Crap.

I may not have a Judge for the Wedding now. I wasn't paying attention when we picked a date, we're getting Married on Rosh Hashanah. Weeeeeeeeee!

Crap, crap, crap.

Thank You, I'm Sorry.

Four words, two phrases. But what an impact they can have.

People seem to forget how much we need to hear those precious 4. We as a society are becoming self interested and self absorbed. Leaving no time for either. Throughout our Wedding Planning I have made a conscious effort to say both of these things repeatedly to the people who needed to hear them.

The thank yous are mostly directed at our Wedding Elves that I've met. Although, they sometimes get the I'm sorrys too. Whether I'm calling to ask another question about our contract or I'm late for our appointment. But there's one almost elf who has give me a sorry, that was followed by my thank yous, but I feel as though he could use an I'm sorry from me.

I don't know how long it took, or how many people had to look at all of my correspondence back and forth- but Michael C and the Finance Dept at Team Pictage not only deserve a big Thank You, but an I'm sorry too.

I'm sorry for all of the pestering and email back and forth. I was very nervous about what was going on and exactly where I would land. Thank you for taking time out of your days to check on things for me. As a consumer on the other side of the country, sometimes you have to wonder if anyone out there is actually concerned about your problem and whether or not they're even working on a solution for you.

Thanks to all of our emails and the results that I can see this morning, Michael and Team Finance [that's what I've decided to call you, you can submit a team name change to HR] worked to find and fix a problem for me. And I can't even being to tell you how much I appreciate it.

Thank you and I'm sorry.

the Book of Love

I should mention, I'm thankful I have a Matthew. Mostly because he is the first grown up I dated. Funny how that works out huh? I am most thankful that he loves me. Totally and wholly. And I love him with all my little might. Sometimes that's hard- for both of us. I can be terribly difficult and he's a lot bigger than I am! But he can close his eyes take a deep breath and I love him, even if he is ginormous.

I don't usually get to see how other people catch him looking at me. But this? This makes me cry, because he loves me. Every last bouncy and annoying little bit of me. And I can see it.

The book of love is long and boring,
No one can lift the damn thing.
It's full of charts and facts and figures
And instructions for dancing.
But I,
I love it when you read to me.
And you,
You can read me anything.

The book of love has music in it,
In fact that's where music comes from.
Some of it is just transcendental,
Some of it is just really dumb.
But I,
I love it when you sing to me.
And you,
You can sing me anything.

The book of love is long and boring,
And written very long ago.
It's full of flowers and heart-shaped boxes,
And things we're all too young to know.
But I,
I love it when you give me things.
And you,
You ought to give me wedding rings.

You ought to give me wedding rings.

Pictage, see also Prick

What company preauthorizes a consumers credit card without telling them first? Pictage.

What company preauthorizes a consumers credit card one week before a payment? Pictage.

What company leaves any form of an apology out of all of their correspondence with an unhappy consumer? Pictage.

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I don't like the thought of putting this on the internet for all to see. But really, holding on to my money long before it's theoretically yours? Not cool friends. Not cool.

I called the NYS BBB this morning. Let's hope the money actually shows up in my account before I get hit with the IFF, otherwise it's off to the NYS Attorney General. Because in NYS, you can't preauthorize someones credit card without their consent.

FIVE!

I came home from work to find the first FIVE RSVP's! This makes me giddy.

I ALSO came home to find that the mail I'd left in the mailbox for the mailman to take for the last FOUR DAYS has now been collected. Double yay!

OH MY GOD!

Thanks to a BEAUTIFUL British Bride Friend in England, I may have just found a way to do a Photobooth FOR UNDER $100!

Holy crap! I am beyond excited!

a To Do list; for me, not you

[ X ] call Maislin
[ X ] book hotel room
[ X ] call Paula Andrew
[ X ] breathe
[ X ] decide on tuxes
[ ] work on Sails
[ ] buy wedding bands, I know we're terrible
[ ] manicure
[ X ] decide on favors

80 days!

This past weekend my lovely sisters and wonderful aunt gave me a wonderful shower. Complete with pink cupcakes and rosy red embarrassed cheeks. Thankfully the cheeks didn't last long. Judging from the gifts my friends got me it would seem that they know me terribly well. Since I got a cupcake cookbook, cookie sheets, a cookie scoop and spatula, oven mits [...I don't typically use them and end up burned], cooling racks, cupcake pans! You get the idea. I've also been armed with party gear thanks to a new blender, some glasses and a cocktail book! I'm so thankful for the ladies that made it out to have lunch and spend some time watching my sister torture me.

In other news: the invites are going in the mail today and tomorrow. I can tell you're excited. We were going to get custom stamps, but those cost more than DOUBLE! what it costs to mail them. So I said no thanks. While it does make me sad; since I designed a monogram and all. I think I'll just use that for stickers or something. And really, it only took me 5minutes to make. So it's not like I wasted 6 hours of work.

We also managed to find a dress for Cait this weekend. It was kind of a rush job. But well, it needed to be. But it was on sale and it's snazzy. So yay.

It seems like all I need these days is more time and money. Which is terribly annoying. But I'll get it all done, fret not!