Wow, it’s been awhile! I got caught up in life for a bit there. There have been some major changes (nothing involving new bling, though), between me leaving my previous job, getting offered a job at 3:30 pm on my last day of work, packing up my apartment, celebrating my birthday, moving all my stuff to my parents’ house (boo), and then staying at Dino’s place so I could be closer to my new office… It’s been crazy! I’ve been trying to seriously cut back on my wedding-blog-stalking, especially at my new office (good impressions and all!), but I still catch up during lunch or at home. But it’s helping me be a little less obsessed. Probably good in the long run!
I’m not trying to make this blog a “when’s he going to propose” kind of thing, but I thought I’d note that the big holiday season has now passed. Christmas, New Year’s, our anniversary, Valentine’s Day, and my birthday are all within about 2 months, so it seems like the perfect time. But I guess there doesn’t need to be a special day to get engaged; it would be a special day in and of itself. So I really want to forget about it altogether!
Anyway! For some reason I’ve been noticing and thinking a lot about favors. Wedding favors are kind of a weird thing in my opinion. You invite guests, they bring you a gift usually, but you feed and entertain them. I almost feel favors are unnecessary and extra expense, and usually are pretty dumb. I don’t think most people want trinkets with your names and your wedding date on them. The only favors that seem reasonable are edible ones! People will enjoy those at least. I like the idea of making something delicious to hand out. I saw one couple that made beer bread mix, packaged in large beer bottles, that was adorable (Mrs. Pretzel on Weddingbee!), but I also like the idea of homemade beer and/or Jones Sodas with personalized labels (for the non-drinkers). Plus Dino loves beer and loves brewing his own beer. Or there are always cookies (I make amazing chocolate chip cookies that would be great to make the dough ahead of time, then bake the day before).
Another thing – everyone says to avoid doing everything yourself, but I really feel a desire to do some things, like make the cake or favors or some food, because I enjoy it and I think it would be extra special that way! I’ll probably change my mind once I’m actually planning a wedding, but it would be fun in my mind right now. I absolutely love to bake, though, and really like to share what I make with others – what better excuse than a wedding? Hopefully my friends will think of me and ask me to bake for their weddings in the future… J Plus something about knowing that any issues were my fault and not the result of hiring someone who wasn’t capable makes me feel better. I have a thing with being responsible for my own stuff. (It actually translates to my work too – I don’t think I’m a very good team player sometimes because relying on others so much and having them rely on me makes me nervous, but excelled at school because if I didn’t do something or did something wrong, it was only my own fault and I was the only one responsible.) So yeah.
Okay, that's all I have for now! I'm trying to get back on track now that some major things are over, although I still have to find a new place to live and move in... yikes!
