So… Tuesday night, my sweet Fiancé had to come rescue me.

My right front tire on my Honda Civic got brutally beat up by the crack in the pavement on Kuykendual close by Woodlands Parkway (You Houstonians, who’d know where that is)… it not only busted the tire, it dinted the rim of the tire and completely cracked the hub-cap. Yes, this really did happen on top of all the chaos this week…

Thankfully, my sweet hero of a man, took the car to a local tire repair place and got it all taken care of… all the while, I was working on the Wedding Invitation craziness. Remember the new 175 envelopes that were suppose to be delivered on Wednesday morning, in which I took work OFF for??? Remember?…

Yeah… they didn’t get delivered, the place didn’t even SHIP them.

I called them, and calmly asked the innocent man on the other end, how he was going to fix this problem?… he refunded my shipping charges for “overnight” (Ha!) shipping and said the envelopes would arrive Thursday. My AMAZING Sister, figured out how to get the envelopes open without damage and all we needed was some envelope glue and we could fix this major issue.

NEVER have I been to Office Max so many times in one day. But it was all worth it, this magic glue stuff did the trick and the envelopes were sealed and the invitations went out in today’s mail! YEA!!

All this… and it’s only Thursday. What a trip of a week ya’ll… I feel completely wrecked, kinda like how I did here:

I broke my arm as a little girl… and all I wanted was my Sunny Care Bear. Has anyone seen that Bear? I could use a squeeze.

{Sigh}

Well, one step forward 5 steps back, and no I’m not talking about some kind of dance. Rodney and I had been working on assembling the wedding invitations all weekend, I was up serious late Sunday night because I really wanted to get every last bit done. Then Monday night, just as Rod’s finishing checking off the list making sure we have everyone on the envelopes, and we’re about to stamp them… I realized, the “Reception Cards” never made it into the envelopes (they were hiding… grrr)… I about fall apart, from panic, exhaustion and the sheer frustration that this just can’t be happening.

                      
In an attempt to find new envelopes to cure the problem, we sadly couldn’t find a replacement. But with the brilliant idea of my loving patient fiancé, we decided to call the place we got the invites from and hoped they could overnight new envelopes to us… I dial…pray…and ask… YES! They can send new envelopes that will be here Wednesday!! YEA!! Thank you Lord! So thankfully, the invitations should be out the door Wednesday and those of you here in town should receive them hopefully by Saturday.

Another minor set-back that honestly just had me mad. We’ve been on the look out for a groom’s cake for Rod, and finding someone who can do a great specialty cake has been a challenge… well you can find them, but they charge you an arm, leg, and anything else they can think of for it. So we thought we found a place, made an appointment with them, and then the lady writes me back asking who is doing my wedding cake (because obviously I’m not asking her to do it, just the grooms cake), I tell her who, an amazing friend of the family who creates beautiful cakes, but not as a full-time business, the lady replies and says that she cannot make the groom’s cake because the person making the wedding cake isn’t “insurance and bonded”…. I could have thrown my phone across the room when I read that, WHAT!? Seriously, what does that mean, so I kindly responded said was sad to hear that, but asked her to explain. Her response was curt and definitely sounded like it was embellished. Fine, you don’t want to make our cake, it wasn’t going to bring you big money, so you made up a lie to get yourself out of the appointment, fine, I get it. But boo on you for being a punk and not saying that first off and making an appointment with us and then you cancel, boo on you! Ugh.
So now the hunt continues for a groom’s cake….

I could really use a bit of good news here soon… these set-backs are getting tiring. But on a happy note, we’re at 6 weeks till the Wedding, which means Rod and I are that much closer to being Husband and Wife and vacationing in Cabo San Lucas!

My wonderful friend Lori is throwing me a Bridal Shower at our office on January23rd! I am so excited, it makes all of this planning and prepping feel like it’s coming to life when the actual fun festivites start. Woo hoo!

Lori has been one of my close friends for years and I’m so excited she’s wanting to throw me a Bridal Shower. THANK YOU LORI! Love you!!

And p.s. we got the Wedding Invitations finished and ready to send! Woo hoo! Mark that off the To-Do list!!!!

The Wedding Invitations have been ordered! YEA!!! Little did I know, that most vendors suggest that you order the invitations 2-3 months before the wedding… I’m only 2 months and 16 days away, so we’re good right? Right. With a little screaming, kicking and begging, the vendor just gave me a nice little smile, and they should be here within 3-5 business days.

Cheers everybody! YEA!