First Wedding Present!!

Today, my honey and I get our very first wedding present! Well, technically it would be our second since my mother bought me some gorgeous placemats that were being discontinued, but she isn't giving them to us till the wedding. So, this is our first that we actually get from a member outside our immediate family! It started with a phone call from my mom, saying that a family friend had emailed to say we should expect a package, probably from Bed, Bath and Beyond. We quickly rushed to our online registry and were surprised to see no purchases made. We decided to check our other registry, Pottery Barn, juuuuust in case, and BAM! There it was. When we registered at PB they explained that we needed to register for some big ticket items that guests could give giftcards towards. This seemed to make enough sense so we registered for a gorgeous mahogany entertainment center and the matching coffee table. Never in a million, zillion years did we ever think we'd get to take either of these items home, but today one is being delivered! We were SO beyond any expression of shock, awe and gratitude and in about 4 hours we will be the proud owners of the gorgeous Hudson Coffee Table!

Hudson Coffee Table, from Pottery Barn

Can I get an OMG?? 

Can you wolf whistle at furniture?

I'm sure for most people a coffee table is just a coffee table, but we've never received a present like this before! Most if not all of my furniture is an antique I purchased myself (dresser, table, headboard & footboard), something bought second hand (aquarium, bed), a childhood relic (bookcase, couch) or ikea (bookcase, etc). I don't think I've ever received a gorgeous new piece of furniture like this before that's actual wood and not particle board, assembly required,  whoops we forgot to send those screws or punch the screw holes or some other variety of do it yourself required. Not that I don't enjoy stalking craigslist for good stuff or drilling new holes because the factory forgot to, I just can't wait to get my hands on this solid, mahogany gorgeous coffee table that should be perfect just as it is. 

Course now that I've said that I'm sure the delivery people will accidentally drop it or something, but if all goes well we should be getting it today!

Which unfortunately brings us to the next point. We live with my mother and sister. My bed frame, dining room table, couch and the rest of my house lives in our garage. Last night I had to go rearrange things, get rid of stuff and strap my bike to the wall  so that there is room in our icky garage for our gorgeous coffee table. It's essentially sacrilege to put something this beautiful in a garage that icky but I don't see any other options. We can't put it in the house because there's no room but we want to keep it in pristine condition. Do we ask them to open the box first to check it out and make sure it's perfect before storing it in the icky garage? Or put it right into storage? Gosh I hate to do this to such a pretty gift, but it won't fit in the bedroom :(

At least my honey and I made a deal, if someone gets us the gorgeous matching entertainment center we'll get rid an older beat up piece of furniture. I can't see that ever happening but just in case!