Life Happens

Disclaimer: ChooChoo!  Here comes the depressing post train!  I didn't mean for it to be such a downer, but after rereading it, it's a little sad.

Right now I'm knee deep in addressing and finishing our STDs which I can't wait to reveal!  First, though, I want to talk a bit about something I think many of us detail oriented brides forget: life.  It happens regardless of how engorged we all get during wedding planning.

A few days ago, my great uncle passed away.  He was a wonderful man who accomplished some great things in his life as a doctor, husband, and father.  The death was fairly sudden, and it broke me out of my "must finish STDs" wedding planning sunshine and rainbows trance.

Let them eat...styrofoam?

In September, I decided to brave the swarms of North Central West Virginia brides and attend my venue's semi-annual bridal show.  I went with the intention of finding a vendor for my cake.  It took me awhile to get to the cakes though.  Why?  Those sneaky bridal show folks gave us brides a little booklet we had to get signed by EVERY vendor.  If we had it all filled out, we turned it in and were eligible for drawings.  Since I'm always up for free things, I engaged in many an awkward conversation with competitors of vendors I had already booked.  Yes, I have no shame.

How to Lose Friends and Alienate People

It's easy!  Just make your wedding guest list!

I should preface this post by saying that I think in numbers.  It's creepy.  I'm like the female Rainman.  Even as a child, I loved my name because it's length was a palindrome...7 letters for my first name, 3 for my middle, 7 for my last...best name ever?  Oh yeah.

Cocktail Time?

One of the first decisions I made when wedding planning was the desire to have a venue either in or within walking distance of a hotel.  Why?  Because I wanted an abundance of alcohol, and not just any alcohol, I wanted some fresh, microbrewed drafts.  You see, Mr. Biscuit and I are beer people (some would call us beer snobs), and the day just wouldn't be complete without some of our favorite pretentious beers.  How snobby are we?  Well, Mr. Biscuit actually does beer tastings and has a beer blog...and I like cold hoppy stuff.

Flower Power

This morning, while perusing the blog that inevitably makes my wedding feel inadequate, I started thinking about flowers.  I'll be honest, after my not so great meeting with my florist after which I considered having NO flowers, I hadn't given this aspect of my wedding much thought.  Flowers are pretty and everything, they're just not my thing.  To be honest, Mr. Biscuit is more the flower child/gardener of the relationship.

Notice that I drew our thumbs in proportion to our bodies.  

Style Me Redundant

Back when I first started wedding planning, I didn't really look at any blogs.  Martha Stewart Weddings was my main wedding porn, and I hadn't found the other goodies the interwebz had to offer.  Now, of course, there is a plethora of wedding inspiration on my blogreel, but about 7 months ago it was a much simpler time.  It was just me and Martha, Martha and me.

That is, until I saw a friend at a wedding this past May.  She was getting married in August, and nonchalantly told me to check out a certain site if I ever wanted to procrastinate for hours.  She knows me too well.  I feel like I could star in a movie called The Procrastinator.  Envision Arnold Schwarzennager's body with my face, and instead of saving the world, I'd just be putting things off.

She was supposed to be studying...

An Issue With STDs...

No, I don't have a venereal disease.  This is an issue with Save The Dates, which I suppose is a better issue to have.  This post could also be titled, how I came up with my crazy wedding theme.

Before I delve into this story, I'd like to say, great minds think alike...my little (in my sorority) and I came up with the same theme independently.  In the beginning when I had first solidified my theme, it was Mad Hatter and hers is Alice in Wonderland.  Sigh.  Her wedding is 2 months before mine, so I have been a bit apprehensive that we'll have the exact same elements.

The good news is that she is getting married in her backyard, so her wedding will have a much different feel than mine.  I decided to forge on with my theme, and hope that our different tastes would prevail, and that our weddings would still be different.

But yesterday, her STD came in the mail.  First, I'll show you the file that I had originally designed for my STD:

Yes, I am marrying someone and yes, there's a reason for the awkward spaces.   Mr. Biscuit's name and our website have been blocked out :).