Registery Help

Douglas and I are putting together an Alternative Gift Registry because it lets us compile a whole bunch of different items from different locations into one easy to access site.  I can't speak to how useful it actually is as we don't have it active yet.  However, it is very easy to set up and put together.

I always thought that putting a registry together would be easy.  Who wouldn't be able to find a few 100 gifts to request from folks?  Uh...that would be us. 

We could easily go hog wild and add a whole bunch of stuff we really don't need, like a larger tv, but we'd like to be sensible before we add "just for shits" items.

We're also in that limbo where we're living in a place with a roommate, so while there is plenty of stuff we could add to fill up a house, we really don't have the room for that kind of stuff yet and doubt we'll have that kind of room come wedding time.

While sitting and staring at the same web pages for a while and getting no inspiration, I realized that I have a plethora of folks I could hit up for suggestions and lessons learned.

So, dear readers, have you done a registry for any occasion?  Do you have any words of wisdom to share?  Things you wish you had put on your registry?  Things you wish you hadn't?  Pleasant surprises?  Nightmares?