September 29, 2006

  • Dumb and Dumber

    I think with all of the things going on with the wedding, Mr. Butterfly and I have gotten dumber.  We apparently take days to come up with such a simple solution to all of our problems!

    Example 1
    For his parents friends who are not coming to the wedding, but needs an invitation anyway, we decided to give out just the invitation mounted on a backing layer.  I had only 4 backing layers left, so we mounted them and put them aside for later.  Then I realized we needed to send out 4 more invitations for our B-List guests.  I went to Kate’s Paperie, but alas, they did not have any more backing layers left.  I decided to just mount the invitation layer onto the actual pocketfold without a backing layer.  I also bought extra backing layers in a different color, which did not match the pocketfolds for more extra “courtesy” invitations.

    Mr. Butterfly and I were discussing how this new invitation would look and whether or not it was the best solution.  It took us two days, but we finally realized that we could use the original courtesy invitations to send out to our B-List guests, and then use the different color backing layers for the courtesy invites.  Duh~.  I can’t believe it took us two days to figure out something so simple.

    Example 2
    We have been looking at hotels for the night before and the night of the wedding.  I really wanted Mr. Butterfly and all the men to change in a different room than mine, so we agreed to get 2 separate rooms.  A suite for Friday and Saturday night for me, and a regular room for Saturday for the men.  After looking at over 6 different mediocre hotels, we finally realized that Mr. Butterfly could take advantage of his AmEx Platinum card membership.  With the membership, we get a late checkout, a guaranteed noon checkin, and a free upgrade if available.

    After several weeks of trying to sort this out, we now have a regular room for me on Friday night, a suite for me to switch to on Saturday, while the boys stay in the regular room to change.   Again, duh~.  I can’t believe it took us this long.

    Seriously, I think wedding planning is turning my brain into mush.  If this keeps up, I won’t be able to repeat my vows back to the officiant on my wedding day!!

    Please comment on weddingbee!!