You know how when couples

You know how when couples say they’re going to make their own wedding invitations and then everyone says how much work that is and the couple is like, whatever we can do it and screw the invitation industry any ol’ way. Well let me tell it to you now, from the middle of an invitation swamp: it’s a lot of work. BUT we are saving like $800. Which is like a whole pair of shoes! Or a satin ring pillow! Or something else infinitesimal that is overpriced! Seriously though, $800 = good amount of money to spend on honeymoon save. Also seriously: invitations = huge pain in my ass. We somehow, in the midst of designing a frickin’ beautiful invitation, managed to also make it the most design-intense thing possible, so that one part that’s one bit off ruins a big overall design scheme. We’re going back and forth between “Fuck it, no one will notice,” and “We can’t give up now! We’ve come so far.” Right now I’m plowing through with the latter mindset, but the former one is playing close by. Moral: don’t forget to tell me how much you love the invitations when you get them. La la.

J: You know that old sitcom guy set up where he always forgets the wedding anniversary? I just…
Liz: That’s going to be you?
J: …don’t understand how you could possible forget the day.
Liz: *heart melts*
J: I wake up with September 24th seared into my brain.

Krista Backwards is back! We are all very happy about this. Don’t tell her mom, who likes to quietly stalk her blog and then pounce out.

Also, FYI, I am not still reading The Great Gatsby. I read that on the plane to Denver along with Catcher in the Rye for a little nostalgic reading and it has not, though indicated otherwise by my lack of updating, taken me three weeks to get through. I will change that soon. I am busy, which makes me lazy with stuff like that.

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