Getting engaged is one of the most exciting milestones of your life. Well, until you realize how many things you need to get done for your wedding! Find a venue, choose a gown, pick your flowers…it’s overwhelming, to say the least.

But one of the most overwhelming things is registering for gift items. Some people enjoy perusing the Bed, Bath, and Beyond aisles, scanning everything from crystal glassware to fine china and all those things you’ll probably keep in the attic until you have grandchildren, but others may hate it.

That’s just it, isn’t it? Registering for all these high-class items you’re probably not going to use just seems a bit barbaric sometimes.

One couple couldn’t help but think this way, and decided that they didn’t need any of the traditional registry items, and wasn’t about to make their friends and family spend even more money on things that were just going to collect dust.

Instead, they registered somewhere more unique. And useful. And awesome. A liquor store!

It’s not that Gray Chapman and his partner Dane were big drinkers or anything—they just really enjoyed the idea of having a well-stocked home bar.

“I like to offer friends something interesting—something besides vodka and seltzer with a hunk of lime,” Gray said. “Making a good drink for a friend gives me as much pleasure as feeding them a good meal.”

And so, one day he headed to a liquor store and the manager was more than willing to accommodate his request. She showed Gray all sorts of interesting, high-quality and unique bottles of spirits and liquor—ones that they probably would never buy themselves, but made for some great (and meaningful!) dinner parties.

“When my friends come over for dinner and we break out the barrel-aged gin they gave us, it’s meaningful and special because we can enjoy it together,” Gray said.

“The liquor store ‘registry’ offered a best-of-both-worlds scenario for gift-giving and receiving: a bridge between thoughtful, tangible objects, the ones that remind you of the giver every time you use (or pour) it, and memorable experiences you share with the people you love,” he added. “Good spirits can be both of these things.”

We love this idea! Would you ever register at a liquor store?