Certainly, having everything you need does not preclude wanting nice(r) things. Matched sets and whatnot. or luxury items.
Oh, at first it was confusing. Just the idea of computers was like — whoa! I'm eleven hundred years old! I had trouble adjusting to the idea of Lutherans.
Anya ,'Get It Done'
Spike's Bitches 47: Someone Dangerous Could Get In
[NAFDA] Spike-centric discussion. Lusty, lewd (only occasionally crude), risqué (and frisqué), bawdy (Oh, lawdy!), flirty ('cuz we're purty), raunchy talk inside. Caveat lector.
WindSparrow - Mar 03, 2013 10:06:37 pm PST #26945 of 30001
Love is stronger than death and harder than sorrow. Those who practice it are fierce like the light of stars traveling eons to pierce the night.
NoiseDesign - Mar 04, 2013 12:07:48 am PST #26946 of 30001
Our wings are not tired
We registered on Amazon and included lots of things like DVDs and a lawn zombie.
flea - Mar 04, 2013 2:55:53 am PST #26947 of 30001
information libertarian
I'm just terribly sad Teppy is non-glutinous, so I can't persuade her to take ME as her helper for wedding-cake tasting at The Bonbonerie.
Sparky1 - Mar 04, 2013 3:46:44 am PST #26948 of 30001
Librarian Warlord
A small wedding is just as complicated as a large one in many ways, I think. We had about 65 people, and I still had to answer questions for the caterer about which flatware style which is the kind of thing I'd hoped to avoid. My parents mostly stayed out of it (but paid for it all) except to add steak and ice cream to the menu.
Sox and I both had some sibling rivalry to roll our eyes over, because our fathers are 12.
Laura - Mar 04, 2013 4:02:03 am PST #26949 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
Flea, since Teppy is non-glutinous she NEEDS you to do the wedding cake testing.
Laura - Mar 04, 2013 4:04:03 am PST #26950 of 30001
Our wings are not tired.
black coffee
The overwhelming majority of garter fetching and placing wedding moments have been just fun and silly in my experience.
Connie Neil - Mar 04, 2013 5:50:28 am PST #26951 of 30001
brillig
My church had a money tree at the reception that anyone could tie money to at any time. It struck my younger self as sort of gauche--why did we buy all those presents if we could have just stuck money on the tree?--but it seems much more civilized.
hippocampus - Mar 04, 2013 6:01:06 am PST #26952 of 30001
not your mom's socks.
Sox and I both had some sibling rivalry to roll our eyes over, because our fathers are 12.
Yours might be 12. Mine is 4. And your wedding was the bestest. The guy you hired to do the balloon animals for the kids? Totally excellent.
sumi - Mar 04, 2013 6:20:16 am PST #26953 of 30001
Art Crawl!!!
All quiet here. Stayed home --will be packing today.
Fred Pete - Mar 04, 2013 6:31:21 am PST #26954 of 30001
Ann, that's a ferret.
Steph, you kept your cool admirably in a tough situation. Maybe future wedding discussions with your father should occur over breakfast?
I was at one wedding where the girlfriend of the groom's brother caught the bouquet. Several other men pretended to compete with brother for the garter. Note the word "pretended."
If Hubs and I ever hold a reception (we celebrate our 25th anniversary next year! good grief!), I'm going to try to talk him into "registering" for donations to one or more specific charities.