Bachelorette Weekend and More

Since it has been awhile since my last post I have a lot to tell all of the 2 people who follow this blog. We have licked and stamped all of the envelopes and are ready to mass mail all of our invitations! I am so glad to have these behind me as they have been the dark cloud over me for the past 4 months. From conceiving the design back in April to finally printing them with the help of Jon and Leo Lee (I probably should be an indentured servant/babysitter to them until my debt is repaid) in early July, to putting the final touches on the handmade rubber stamps for the envelopes these past couple of weeks, I am finally ready to release my labor of love into the world, and I swear if the United States Postal Service screws it up like they did with the Save the Dates (lots of return to sender and several no-shows) I will be one majorly unhappy camper. We are about 2 months out so it is perfect timing that these invites are ready and I am very glad to get them off my dining room table and living room floor (and other places I am sure) and get them to our ever growing invite list. The one thing  I worry about is that people will not realized just how much work went into these invitations and have the audacity to throw them away. I know they cannot keep them forever but maybe if they don’t want to keep them they could return them to us on our wedding day? Just have a “recycle your invite here” box as they enter the ranch. My hoarding tendencies spike when I think of all the work and hours that will be thrown away and I become a little protective, maybe I should have thought of that before making the invitation….

Moving on to happier subjects this past weekend was my bachelorette party in Fredericksburg, TX. We had a wonderful time together and I really got to relax and appreciate what fabulous friends I have. We started off the night at Hondo’s which serves a mean “taco burger” with a very strong Margarita, while listening to some classic country played by the band (for such a cute small town there is plenty of nightlife and music to enjoy) afterwards we went to Lukenbach for some old country fun we danced to the stylings of the Almost Patsy Cline Band (by the name you already know it is a winner) and got to sit outside under the big oaks and the hill country stars, which might be my favorite part about Texas Hill Country the trees and the stars. When we got home to our cute little cottage off of Main St. we were ready for bed.

The next day was brunch and a day full of wine tastings and food, HEAVEN, needless to say I was happy as a clam getting to spend the day in rare cooler weather with a glass of delicious Cabernet Souvignon in my hand and a Rice Krispie treat in the other. To end the wine tasting festivities I danced with a stranger named Ray and bonded over La Fonda’s on Main with the wine guy Jerry, I can now check off “Made New Friends” category on my to-do list.

I really wish I could spend every weekend like this because I feel as if I don’t get to see my friends often enough if ever at all, since we are all so spread apart (Kansas City, Minneapolis, League City, Austin, Dallas, etc.)

Two more months to go and it seems as if everything is falling into place (if not, then it will be forced into place) let’s just hope we get everything done!