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Pretty much everything has been ready for our rehearsal dinner for a while now. We have a great location, centerpieces are made, linens, plates and napkins have been purchased, and Mr. Cola worked on the lighting/decorations.
The only thing left has been to nail down the food we’ll be serving, for which we HAD TO* do a tasting!
*Not really. We’ve had their food before. But it was a nice excuse to go out to dinner on a Friday and stuff ourselves full!
So last Friday, we headed over to Armadillo Willy’s for some yummy BBQ. We were both going to order the giant 3-Meat Plate, since we’re going to be serving three kinds of meat at our rehearsal dinner (and because leftovers are awesome), but at the last minute Mr. Cola chickened (ribbed?) out and ordered just a big plate of ribs.
This was the Brisket, Chicken and Ribs plate:
When we left off I had given gifts to 2 of my girls. Well, now that the wedding is over, I’ve given all my gifts away. As you might remember (or maybe you don’t) I decided to get each of my girls something that made me think of them. I thought of it more like a Christmas or birthday gift. With that in mind I picked out the following gifts:
For Sister Fro Yo I got her a bracelet, earrings and a Visa gift card:
In my previous ring post, I shared our wedding bands with you. What we haven’t yet figured out is if we will engrave them, and if so, what the bands will say. It turns out that my band, due to its size, doesn’t have enough “engravable space” (I’m a 4.75 - it’s not like my fingers are Pixy Stix or something), but the Mister’s is fully engravable! Muahahaha - now what should we put on that baby?
Some possibilities:
1. Our initials and/or wedding date.
Simple, classic and conventional
2. “Put me back on!”
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I wanted to pause my recaps and hash something out that’s been on my mind.
As far as any big changes that came along with getting married, there were not many for us—we live together, have two dogs together, we are each keeping our last names, etc. Of course it’s been a trip getting to call him my “husband”, but otherwise it’s been low-key.
So I am weirdly excited about deciding what to do with our finances. (Freudian blip: I first typed that as “my finances” and had to go back and edit to “our finances”. So telling.) Anyway, there’s the whole question of whether to do completely joint, completely separate, or a combination where you have a joint account as well as individual accounts.
I had always assumed that we would do the combo—a joint account as well as separate accounts. But now I don’t know. Here are the reasons I can think of for the combo route:
When I say trim, I’m not talking haircut… I’m talking guest list. Whether you are planning your wedding or are just stalking these sites until you and your love are ready to plan your wedding (don’t lie, we’ve all done it)… you will inevitably get to the point where you must tackle the dreaded guest list. And please know, I say that with love—but good grief, is it ever difficult to narrow down a list of people who you will invite to one of the biggest days of your lives. And yes, I realize I just said good grief and that makes me sound like I’m 85 years old and I’m okay with it.
On one hand, you don’t want to invite people that you feel required to invite but on the other hand, you don’t want anyone to get hurt or feel left out. It can be a very expensive guilt-trip.
I have a confession to make. I hear many people say that with an unlimited budget, they would invite everyone they possibly could. I’m not one of those people. There. I said it. I’m of the opinion that no matter what my budget, there are only certain people that really matter to me to have there. I would prefer to have it be small and intimate. I realize that there are many that will disagree but that’s what makes this bloggerific world so entertaining, yes?
I’m no expert but I do have a few ideas of how to go about the process in a way that may help alleviate some of the strain it can put on you as a couple.
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Let me set the mood for the proposal story: imagine it is late November, just before Thanksgiving in Washington DC. The air is cool and crisp (well, let’s be honest, it was more cold and biting, but I’m trying to romance it up a bit). Mr. Pin-ster had just flown into DC to spend the holiday with me, while I was in nursing school at Georgetown.
The mister and I set out early one morning for the Museum of American History on the National Mall. I wanted to see Dorothy’s slippers and Kermit the Frog, while Mr. PC wanted to see Lincoln’s top hat and anything involving air travel (perhaps these differences explain why he’s brilliant at every category of Trivial Pursuit, and the most I can say for myself is that I’m hit and miss with the pink “Entertainment” questions).
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When Mr. Guinea Pig first gave me my engagement ring, it fit just the way I like it: slightly loose. Big enough to slide over my giant knuckles (I’m a notorious knuckle cracker), and just small enough to stay on without feeling tight or rubbing.
Then I lost some weight, and the ring was no longer just comfortably loose, but actually too big. When we went to a hockey game last month, my hands were freezing - as I was cheering and clapping, I realized that with cold hands I was in danger of flinging my ring off! So, added to my to-do list was to get my ring resized.
(a leetle too big - although I was pushing it up to show the gap)
I took a closer look at my ring and realized that I’d been kind of rough with it over the last year and a half, because check out the scratches on the band!
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Futuremissh and her hubby-to-be get swept up in the romance of spring.
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We’ve got color in our wedding—lots and lots of color. Five official wedding colors to be exact. I’ve been sure to check in with Mr Pretzel on numerous occasions to make sure he is as happy with our bright color palette as I am.
Every time, he sets my fears at ease and tells me that he loves the bright pops of color that we’ve incorporated into our wedding and he trusts my “color discretion”. *whew* However, I realized this weekend that that trust doesn’t extend to the decorating of our townhouse. *Uttt-Ohhh*
I had a bunch of girlfriends over for some fabric and paper flower crafting. We were discussing the use of color in the Pretzels’ new house. Mr Pretzel was making us homemade gourmet pizza (YUM) and overheard our conversation. He said, “But you wanna make the house look like the crime scene of Rainbow Brite’s murder!”
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After eating some delicious cake, drinking a little more and of course, more boogie-time, it was time to toss that bouquet!
I had a toss bouquet made by the florist, because I’m totally sentimental and couldn’t imagine my bouquet being ripped to shreds by single ladies. I wish I could tell you that I did something creative with my bouquet, but nope, it’s just dry, sitting on a shelf in my craft room. ::sigh:: (ideas are welcome at this point)
I thought creating an inspiration board would be one of those simple little things I could easily throw together as a fun way to reflect our wedding style. WRONG. It was really challenging to find a combination of pictures that convey the “feel” we are trying to achieve!
It’s not perfect (and I may play with it a little more over time) but, for now, here’s my inspiration board!
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Hola Hive!
Ready to recap? I can’t believe it has already been over a month since our big day. We are still waiting on pro pics, but in the meantime let’s start in paradise, shall we?
Our honeymoon truly began on Sunday evening back in good old Baltimore. We had left State College in the afternoon, after saying goodbye and thank you to our guests, friends, and families. Once back home, we had some work to do before we could start having fun - we unloaded the car, finished our packing, paid some bills, and even did a quick load of laundry.
Then, the good stuff started. 
Burger surprised me with a late night dinner at our favorite steakhouse. It was so nice to spend our first real quiet moments together enjoying being married to each other. And because I’m totally cheesy, I snapped this picture at dinner…
(OMG wedding bands!)
A few weeks ago I had my bridal shower (thrown by the lovely Mama Dolphin). The result? Utter amazingness. * all images taken by Gator Bridesmaid.
When I walked in, I was greeted with this beautiful table arrangement in our wedding colors (aqua & yellow), along with my favorite flower—daisies, a picture of the Mister and me from our Blue Springs shoot, and some seriously awesome favors from Yankee Candle in their “wedding day” scent. You might ask, what does a “wedding day” scented candle smell like?
… in having certain random little wedding planning details on the horizon that strike fear into my heart. Mine? Escort cards. Shudder.
I know exactly where my dread of escort cards came from. About a month after Mr. O and I got engaged, I attended a childhood friend’s wedding with my family. Later, my sister and I were talking about all the behind-the-scenes work that goes into pulling off a wedding, and she said, “Just think about that place card table from today. We spent barely thirty seconds walking up to that table, grabbing our cards, and walking away without a second thought, but SOMEONE had to go buy those little cards, make a seating chart for all one hundred and fifty people, write every single person’s name and table number ON the little cards, alphabetize them all, then arrange them nicely on the table.” Gulp. Ever since that conversation, those damn little cards have been the one particular detail that gives me heart palpitations.
But no more! In my ritual quarterly browsing of Martha Stewart Weddings, I noticed a potential solution to my problem:
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