I'm frightened...

Save-the-dates are out (yay!) and this means that the people I've invited from work are now talking about it.  But there's one problem with this.  I didn't invite everyone from work.  I only invited people that I'm friends with.  Now, that shouldn't be an issue with most people because I really don't think the people who aren't invited would expect to be invited.  But I've learned that when it comes to weddings, people will surprise me.

You see, as with any typical workplace, there's this one guy at work who is extremely... well, let's just say difficult.  He's very abrasive and manipulative, and we just don't get along.  At. All.  So when it came time to draw up a guest list, there was no way he was going to make the cut.  Ever.

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But... this is where the problem comes in.  Eventually, he's going to figure it out.  He's going to realize that almost everyone else from work is invited, save for a few random people, and he's not.  And the trouble with this particular guy is that in addition to his abrasive and manipulative behavior, he's just tactless.  I honestly wouldn't put it past him to ask me where his invitation is or why he's not invited.  And the worst part of it is that he has to know he wouldn't be invited and he can't possibly expect an invitation.  So his only reason for asking would be to put me in an uncomfortable position. 

Being the relatively non-confrontational person that I am, the prospect of having this conversation frightens me.  I can't imagine what I'd say if this happened.  I mean, the reality is that we're not in kindergarten anymore where all the kids in the class get in invite.

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I really shouldn't feel bad, but I do.  Even though he treats me so poorly and obviously has little to no respect for me, I still feel bad.  Not bad enough to invite him, but still.  The guilt is there.

So if you were me and he asked, what would you say?  Have you ever had anyone not invited who got confrontational about it?  How did you handle it?

Thank God for Zales Lifetime Protection

Seriously, you guys.  I am so so thankful that we got the protection plan at Zales when we got my engagement ring. 

About 2 weeks ago I took my ring in for its semi-annual inspection.  That's part of the deal at Zales.  They'll replace any diamond if it falls out, fix the prongs, replate, resize, etc. as many times as you need to for the lifetime of your jewelry.  As long as you have it inspected every 6 months. 

So we're off to a good start.  I took the ring in on the 6 month mark and they took my precious away from me for awhile.  But all for a good cause.  You see, when I had the ring resized back in November, it came back to me sort of misshapen.  It thinned out in the back and it just didn't look very nice.  So while I had to give my ring up for awhile, I figured I'd have it fixed since the bill was on Zales anyway.  Fastforward 10 days to last Friday.  We got the call, the ring was in!  Super excited me and FI drove up to Zales to pick up my ring and it looked amazing!  They even replated it while they had it, just for good customer service.  Couldn't have asked for better. 

But oh, the story just doesn't end there.  Monday morning, I woke up to get ready for work and I looked down at my shiny like new ring, and to my shock and surpise, a diamond was missing!  That's right, missing.  Two short days after we got the ring back from the expert jeweler a diamond had fallen out of my ring.  Now, I know that I have the protection plan so I really shouldn't worry.  And I wasn't worried really.  More... annoyed.  Yes, annoyed.  I had to drive all the way back to Zales to have them replace a diamond.  And give up my ring for another 2 weeks at least! 

But I did it.  Today we took the ring to Zales to have it fixed.  And to my surprise, they really didn't give me a hard time about it.  They almost seemed as disappointed about the loss of the diamond as I was.  So now, I'm ringless.  But I had to tell you all that the protection plan was so worth it.  Even for a small diamond like the one that fell out, it would be costly, for sure. 

Any of you ever lose a diamond?  What did you do about it? 

 

STD's are being spread

Sorry for that.  Couldn't help yet another STD joke. 

You may recall our hunt for the perfect STD and my poll of the audience to help us choose the perfect photo.  Well we ordered them, they came in, I taught myself calligraphy and addressed them, and yesterday they went out the door. 

So now that they are out the door on their way to our guests, I think I can safely show you what we decided to do.  Armed with our livingsocial deal for vistaprint, we ordered our save-the-date magnets.  Here's what they looked like, with last names removed to protect the innocent :).   

They look even better in person and they turned out really well!  I love the photo we chose to put on them and the design is perfect.  What do you think?

DIY Project for the Guy

Yup, that's right.  The mister has a to-do list for the wedding.  I know that a lot of times the guy thinks he just has to show up on the wedding day, but that doesn't fly with me.  And, to be honest, I think K likes doing things for the wedding.  In small doses, of course.

His list isn't very long and most of the tasks I've given him have been things I know he'll enjoy.  See, K really likes woodworking.  And so, anywhere I can I've tried to incorporate this skill of his into the wedding.  It's also really cool because it personalizes little things in the wedding a lot more since he made them. 

I know you are all wondering what he made.  You ready?

What is it, you ask?  It's a photobooth prop, of course!!  See, I just love seeing pictures like this one:

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And I've known from very early on that I wanted to do a photobooth at the wedding.  While the free-standing, old school photobooths are really cool.

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But there's one eensy, weensy problem with that.  It's WAY out of budget.  So,we're going the DIY route, fo sho. 

So, I think that K did such a great job making this.  I even tried it out.

But the best thing he did on this speech bubble chalkboard is the handle!  There's a nifty little handle in the back so it makes it easier to hold and see in the photos.  Like so: 

So what do you think of his first DIY project??