Without being non-judgemental, I would say that if they want special effects in line with their Twilight theme, and they are in your area of expertise, and they are willing to pay your going rate, you should totally take their money.
Numfar! Do the dance of joy.
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Spike's Bitches 48: I Say, We Go Out There, and Kick a Little Demon Ass.
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Typo Boy - Dec 19, 2013 1:37:33 pm PST #7365 of 30002
Calli: My people have a saying. A man who trusts can never be betrayed, only mistaken.Avon: Life expectancy among your people must be extremely short.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2013 2:02:54 pm PST #7366 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I would say that if they want special effects in line with their Twilight theme, and they are in your area of expertise, and they are willing to pay your going rate, you should totally take their money.
Oooh, this! Can you make them sparkle???
About the only thing I wish we'd done for the wedding that we didn't was...rent a bounce house. For reals. But, in the end, there was a fucking MONSOON the night before, and the lawn was soaked, so a bounce house would have created a crazy muddy mess, so it's just as well.
But we had a fire pit, and that was pretty damn good, too.
omnis_audis - Dec 19, 2013 2:15:35 pm PST #7367 of 30002
omnis, pursue. That's an order from a shy woman who can use M-16. - Shir
It's possible the family is (or families are) paying for it.
From what co-worker said, her family has offered a little to help, but not covering anything close to all of it. His family flat out said "No! You can't suddenly say "oh last week we got engaged, can you help us with the costs", things that expensive need to be planned and saved for, we are not helping with any of the costs."
There is still 6 months or so. Who knows what will happen.
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2013 2:16:41 pm PST #7368 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
Well, I hope it's the Twilight sparkly event of their dreams.
(Tell them to get a bounce house!)
Scrappy - Dec 19, 2013 2:26:09 pm PST #7369 of 30002
Life moves pretty fast. You don't stop and look around once in a while, you could miss it.
A SPARKLY bounce house!
sj - Dec 19, 2013 3:14:16 pm PST #7370 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
omnis, is that the cost of just the venue or the venue with food?
Connie Neil - Dec 19, 2013 3:20:56 pm PST #7371 of 30002
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Hubby's up and feeling good enough to make dinner. He should be back to normal in just a couple of days. Of course, normal to him is forcing himself through massive pain and stubbornly insisting that he knows his capabilities better than a doctor, even to the point of delaying recovery. But that's him.
He doesn't take his pain pills. I ask him if we're going to be doing a variant of Breaking Bad. He's not amused.
sj - Dec 19, 2013 3:42:33 pm PST #7372 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
Connie, recovery~ma to your stubborn hubby.
I grabbed the last two boxes of peppermint joe joe's from Trader Joe's!
Steph L. - Dec 19, 2013 4:14:22 pm PST #7373 of 30002
this mess was yours / now your mess is mine
I grabbed the last two boxes of peppermint joe joe's from Trader Joe's!
We (meaning Tim the cookie monster) got ALL THE COOKIES at Trader Joe's over the weekend. Candy Cane Joe-Joe's, the box of multi-flavor chocolate-coated Joe-Joe's, dark chocolate-covered shortbread star cookies. He needs an intervention.
sj - Dec 19, 2013 4:18:06 pm PST #7374 of 30002
"There are few hours in life more agreeable than the hour dedicated to the ceremony known as afternoon tea."
the box of multi-flavor chocolate-coated Joe-Joe's
I grabbed that too, but there were a ton of those left, so it didn't feel as much of a victory. I also bought triple ginger cookies, stocking stuffers for TCG and candy to go for other relatives for gifts.