Do you even need china?

How about silver flatware?

Or is that impractical?

Alex Drummond with her mother

And then there’s cookware.

But here’s the funny thing.

This divvying up of decision-making authority by interest helped Mauricio to stay involved, focused and interested.

Blue ceramic cookware from Walmart’s The Pioneer Woman collection

In fact, a good number of her friends did just that.

As Alex discovered, these are items that people seem to enjoy picking out for themselves, registry notwithstanding.

That’s right, we said “eight” cheeseboards.

Blue-hued drinkware

And it’s possible for you to check out the full Pioneer Woman bridal and housewares collection atWalmart.