We received probably half to two-thirds of the things we registered for here. As we suspected, our friends loved buying us DVDs and camping gear (one person even added camping accessories, like a tent stake mallet and biodegradable toilet paper!). We also got most of the kitchen appliances on our list, and much of the casual dinnerware too.

There were a half-dozen duplicate gifts from the Target registry, which we had to return. A small bother, but not a huge deal (and, of course, when we returned the duplicates, we got store credit to purchase things still left on our registry!).

About half the silverware and a couple place settings of the china were given to us, plus some of the crystal. We didn't tell a lot of people about this registry because we already had some of the china, and we knew few friends would be interested in shopping for this stuff.

The people at Avery's were very pleasant to deal with. They mailed us notes when things had been ordered through them to let us know when the items would be shipped. The only minor problem we had was not with Avery's, but with relatives who knew our china pattern already and bought items elsewhere without ever consulting our Avery's registry. We got a few rather random china pieces, but, again, no big deal. We can always use extra tea cups!

This registry was cleaned out fast, mostly by the bridal shower. People seem to like shopping at Macy's, so much so that friends gave us gift cards for the store when they saw that our registry was already bought up. We didn't have any problems with this registry, except that the beautiful burgundy brocade Tommy Hilfiger accent towels we wanted went out of stock three months before the wedding. Also, we had two items that must have been mislabeled because we received the wrong colors. Still have to exchange those.