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Mrs. Penguin Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
 
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Mrs. Penguin, Sacramento Age and Occupation: 26, Video & TV Producer/Director/Editor Fiance's Age and Occupation: 29, Doctor of Physical Therapy Engagement Date: January 29, 2007 Wedding Date: June 7, 2008 Blogging Since: September 14, 2007 Venue: Winery in the Gold Country About Me: I'm a silly mess of a girl who, above all else in this world, LOVES the Spice Girls. I eat sushi at least 3 times a week, and feel guilty about how much it costs the other 4 days a week. I love designer jeans and cheap accessories. I don't like sweets, but I love the UCLA Bruins!
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Mr. Penguin vs. Magnum

March 5th, 2008 @ 6:04 pm by Mrs. Penguin

Our venue has a corkage fee on champagne, so of course, we’re coming fully armed with magnums to save a little dough .  A magnum is 1.5 liters, or 2 full bottles of regular champagne.  This weekend we set out to find out how many glasses we could pour from a magnum… I suppose a quick Google search would have given us the answer, but where’s the fun in that?

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The answer is 20 glasses of slightly-fuller-than-half filled glasses of champagne. Despite the fact that a magnum of Cooks costs only $7, Mr. Penguin thought it would be a shame to let so much bubbly go to waste, so he tackled fifteen glasses, while I sipped a modest five.

Needless to say, the next morning was a bit rough on poor Mr. Peng. And we will no longer be serving Cooks at our wedding, despite its highly desirable price point.

Magnum, 1, Mr. Penguin, 0.

17 Responses to “Mr. Penguin vs. Magnum”

1.
tea says:

lol. poor mr. penguin. the sacrifices you make for the sake of research. hopefully you’ll be able to find another affordable subsitute.

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Angel says:

Hahahaha…only the finest research will do. :)

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trish says:

You might want to double check with your venue that corkage is not more expensive for a magnum. I’ve worked in restaurants for a long time, and *usually* you get charged more for a magnum. The restaurants aren’t dummies. :D So you might not end up saving any money, and from a server’s perspective, you will be cursed in the kitchen for trying to pull a fast one and bringing magnums that the servers then have to pour (they’re very heavy!!).

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Miss Penguin says:

thanks trish! Our venue actually suggested the magnums to save on corkage :)

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JenniferB says:

Um, this was totally not the type of Magnum I thought about when I read the title!!!

Sorry, I have gutter brain today!

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Kat says:

UGH 15 glasses of Cook’s? Sounds like a bad day… haha

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brendalynn says:

This sounds like its prime for “How much is inside?” at Cockeyed.com–I only suggest it since it’s a Sacramento thing…

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jessicalynn says:

too funny. hopefully mr. p is better now. tell mr. p thanks for testing out 15 glasses for us, now i will only attempt up to 14 in one night :)

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missMeliss says:

You guys are so cute. You just made my day with a full round of laugher! Sorry Mr. Peng…

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ChicagoSarah says:

Hilarious! Wedding research takes on all kinds of interesting forms. Thanks for starting my morning with a big laugh! :)

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ErinMarieMack says:

I am getting queasy just reading your post. Hangovers….ugh! It sounds like you and Mr. P have so much fun together! Your marriage is sure to be sweet!

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cs says:

If this is for your champagne toast, you may even want to think about filling even less then half-way. It turns out (and this still amazes me) a lot of people don’t like champagne! So you end up with a ton of glasses left around with only one sip drunk. Probably very annoying to see as you add up the costs mentally. :)

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cinderellasmom says:

Now thats the kind of wedding planning that sounds like fun!

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Miss Penguin says:

cs - You’re so right :) I did fill them up quite high for a Champagne toast! Heavy handed hahaha. I bet you could squeeze out 26-28 glasses if youre only doing champagne for the toasts!

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Busylizzy says:

Wow - talk about dedication and devotion. I´m impressed! ;o)

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Jess says:

Hahaha….I love your posts, Miss Penguin!!

PS: I’m getting married on the same date as you - wooo!

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Miss Cream Puff says:

You crack me the heck up, sister. I swear I tell you that on every post, but it’s the damn truth.


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