Weddingbee Blog

We’re down to the wire, people. With just 5 short days left, Mr. L and I are knocking projects out left and right. Yesterday we headed to the Costco to pick up some provisions to load up in our little gift bags for our out of town guests. We had brainstormed for quite a while as to what bags to use, and what exactly we’d put in them. In the end, we decided to fill the bags up with (relatively) healthy goodies.

We picked up solid brown kraft paper bags, 2 cases of Annie’s Bunnies individually packaged snacks (a variety), 2 flats of bottled water, and 2 cases of individually packaged jerky. I felt the need to include something that was a bit more representative of me, since I am a total junk food addict. Thus, we also picked up 2 cases of full sized candy, one chocolate mix, and one fruity mix.

Each bag was stuffed with 2 bottles of water and a variety of the snacks. My lovely FMIL visited the San Antonio travel and tourism office and somehow sweet-talked her way into taking home about 30 Fiesta booklets. The booklets are awesome, because they not only detail all of the Fiesta events occurring through out the week, but they also have detailed maps of the city. To round the bags out and keep with the (very) loose Texas theme, we added 2 packages of Bluebonnet seeds to each one. Lastly, I hastily typed up a little welcome/thank you note and rolled it into a scroll, tied it with some navy satin ribbon, and dropped one in each bag.

On Thursday when my mother and I are running around SA, we plan on dropping the bags off at the hotel where the majority of the guests will be staying, and at my FMIL’s home, where she is hosting a few couples, as well.

Are you planning on creating out of town bags for your guests? If so, whatcha gonna stock them with?