July 11th Kevin & I had a jinx moment, when I texted him "Only two months to go!" He'd been about to text me the same thing (awww). We quickly moved from thinking that was cute to realizing "Holy crap, ONLY two months." Since then, our motivation levels have doubled. In the last 10 or so days we have:- Printed & mailed invites
- Updated the wedding site (ha, AFTER I learned that people were receiving our invites which only offer online RSVP...& THEN realized I needed to upload the guest list for it to work)
- Bought wedding shoes-- verdict still out if the heels are "sinkers"
- Ordered wedding ring from Silverwood on Etsy; will be like the one pictured but in silver with white sapphires
- Started talking to a travel agent about cruise honeymoons
- Had an initial meeting with my seamstress
- More or less finalized the menu
No wonder I'm so tired!! :) Oh, and my coup...yesterday, my friend Liz was on the lookout for blue mason jars for my centerpieces. We were both disappointed that her journeys found the jars ranging from $8-$22!! Apparently rustic charm comes with an upscale price tag. I resigned myself to the possibility of going with the new, clear canning jars K had bought for, well, canning. Pickles and salsa might have to wait until after the wedding.
An hour later, I'm doing my slightly obsessive daily search for wedding items on Craigslist when lo & behold, I find a girl selling THIRTY blue mason jars for only $3 each. I picked up half of them, bringing us to 20 jars. Yeah!
Another great find this week...I wanted to do gazpacho shooters, but only if I could find reasonably priced glasses to serve them. It wouldn't make sense to spend more on the cups than the soup! After debating a variety of servingware online and in stores, K had the perfect suggestion. Large tea lights from Ikea, which sell for about $.50 each. They are clear, so people can see the pop of color, & they hold about 3 oz of liquid. Perfecto! Better yet...we picked up 50 of these babies on another CL run. Will supplement as needed, only want to use the brand new ones, but great solution. There, the secret is out-- I AM marrying K for his brains. Not that the looks hurt either. :)
Now we just have to keep up this pace for another 7 weeks!
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