Enter The Man Registry’s Ultimate Groom Contest by leaving a blog comment below! The winning groom will receive over $1100 worth of prizes.

Grooms – Nominate yourself as The Ultimate Groom. Tell us a unique way you’ve gotten involved with the wedding planning or share a story that shows how you stand out from other grooms.

Brides – Has your man gone above and beyond your expectations when it comes to getting involved in the planning? Tell us why your groom is a step above the rest and deserves this great prize pack.

Nominations can be as long/short as you like.

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You can also enter the contest by fanning us on Facebook and posting a comment on our wall with your nomination OR  tweeting your nomination and tagging with #ultimategroom.

The Man Registry’s own Chris Easter has been invited to serve as an expert judge for SmartBrideBoutique.com’s ‘Obsessed With the Dress’ contest. We highly recommend that you pass this contest information along to your bride!

What’s the Obsessed With The Dress PHOTO CONTEST all about?
Where’s the strangest place you’ve ever seen or been a bride? Start digging up photos of yourself, a friend, or even some random bride on the street – we don’t really care who it is as long as it’s weird, wacky, funny, cute or surprising. If you can’t find any photos of your own, we’ll supply you with a photo of our bride and you can mash it up with any background you chose (provided you have permission of course) to produce the strangest situation a bride could get herself into.

We’ve teamed with Whiteflash.com to launch our first Twitter #followfriday contest TODAY!

Here’s how it works: Post a #followfriday tweet anytime today (Friday, February 18th) that includes both @themanregistry AND @WFDiamondDebi.  All entries will be placed in a drawing to take place Monday, February 22nd.

Who’s eligible: Anyone with a Twitter account.

The prizes: One (1) grand prize winner will be drawn at random and will win a DVD copy of Law Abiding Citizen AND a pair of Whiteflash Titanium Cufflinks Accented with 14k Yellow Gold Rope (valued at $275) that were featured in the film.  (20) additional names will also be randomly drawn and will win a secret “consolation prize.” Hint: diamond lovers will be able to enjoy this consolation prize throughout 2010. Winners will be notified via Twitter on Monday February, 22nd. Please follow either @themanregistry or @wfdiamonddebi so we can notify you via direct message.

Don’t know what #followfriday is: That’s ok, just paste “#followfriday @themanregistry @wfdiamonddebi” in a tweet. Boom. You’re entered.

Bachelor parties are supposed to be all about the booze, the strippers and the week-long hangovers, right? I mean, what could could possibly top alcohol poisoning,  getting stuck with the old stripper or having to convince your girlfriend/fiance/wife that you spent the weekend wine tasting in Napa? I’ll answer that question in one word:

Sharks.

Da-Dum…Da-da-Da-Dum…Da-da-dada-Da-da-dada-Da-DA!

The bachelor party guru’s at Firefly Events have bestowed upon us the highest honor possible for a men’s wedding website. They have named one of their adventure bachelor party packages after us! We even got to help create it – we were asked to create a concept for an adventure bachelor party the likes of which had never been seen… something that embodies the manliness of every man who registers at TMR. And we came up with… cage diving with Great Whites!

Firefly has prepared two custom packages that get you as close as humanly possible to the word’s deadliest predator.

Package #1 – “The Man Registry – Luxury 5 Day Isla Guadalupe Trip” – Isla de Guadalupe is rapidly becoming the World’s best destination to dive with Great White Sharks. The best thing is the water temperature which averages between 67 an 72 degrees F, simply shark diver heaven, oh and the visibility is up to 100ft. (read more)

Package #2 – “The Man Registry – 1 Day Farallon Islands” - Each year in the fall, thousands of mammals congregate to the Farallon Islands to breed and calve their young, which means feeding time at the zoo for the largest Great White Sharks in world to feed on Elephant Seals before their long trans-Pacific migration. (read more)

Here’s what you can expect to see when diving with the beast:

Just in time for the Super Bowl, G4’s Attack of the Show has some great man-gifts that are sure to make your party a success (including our best-selling RC Beer Cooler).

Feeling a little light in the wallet, but still want to get her something great for Valentine’s Day? Do yourself a favor and enter to win her a diamond pendant from Whiteflash.com and Stylit.TV.

There is no purchase necessary to enter the contest. The items being given away are:

Custom One Heart for Two Diamond Pendant – Two Whiteflash conflict-free diamonds featuring the ‘hearts and arrows’ cut are nestled inside the arms of this heart-shaped platinum pendant. This hand made, one of a kind version features larger diamonds.

Essence II Heart Diamond Pendant – This Essence II heart diamond pendant is made from 18k white gold and comes with a dazzling diamond surprise. All Whiteflash.com diamonds are conflict-free and feature the ‘hearts and arrows’ cut, creating an intense sparkle.

Enter here.

To help celebrate the biggest wedding planning day of the year, our friends over at OneWed have launched several new features and tools to help brides & grooms get a head start on planning their 2010 wedding. Here’s the details on a few of the offerings:

Off-the-Chart Wedding Giveaway–$15,000 in prizes!
Create a Wedding Pre-Party (the only social wedding planning network—a Private-Facebook for Weddings) and you’ll be entered to win prizes for you and your wedding party! Invite friends to join your Wedding Pre-Party for additional entries.

Wedding Websites–Free and totally customizable!
Choose from 100s of design and color combinations to make a wedding website as unique as you two.

Wedding Venues—Virtual tours & photos of 1000s of venues!
View photos, videos and virtual tours of 10,000 venues nationwide to help you decide on the right locale.

To learn more, check out the official Matrimony Monday Press Release or visit OneWed.

Cheers!

Thanks to everyone who entered our ‘Worst Christmas Gift Ever’ contest.’  After reading all of the entries, we actually feel sorry for everyone who submitted their bad gift stories. I mean, do your families and friends actually care about you?

Here are a few favorites that just missed the cut:

One year I got nothing! I’m 1 of 10 kids and somehow I was forgotten on Christmas but everyone else had a gift under the tree so to make up for it my mother wrapped up one of her oven mitts (and acted like she had it in her room the whole time)because she thought I liked to help her cook… Needless to say I have never forgotten my kids on Christmas! – andy b.

potato skewer set—–we are a family of 3. It would make 1 potato at a time in 45 minutes and had at least 20 parts to wash. We could microwave the potatoes on a plate for 10 minutes. It had a clearance price on it for $1.oo, Would have preferred to give them a dollar – emily

Several years ago an aunt of mine (who flaunts money) gave my husband and me a gift that was in a large black velvet box. We were curious as to what she could have possibly gotten us. Very carefully I removed the large Oriental horse from the box. It was the ugliest, useless thing I have ever seen. I don’t even want to think about where she may have bought it. Perhaps a 3rd or 4th hand store. Needless to say, it did not make it home with us. – billie

And the winner….

My grandmother got me a dirty cowbell for Christmas. It was pretty big. I have no idea why she gave it to me, at the time I was 17 year old high school girl..why would I need a cowbell? I didn’t live on a farm.. – melanie

Congrats to Melanie! She’ll be receiving a LSU Tigers Grill Topper Set!

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If you’re interested in purchasing a Grill Topper as a gift, we have two styles available on The Man Registry:

NCAA Grill Topper – http://www.themanregistry.com/ProductDetails.aspx?PID=2655&CategoryId=500
NCAA Hot Dog Grill Topper – http://www.themanregistry.com/ProductDetails.aspx?PID=2655&CategoryId=500

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays from The Man Registry!

Time is running out to get your Christmas shopping done.  Here are The Man Registry’s Top 5 Last Minute Gift Ideas:

Click to buy RC Cooler

RC Cooler – Eliminate the need to ever get off the couch again. Our remote control beer cooler holds a 12 pack + ice and will run on any flat surface. Control included.

Buy NCAA 550 Grill Topper

NCAA 550 Grill Topper – A must-have for tailgaters. Grill your favorite college team’s logo into your burgers, chicken and steak.

Click to buy Nostalgia Electrics All-League Slider Maker

Nostalgia Electrics All-League Slider Maker – Create perfect mini-burgers in your own home with our counter-top slider grill.

Click to buy Personalized Tavern Mug Set

Engraved Tavern Mug Set – Personalized the home bar with this 4 piece set of 13.5 oz. tavern mugs (beer sold separately).

Click to buy Custom Irish Bar Sign

Custom Irish Bar Sign – Let all of your holiday guests know just whose bar their standing in. And if they don’t like it… throw ‘em out!