleeping on cots and floors and in motels for the last 6 days.

I have a really nice set of flat ware Mom got me from a grocery store promotion. And then when I was packing all my stuff that got left behind and another set of flatware I had got sent up here. It's so heavy I hate to ask anyone to mail it up here, but it had all the pieces and extra bits is prettier.

My dishes are a Pflatzgraff Yorketowne collection - a set Mom got at a garage sale. Originally she had a set as her every day dishes and then she lent them to one of her sisters, who promptly gave it away. This is the style I grew up with. And I still kinda like them but sometimes I wish I had some thing else.

I also have my grandmother's wedding china. I think she was saving it as a wedding present and finally just gave it to me. At the pace Will and I are moving she's not going to get to see me married.

Christopher and I will be married 18 years next summer. Best present we got was a polaroid of our groomsmen, naked.

So how much driving in a day/a few days can folks here handle?

I'm not good with miles; but Topsail Island, NC, which is pretty far south in NC, is a 12- to 13-hour drive from Cincy. That's about all I can do in one day. But I know I could not do *multiple* 12-hour days in a row. Maybe 2 if need be.

t edit Okay, Google Maps tells me it's 700-ish miles one way.

Mom and I drove from Charleston, SC to St Albans Vt (approximately 2000 miles with the various wrong turns we took) over 2 days and it wiped us both out. All I wanted to do the next day was sleep and stay out of the car.

Best present we got was a polaroid of our groomsmen, naked.

Where'd you register for that, Lord & Taylor?

I really want my grandmother's china, although I don't think I'm supposed to get it in the will -- I'm hoping to work a deal with my cousin when it is time.

My parents use their good china pretty often -- I'd say at least once a month? It definitely helps that their house came with a built-in china cabinet in the dining room, so it's easy to get to and still out of the way...

I definitely have the wedding jealousy related to All New Stuff.

Our third anniversary was yesterday. But the value of the gifts, as appreciated as they totally are, didn't come close to the cost of the wedding.