Weddingbee Blog

…is what Old Navy called it. I called it an early Saturday morning braving the crazies and bribing my family and Mr. E with breakfast to stock up on flip flops for the wedding. Well, really, Dad paid for breakfast, so it was a win-win for me.

The weekend before Memorial Day weekend, we (Mr. E, Elephant Bro, and I) rolled out of bed (and I do mean rolled out of bed—look at some of those outfits below) and were in line at Old Navy before the doors opened at 7am. Mom and Dad Elephant were in line at the Old Navy closest to them (you know, to divide and conquer).

There were some interesting sights in the store, but I was happy to see that most people there were going for various different colors—they must not have been brides looking to fill flip-flop baskets in colors that coordinate with their weddings. The manager at our store was very strict on the five-per-person rule, so we went through once and then came back for a second spin, just to be on the safe side.

Mr. E in line the first go round. Doesn’t he look excited?

Brother Elephant and Mr. E outside the store between rounds one and two. Brother Elephant is telling me to hurry it up with the iPhone, and, no, he doesn’t normally mix plaids with stripes or black socks with brown shoes.

Don’t let my brother tell you that he did it all for the wedding. While I was on the phone with Mama Elephant going over the sizes that we grabbed, he had time to pick up not one but two pairs of jeans on sale.

Me in line the second time.

The cashier that rang me up the first time asked if it was worth it to get up at 7am for dollar flip flops. I told her it was for the wedding, and I would never do it again. Hopefully the females at the wedding will think it was worth it!

And here are the 45 pairs in all their glory. Do I think that they will all be used at the reception? Probably not, but at least they will be available. And I can either sell any unused ones to another bride after the wedding or donate them to a charity.

After our one-day wonder trip, I picked up some new baskets on clearance at Michaels (can you shop there too much?) to hold them.

I made little size tags, similar to the tags on the front of our save the dates and our favor boxes, cut them out, attached them to card stock…

…tied them to each pair of flip flops…

…and then stuffed (and I do mean stuffed) them into the baskets. All but four pairs were able to fit in the two baskets.

I know flip flops aren’t for everyone, or for every bride to have at her wedding, but hopefully someone will be able to get some use out of these!

Did you find that in different aspects of your wedding planning your colors weren’t exactly the same? Did you let it bother you? I’m actually glad we’re having different, but similar, shades of blue and green throughout the wedding.