Often registry gifts are picked so groups can purchase together. Maybe that was their intention. We had a good mixture of gifts on our registry but a few big ticket items for groups and all my girlfriends from school put in together and bought our clothes dryer for us. Even those that couldn't attend (we live interstate) contributed. We were stoked!
To answer your question though, just get a gift your happy with. Registrys are there to help guests but you certainly don't have to buy off the registry.
I was going to say the same as Taurean - if you buy off the gift registry then put in with a group of people and get something together. Otherwise, I reckon it's fine to give them the gift you have chosen not on the registry
Just another opinion.
When i sent invites to our wedding i forgot that my one of my DH's best mates & wife would have had a baby by then. We didn't put '+baby' on the invite. So they took their MIL with them. She sat in the car with baby and the mum nipped out to feed her. I nearly cried when i found out. It was SO not my intention to put them out like that. I was in wedding mode and never gave it a thought. I wish they had said something, but they didn't want to upset the applecart on our big day. With a bit of communication, we could all have been SO much happier.
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