First package!

I came home tonight and found a package with our first wedding presents sitting outside my apartment door. Some of my Minnesota family put together a box of shower gifts, since we weren't able to have a shower for me up there. Very fun!

Not like Matt & I are in this for the presents (sign up for a lifelong committment just to get some household items? I don't think so...), but it was fun to get a package. :) It really raised my spirits today.

Becky

RSVPs

I thought i'd post an answer here to a question I've seen a couple times: "How do I RSVP for the wedding?"

Easy -- just send an email to the address on the invitation -- you do that through your normal email account like you were emailing anybody else. That will send an email to a special account we created to hold RSVPs. When your response is received (which should be immediately), you'll receive an automatic response. Once a week or so, I'll go through that box and reply to any specific questions you have / etc.

Hope that helps!

Becky

Where Can We Find... UPDATE

I think we have a source on baby food jars -- my Aunt Colleen has a friend who has them. If someone else locally has some, we might be able to use them, too (I'm not sure how many we need yet).

And, I think we also have a source on the coffee pots!

Thanks for your help, everyone!

Becky

Invitations

Most of the invitations are now in the mail. A few more will be mailed in the next couple of days, so they should be reaching you soon.

Becky

Where can we find...

#1 - Baby food jars -- know anybody who could save their leftover jars up through October 7th? We're thinking about luminary candle bags to light the pathways -- to get them to stand up against wind/etc, adding some small jars inside the bags would be good. The toddler-size food jars would work better than the baby-size food jars.

#2 - An extra cooler for ice & drinks or two -- to hold cooled beverages before going to the main serving cooler.

#3 - Large size coffee pot, anybody?

If you've got a source on any of these, please let me know!

Thanks!
Becky (email me -- becky.white@gmail.com)

Quick update

I'm swamped at work planning our annual Leadership Retreat, but figured I'd take a few more minutes on the computer today to post an update -- it isn't work so this is actually kinda fun!

INVITATIONS:
Will be ready soon! If you've moved recently, please pass along your updated address (email me at becky {dot} white {at} gmail {dot} com -- please don't post your address in the public comments area).

SHOWERS:
Are being talked about. If you want to talk about that, talk to one of my lovely bridesmaids -- Jo Kretzler and Lisa Reid. :)

DRESSES:
After a slight trouble ordering the bridesmaids dresses, I now have them in my possession! Hopefully they'll fit! Originally, I was shooting for periwinkle, but had to substitute navy -- and as it turns out, the dresses look beautiful (at least on their hangers!).

I'm trying to do something each day for the wedding -- anything I can do now will save me during September! I'm awfully busy, but I'm trying hard to keep up with all of this and everything else!! Matt continues to be a great help -- and I'm thankful that my parents continue to listen patiently when I need to talk through an idea. :)

Thanks, everyone!

Becky

Let us eat cake!

I signed and delivered the contract to our cake baker today. The samples from this shop were good -- actually tasted like cake should! (unlike some wedding cakes I've had in the past...)

We're having a bride's cake and a separate groom's cake. Both will be fun and unique, but completely different from each other.

The cake & filling flavors include many things y'all suggested, plus our personal favorites. You'll find out the flavors when you bite in October 7th!

Becky

Funny rsvp mix-up

So, there's another Becky White out there somewhere who has a daughter who's getting married in about 5 weeks. This wedding group sent invitations over the weekend -- with RSVPs to go to this other Becky White's email account. But... the font that they used makes her address look like my largely-unused hotmail address, so I've been getting a couple messages a day about it.

I got a nice note from the mom & daughter, explaining the story and nicely asking me to forward on the RSVPs. I'm happy to do it. But, I'm sure they were surprised when I wrote back saying that I'm actually getting married not long after.

Funny how that happens. :)

And, lesson learned: I'm going to triple-check that the address we list is readable!!

Becky