Weddingbee Blog

So, I know what you’ve probably been thinking. You’ve been thinking, “Miss G., I thought you were having a DIY wedding. So far I’ve only seen your half-assed save the dates and some Etsy invites with a pathetic excuse for wrap around DIY labels. When am I gonna see some crafts?”

Well sit tight my pretties. Mr. G and I are officially unemployed. We’re choosing to be unemployed until after the wedding (hopefully not too long after the wedding!). In a few days, we’ll be hopping off the plane at LAX with a dream and our cardigans. We’ll be living off our savings until we find jobs which means we can’t be frivolous. And I haven’t watched American TV in 3 years.

What does all this mean? For the next month, until the wedding, we will be doing nothing but sitting in front of the TV catching up on all the shows we’ve missed… I’ve heard Glee, How I Met Your Mother, and Modern Family are pretty epic? Well, anyway, we’ll be parking ourselves in the living room and crafting, crafting, crafting until our fingers fall off. It’s all part of our plan to try not to spend our savings away on Chipotle, trips to the beach bars, and Jamba Juice…all of which I’ve been craving for 3 years!

We are going into what I call execution phase.

We have saved up all DIY and major decisions (oh, linen colors!) until we get to America. Ladies and gentlemen, I’m going to show you how to put on a wedding in a month. Here is what we need to do:

• Paper projects: Menus, rehearsal dinner invites, programs
• Pick out flowers
• Signage: bathroom, backyard entrance
• Find a dress. Buy a dress. Alter a dress.
• Find Mr. G’s groom attire
• Craft all the decor we’ve got up our sleeves like 1,000 paper cranes, centerpieces, guestbook wishing tree, etc.
• Purchase and put up pretty, twinkly lights and lanterns
• Purchase and assemble favors
• Taste-test cupcake flavors and bake 50 of ’em! (Ok, this just sounds delicious and I’m totally looking forward to it!)
• Find wedding bands
• Create a focal point
• Have our Jack and Jill
• Buy wedding bands

I don’t know if that list was for you or for me. But it’s intimidating, isn’t it?

I have to admit I’m a bit scared of moving back. I think I forgot how to be American. How do you tip again? Japan is so safe and America is so…well…unsafe. I mean, Mr. G and I love Antoine Dodson as much as the next guy but we’re also worried about being majorly culture shocked. Still, I couldn’t be more excited to finally move back home, see my family and friends, and eat decent Mexican food again—all with my Essex boy in tow. Please forgive me if I’m not around for a bit. I’m coming home baby!

I like to be in America. Okay by me in America. Everything free in America… Skyscrapers bloom in America. Cadillacs zoom in America. Industry boom in America. Twelve in a room in America. Lots of new housing with more space. Lots of doors slamming in our face. I’ll get a terrace apartment. Better get rid of your accent.

Life can be bright in America.

While I work on wedding stuff, what other TV shows and movies should I catch up on in the 3 years I’ve been gone?