Tacky…NM

• Would you be annoyed if a home like this was in your neighborhood? - sm.
  • Where I used to work up in West Chester, PA - sm - XXX
  • I think it's beautiful! Has sort of a "modern - Victorian" look. - Topaz
    • PS: I think the neighbors have a problem with a - Californian in their hood, more than the color.
      • I moved from CA to WA and I felt very... - Kendra
        • As for tags, they are infinitely cheaper in WA. - Kendra
  • I would like it if - Candy
  • The colors would not be my first choice, but... - MT and worn out
  • Having been to Sequim, I think that... - Kendra
  • I think it's FABULOUS!!! - WeirdMT
  • Are you kidding? - They Said What
  • Not at all. It wouldn't be my choice, but I would hardly call it an eyesore. nm - ChuckM
  • Believe me I would rather have this sm - long time MTr
    • I agree I'd rather have that - LinK
      • when we moved into this sm - long time MTr
        • Move into an association neighborhood and - Be like me
          • I have no desire to sell my house sm - long time MTr
            • Then stay with the renters you have there - Me
              • good grief! If living in a place sm - long time MTr
              • I've lived in the snooty HOA places and amongst regular people - I'll take the purple-house lovers any day
                • wish I could have said it like you did sm - long time MTr
                  • Difference here in what you and I say - Me
                    • Oh my goodness what a snob sm - long time MTr
                      • She's making those immigrant neighbors look peachy, huh? - I think she's full of fail
                        • you are right, the immigrants would sm - long time MTr
                        • Glad you are enjoying, here's more - Answers
                      • No, just telling the truth and I spend - Me
                        • personally I think you are making sm - long time MTr
                    • No wonder you have no real sense of value; everything's HANDED to you. - wouldnt trade places with u for ANY amount of $
                      • Oh, you are wrong again - Me
                        • Does your hubby know you use him as a meal ticket? - You're cracking me up!!!
                          • Oh, he is mostly arm candy and he is a looker! - Answers
                            • Did it ever cross your mind that HE'S using YOU as a meal ticket? - TheUglyTruth
                              • Unlike other females that feel threatened and you know who you are - Answers
                        • with that attitude you won't have it sm - long time MTr
                          • Dont know my neighbors and so glad - Answers
                            • One of these days you will be a sm - long time MTr
                            • That's too bad - LinK
                            • I love the way you refer to everything as - Freudian Slippage?
                              • How can he check bank accounts - Answers
                • Assuming once again and once again - Me
                  • Sounds like you're an exemplary neighbor - LOL'ing
                    • And my dear, the feeling is the same here - Me
        • As an aside, have the "illegals" been - reported??? NM
          • You betcha! Law enforcement does sm - long time MTr
  • not my favorite color for houses - sa
  • Neighbors want tax breaks because - sm.
  • Actually - sm
    • I like it too. If there is no home association - JT
    • Tacky…NM - Hmmmm
  • Neighborhood Association Would Not Allow - Me
    • HOA = Dictatorship. I'm too free-spirited - Not my cup of tea
      • exactly. I would rather live next to sm - long time MTr
        • I love keeping out trash - Me
          • Just because we don't all live in HOA developments - LinK
            • And the main word in your sentence is - Me
              • No pitbulls at all - LinK
            • I too live rural and have good sm - Hate HOAs
              • I hear nothing from the association, just love it here - Me
                • that's great for you but some of us sm - long time MTr
                  • Well, there's an angle I hadn't considered... - Good point
                    • my neighborhood is looking better sm - long time MTr

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Oh my....  Do NOT register for gifts.  That's just so incredibly tacky.  If someone asks you what they can bring you or what you'd like or where you are registered, the ONLY proper answer is to say, 'Oh no, please... We'd just like to have our (dear friends/new neighbors) over to help us celebrate our new home.  Your presence is present enough!'  If they bring something, then they bring something.  But to register for gifts is just too tacky.  A housewarming party is NOT a wedding shower!

A housewarming is for you to serve your guests food and drink as a way to show your home to your friends and meet your neighbors, not as a way to grub for gifts... which is exactly what you're doing if you're even giving ideas for gifts when someone asks!  Truly, if someone asks you what to buy, you need to act horrified by the mere thought that guests to a housewarming would need to buy you something.

Okay, I just found a great link.  You really need to read this. http://rebecca576.tripod.com/etiquettebyrebecca/id60.html

If someone invites me to a housewarming and then says what I suggested above, I'd certainly bring something because I was raised not to attend any sort of party without bringing a little gift for the hostess, be it a bottle of wine or a platter of brownies or a nice plant.  But if someone were tacky enough to register for a housewarming? Oh no... I wouldn't even come.