Quote Originally Posted by catherine View Post
I'm going to a wedding on Saturday--my cousin's daughter. I don't know her well AT ALL, but she's registered at Bloomingdale's and I noticed she picked a fine china pattern (I'm surprised brides are still doing that. I'm tempted to give her a place setting but OTOH,
a) I hardly use mine, so I hate to give her something that she'll come to learn she isn't going to use much either.
b) She's moving to NOLA in November, so why would I give her something fragile that she needs to move?

My husband says money is too impersonal and it's nice to give something people remember you by. So I'm thinking either a gift card to Bloomingdale's which she could use once she moves, or I'm also thinking of a gift certificate to a nice restaurant in New Orleans that maybe she and her husband would enjoy when they're exhausted from moving + a small unique household gift from a local artsy gift shop.

Or money.
I say give them money, impersonal as it is... It is still easier and most flexible for everyone involved! Just tell her: "I really care about you. So I want you do do something nice for yourself! Here is some cash!"