Archive for August, 2009
Thank you cards
Wow, a month later and we're still cranking out Thank You cards. The difficult part is writing down all the gifts and keeping track of the addresses.
We had about 180 total cards to write so we split the load evenly and wrote a few cards per night. We didn't do anything special for the thank-you [...]
Wedding Registry Management
We registered at too many places because we weren't sure of what we needed and some stores have better shipping and discounts than others. We picked gifts from Target, Bed Bath and Beyond, Amazon.com and Macys. We dropped Amazon.com and Target after a while because it's a hassle managing one wedding registry let alone four.
One [...]
Groomsman Gifts: leatherman micra and hand crank flashlights
I wasn't sure what to get my groomsmen for gifts so I went the cheap and practical route. They know I'm a chintzy bastard so I think they're fine with it. Usually you buy monogrammed items but I did not have the time to order anything special online and I don't like the stuff at [...]
Wedding Bands
We put off buying wedding bands until the last weekend before the wedding because we were busy doing a lot of other stuff. Wedding bands themselves don't have to be fancy if you don't want them to be. We were looking for plain white gold or platinum bands that could take a beating and I [...]
The wedding is over!
Wow, after over 14 months of laborious planning our wedding is finally over. The day went by so fast it was ridiculous. Here's a debriefing and run-down of who, where, and what.
Photographer: Robert Bruce in Royal Oak. Great guy, easy to feel relaxed with Robert and his helper around. Voted 2009 best photographer in Detroit [...]