Fluffy Monday

The weekend was very heavy on wedding-related projects. We took a cue from Nilsa and put ourselves on invitation lockdown. We also got a bunch of other little things done, and even found some time to watch the Olympics. At least, until that got supplanted by our latest interest. But I'll get to that in a minute. First, a list:

1. The wedding invitations are done. Later this morning I'm going to run down to the post office, weigh an invitation one last time just to triple check that the postage is correct, and then drop them all off and happily wave goodbye. And actually, other than our printing issues, the DIY invitation thing was much simpler than we expected. It took a total of maybe eight hours spread over three weekend afternoons (with the help of two amazing friends) to get them done. Pretty painless, relatively speaking. And yes, I took photos, but I'm not going to post them until they've arrived at their destinations. But they turned out great, in my humble opinion. And once they go out, we will be all caught up on that damn Knot checklist.

2. Our best man might not be able to make it to the wedding, for totally understandable reasons. But what do you do about that? This is Torsten's best friend we're talking about. Do you just upgrade one of the other groomsmen? And if so, do you ask someone else to be a groomsman to fill out the party? And if you do that, how do you frame it so they don't feel offended at being a backup selection? And if you don't do that, do you just go without a best man? And then who carries the rings and gives a toast at the reception? And also, how much does it suck not to have your best friend at your wedding? This is just a crappy situation all around.

3. We finally got around to going to try on tuxes. And after all that, we decided not to use them. We don't see much of a difference between a tux and a suit, and the tux store felt gross, and it just seemed like a waste of money to rent tuxes when all the groomsmen already own perfectly nice black suits. We'll just provide purple ties to all of them and call it a day. In fact, we already picked the tie. I can't find a photo, but it is gorgeous. And it was on sale for 70% off.

4. I also ordered the earrings I wanted, thanks to all of your sage advice. I ended up deciding not to go with any of the four that I initially suggested--I thought they were all too casual or a bit too big and noticeable. I ended up going for something a bit more traditional that won't compete as much with the curls and the veil and all that stuff that will be going on around my face. See:


5. In order to take breaks from the huge amounts of tiny wedding details we were dealing with, we were watching the Olympics. But then Mario Kart Wii showed up in the mail. (Not by coincidence--I finally found it available online, at the normal price with free shipping, and ordered it.) And oh my god, a whole world of beauty has opened to me. I always liked video games reasonably much, but got sick of them quickly and never really understood why some people were obsessed with them. But now my eyes have been opened. I get it. Mario Kart is amazing and I could play it all day. And also, I get very competitive, and there might be some swearing at Torsten when he beats me. So yes, the Olympics have been surpassed.

Wow, I've been talking about the wedding a lot recently, haven't I? All these details are just taking over my mind, and thus the blog as well. Writing it all out has been incredibly useful, and you guys being so supportive has been incredibly useful as well. But I'll try to take a break from all the wedding talk for awhile. I think we could all use it. Of course, there are no guarantees. "Awhile" could very well turn out to mean one day.