I took off from work today for a doctor's appt and my 2nd dress fitting.
anyway, I stopped at Dunkin Donuts after my docs appt and picked up a box of 25 munchkins...
I brought them home, in their box in a bag. I left the bag on the den table --
A little while later I leave for my fitting.
When I get back home about 2 hours later, the munchkins are all over the floor.
Peeps got to them.
Bad boy...very bad boy!
I had eaten 4 i think, so that left 21 left. There were only 4 left in the box -- so what is that, like 17 donuts eaten??
So, i yell at him and punish him by ignoring him.
This works for about 2 hours -- Go Me!
He knows he was bad.
Mike is sitting at his computer up in the loft and I hear him say "Oh my God!", and I start freaking... what is wrong?!!?
I run upstairs and mike is just staring at peeps.
Apparently -- peeps was walking in circles around mike while he was at his desk and finally jumps up on his lap and gives mike a donut.
what the hell...he just gives it to him?? It was bizarre. I look at Peeps and he's like "What."
So we put the munchkin on the floor to see what he does with it. He picks it up and gives it to me and just stares at me. Does he want to play??
This isn't something he typically does --
Anyway -- we go into the bedroom and peeps is sniffing his bed. I look down. There's another non-eaten munchkin just laying there. 2 down, 15 to go! Where will we find these things?!
I hope they aren't randomly hidden. This is just weird.
There is soooo much riding on this wedding. So much money, so much worry about how good or bad things will be. Who will show up, who won't. Who will RSVP NO and show up. Who will RSVP Yes and back out... leaving us to foot the lovely bill.
The money -- honestly -- isn't really my biggest concern. It's all the people. Making sure, as much as I can, that no one feels slighted. That everyone has a good time. I worry about the people par-taking in my wedding. How stressful it must be for them. I don't want them to stress. Not over me. Not over my wedding.
I have been very slow to read and respond to other bloggers out there. I'm sorry!!!
My only excuse is this wedding and work. It's freaking my mind out and I can no longer multi-task. I need there to be more hours in a day. And more Yoda's on my shoulder. (and i need to figure out why i'm suddenly obsessed with Yoda's anyway)
Met with our Maitre'D last night. It went well. Hopefully he stays our Maitre'D, b/c so far we've had 3 coordinators since we booked the Olde Mill Inn. The most recent I have never spoken to, and never returned any of my calls, which leads me to worry.
I have confidence in our Maitre'D -- he seems to know what he is doing, and is good with taking control of situations, which is definitely something I need. I don't want to have to worry about things the 'day of'.
The only negative thing about our meeting is that our choice of food options was explained to us completely differently than our 'sales' lady explained it to us. But of course, right?! Anyway, we will make due, and I'm sure everyone who goes to the wedding is going to have plenty of food. It's amazing -- all the choices they give you.
It was a little funny last night -- b/c all the vendors we mentioned we were using to the Maitre'D left him a little flabbergasted b/c he hadn't heard of any of them. In a way, I see that as a good thing. I don't want to use the generic, wedding in a bag type of vendors that most people use. Understandably, it's the more affordable option, but some things you just shouldn't skimp out on.
Our ceremony will start a little before 6. Our invite time notes 5:30pm. The ceremony should only last a max of 20 minutes. No readings, no unity candles. Short and sweet. Cocktail hour is immediately following and ends at 7:30. 7:30-11:30 is our reception.
I reviewed the layout of the ballroom, and I'm wondering how our 11 piece band is going to fit. I hope they don't blast everyone out either. My sister had a HUGE ballroom and used the same band and it was awesome... I hope it works here too, b/c our room isn't huge, it's normal. LOL
We are inviting close to 200 people. YIKES!! When we started out, I wanted to elope and then starting thinking a small wedding would be nice... so we went into this thinking like a max of 80 people. Yeah, well... that didn't work out. We know too many people.
Since Mike and I are paying for it ourselves, we invited as many immediate family members that we were close to as we could, and our friends/coworkers etc. We then gave each set of parents 12 couples they could invite. And left it at that. I think it worked out well :-)
The other plus-side to our site is that the ceremony & reception site are the same place, not to mention that it's at an Inn so the hotel rooms are on location as well. It's perfect for us. NO DRIVING!
Our rehearsal dinner will be at the Grain House which is part of the Olde Mill Inn (Historic, has something to do with George Washington) -- anyway, it shares a parking lot with the Inn...so it's perfect! Plus, the food rocks, and the atmosphere is quaint and rustic.
I keep fluctuating between super stress and excited. But right now, I'm getting REALLY excited about all of this.
I am taking a PTO day today to work on my invites, since I am not hiring someone to do them for me. It should be interesting. LOL.
My family and I are also going to be folding 1001 origami cranes as a gift to me :-). And they will be put together in the shape of my family crest. I'm so excited to start working on it. I think it will be a good bonding time and it will also be a wonderful very meaningful item that I can cherish... It gets me a little teary just thinking about it.
