Not sure if I have any moms following me right now who might be interested in this, but The Art of Making a Baby is giving away a Nordic Baby carrier in the next 5 hours, which supposedly works from birth to toddlerdom. We had been looking to get an Ergo or a Boba, but her review of the Nordic has changed our minds. Blog about it, and you get ( Read more... )

+ Go to salon to ask about wedding hair, and whether or not they're able to work with the Sunday time.

+ Go to a jeweler to check out rings, and make sure they'll fit against the engagement ring.

+ Try to talk self out of taking on DIY bouquets with fresh flowers ordered wholesale+ Send contract and deposit back to caterer ( Read more... )

I am in love with this comic.

So in order to accommodate some folks who work early or late on Sunday, it's looking like the laser tag shindig will probably take place in the afternoon. Someone's getting off at 2, and someone has to go in by 5, so I'm thinking we'll just meet at 2, and go however long we like. For those on here who are thinking of coming, would the Brunswick ( Read more... )

I've decided to have a birthday gathering this weekend regardless. I'm drowning in wedding stuff constantly, and I would like to get out and party, instead of dwelling on everything that has yet to be done, and how much it's all going to cost. I spoke with imaginarygrace4 last night, and we decided it makes sense to schedule it for Sunday, May 3rd, and because ( Read more... )

I toured our reception site yesterday, and put a deposit down, so that now we have more than just the dresses secured. It's called the Klub Haus, and, yes, it's on Rice Street, but it's quite a nice little haven in the middle of all the dingy bars, and I'm assured there's plenty of parking. I really liked the manager of the site, too ( Read more... )

The following is really not interesting to anyone, but again, trying to record everything for myself before it spirals any further out of control.

( broken down wedding checklist )

So I showed Michael that wedding checklist I made last night, and I think seeing one thing after another really drove home our budgetary issues. For the moment, I appear to have won the potluck argument, which made me immensely happy for a minute and a half before I started to stress over asking people to bring food and whether or not that was ( Read more... )

So, I'm compiling my own summarized wedding checklist (because the ones in the books scare the bejeezus out of me), and, well... it's kind of scaring me, too. But I suppose that's just the way these things go. I'm posting it here not because it's of any interest to anyone but Michael and myself, but because I need it in front of me, in as many ( Read more... )

And now for my monthly update! Oh, I kid. Actually, it occurred to me today that I could just fork out $7 for two months-worth of a paid account, and actually want to return to lj once in a while. The problem, I found, with not having a paid account was that for some reason those snap popups would not close for me, and they would cover up my ( Read more... )