Posted by Alexis at 02:53 PM, August 07, 2003
well I just got back
well I just got back (a little while ago actually, been talking on the phone)from the big outing to the paper shop. I had to but paper for teh wedding invites.. and golly was it an adventure..
The guy in the shop was being very helpful and pulling out heaps of differnt blue kind of paper and some nice shimmery things and some white and creams to go with it all.. but every combination that he made looked boring and formal.
He kept creating thigns where there was 3 layers of paper, you know the each layer slightly smaller than the last so that it looks bordered.. blah blah blah.. I haven't done that since I was making posters for geography in about year 8!
so anyway I was there for a while...
There were some really pretty things that had kids stuff on it .. but I knew that I couldn't really have that.. so I settled for a light card (almost paper) in a shimmery light blue.
so i am not sure how i want to chop it up.. might have to stick fun things on to it as well..
when I went to purchsae the paper, I got another guy and he said that the paper was really trendy at the moment and he wouldn't hold it against me.. what a spaz!
also there was all these insane people coming in to place orders etc..
one girl came in and said.. "We have finally decided on the invitations for our engagement" then she was all upset cos she had forgot to bring in all the samples and wasn't sure which one it was.. then she found it and ordered 80 peices and 80 envelopes!! okay think about it that most invite will go to a couple and some even to famlies! amazing.. some people have too much money to waste.
then ther was another lady and she was making invites for her sons first birthday.. she looked about 40 as well. such a worry and she was making all these formal layered invites as well.. she wasn't going to glue her but secure them with a nappy pin!
she didn't seem to be as extravagent as the engagement lady.. but she also didn't look like she had a 1 year old.. what is happening to the world..
so that was it.. big journey.. missed trains and walking in between.. some people seem to go to extraordanry lengths to make their wedding day special.
I feel that as long as all the people we love are there to share the day with us it really dosen't matter how many layers the invite is, or what colour dress I wear or how many tiara's I can stack on my head.. I am planning on having a great fun day and the less I worry about things now the better I will feel.
The only thing I really worry about is the actual ceremony where everyone will be looking at us and we will have to say loads of things.. and I mean I was petrified at Rach's wedding and I was only the bridesmaid.. I nearly had a panic attack walking down the aisle then.. I think there will be no walking down no aisle.. considering there is no aisle that should be easy..
hhmm what kind of entrance shall I make.. Should Phil and I be there greeting people.. should we emerge from the bushes.. should we be hiding inside and only come out at the lst minute.. oohh my gods.. that is what I am scared about.. having to make a grand appearance..
oohh well 8 weeks to go .. I can come up with a plan..