Wedding Things

I finally ordered the invitations. Yeah. I got them online. Both Eric and I picked them out. Actually, I picked them out and Eric agreed that they were nice. We did the wording together. We work well together. The only thing that he didn't want was the proofing (extra $20) they send you via email and then you either approve it or make corrections.



I ordered them on Wednesday and yesterday (Friday) I got the proof. Yes, I had to make a few corrections but otherwise they were good. They even sent proofs of the reception card, response card and the return addresses on the envelopes. All was good.



I also ordered pink and brown tissue paper. The paper is to be used as "filler" in the favor boxes. Then pink and brown M&M's will fill the boxes. I already got the favor boxes, which are almost all folded, only the pink bottoms need to be done. I am way ahead of schedule with these. I even ordered the brown M&M's on Thursday and when I got my email at work confirming my order, there was another email saying that the M&M's were delivered. WHAT! How can that be? I just ordered them the day before. Sure enough, when I pulled into my parking space right by my door, there was the box.

Pretty box. I opened it and it was bubble heaven. A variety of bubble to be popped at a later date. Inside was 5 pounds of brown M&M's. I would have taken a picture of the bag but there was a little mishap. I don't know how and when it happened but the bag magically opened. Being a gracious hostess, I thought that it would be a good idea to "taste" them to make sure they didn't have a bad flavor. It wouldn't be a good idea to give the wedding guests bad chocolate. No, that would not do. Now I can honestly say that the M&M's will be enjoyed by everyone that will be at the reception and maybe a few before. I had purchased a few bags of M&M's at Valentines. In these bags were the colors of red, white, light pink and pink. I picked out the red ones and left the others thinking this would be good combination with the brown. Not when you mix them together. So, now I am going to have to order the light pink ones. Darn it. What am I going to do with all the other M&M's? I am kinda on a diet. If I ate all those M&M's I don't think that I could fit into my wedding dress. What to do? What to do? I could donate them to the Save a Sheep fund. This fund is for anyone who doesn't want any chocolate to go to waste (my waist). What a good idea.

Eric was just home this past week. He left on Wednesday and will be gone until the middle of July. We couldn't figure out a way were he can be gone for a few weeks and then be home for when Samantha come home for a visit with the grandbaby. It will be a long time but we can handle it.

Anyway, while he was home, we went to find him a wedding ring. Eric has very sensitive skin and he has a reaction when he wears gold. No gold ring for him. There are options out there that I didn't think about. Stainless Steel. Titanium. Silver. Platinum. Tungsten.

Since Eric is a truck driver we wanted a ring that would be durable. Titanium was a good choice. Strong metal but it does scratch. Stainless steel looked good. But once again if it gets scratch then it looks....well, scratched. The only ring that would hold it's style and grace was the Tungsten. That is what we got. Eric has his ring. Now, I need to get mine. We have been to countless jewelry stores. I couldn't find one that looked right with my ring. That is until we went to GM Pollack. We found one that looked amazing. It was beautiful with a capital B. They were even having a sale on top of a sale. It was meant to be until she told us the price. For me to have that ring, I am going to have to give up something else that is already planned for the wedding. The answer was no. I will find another wedding ring that will match my engagement ring. The moral of the story is......Patience is a virtue. I will wait. Good things come to those who wait.

Off to clean out the storage unit. Need to save more money.