Weddingbee Blog

I’ve been reminding (ahem, nagging) Mr. Kiwi to get his suit. With 36 days to go, we kind of need to get going on that. I wasn’t worried about my dad’s suit- he’s pretty easy to size off the rack. Mr. Kiwi, on the other hand, is a XXXL size, and about 6’2″, with thighs (muscular) the size of hams. I call them his “foghorn leghorns”, in reference to the Looney Toons character.

Anyway, this means Mr. Kiwi will likely need alterations, and won’t be able to wear anything right off the rack. Due to a series of football games and tournaments, the plan of him going with his brother this Sunday has turned into Mr. Kiwi scoping out the local Men’s Wearhouse during the upcoming week, to meet with best man/future brother in law on Saturday to get the suits. This leaves a little less than a month to get the suit and to have any alterations made. Hopefully that’ll be enough time!

We’ve been blessed, though. Future brother in law is going to buy Mr. Kiwi’s suit. This is taking a HUGE weight off our shoulders. We’re sitting here counting the totals, and going, “Soooo, do you think XXXX XXXX will finally pay you that $1,000.00 from July?” along with me taking a cat-sitting job for four cats. I’m asthmatic and deathly allergic to cats. Still, it’s $120.00 we can definitely use! Sure, the catholes have already broken a mirror and managed to open cabinets- spilling crap everywhere (how do they DO that? They don’t have thumbs!), but it’s money we can use.

Thankfully, our floral quote is $150.00 less than we budgeted, which adds a little bit more to the pot of “money we don’t have to scrape up.” With the amounts we have left, we’re going to rent a vest/tie combo from After Hours formal wear for the three guys, which I’ll post about later.

Have you gotten surprised with little bonuses and money help?