Wedding Gifts
Running low on cash to complete shopping for Christmas Gifts for your kids, and hoping that you’ll have money to pick up the last minute Christmas gifts you need?
Many things in life that are “Free” are overlooked or ignored. As people of habit we tend to do the same things over and over again. We shop at the same stores. We buy the same products. We shop out of need rather than planning. We are in a rush and shop without taking advantage of bargains and sales.
Unfortunately, you really do not have much control on the wedding gifts you will receive. Although you can enroll in a wedding registry, your guests still have the final say on the gifts they will present you with. However, you do have control over the theft of your wedding gifts. You can prevent these by:
* Having all your gifts sent directly to your house or to your parents’ house. This is the accepted way anyway so you will not have much trouble in this area.
* Foregoing a gift table. Sometimes, cash gifts are presented during the reception. You can table-hop to get these gifts instead of putting them on a gift table.
* Asking gate crashers to leave. Only movies romanticize wedding crashers but reality does bite (and steal).
* Buying a wedding insurance. Your stolen wedding gifts will be covered by insurance as long as the theft is reported right away.
And do not forget to send the appropriate thank-you notes!