Favors

My current plan for wedding favors is to have some kind of treat in a little bag. Like mayhaps these almonds. Of course, some people are allergic to nuts. But other people don't like chocolate, and, well, no matter what I choose, I probably won't be able to please everyone. It's just a wedding favor, for crying out loud. I could put them in these little bags. Easy peasy.

I also thought about making the little bags myself and filling them with, like, the different flavored tootsie rolls. You know, something delicious.

Registering

Sooo, I made registries. One is a cash gift fund, and one is at good ol' Target. Links for all of them can be found on the Registry page of the wedding website.

They'll be edited over time, I imagine. I mean, after all, Darren hasn't added his input yet! :)

Reception stuff

Bubbles! Bubbles for our exit or entrance and an awesome wedding favor!

We could also get cameras, maybe one on every other table, and people can take pictures during the reception and leave the cameras on the table at the end of the night, then we can get the photos developed and it will be awesome.

Need to put this somewhere immediately

...so I'm putting it right here so it won't get lost in the shuffle (hopefully). I want this to be read during our ceremony. It's my wedding, I can include a veiled political statement if I want.

"Marriage is a vital social institution. The exclusive commitment of two individuals to each other nurtures love and mutual support. Civil marriage is at once a deeply personal commitment to another human being and a highly public celebration of the ideals of mutuality, companionship, intimacy, fidelity, and family. Because it fulfills yearnings for security, safe haven, and connection that express our common humanity, civil marriage is an esteemed institution and the decision whether and whom to marry is among life's momentous acts of self-definition.

It is undoubtedly for these concrete reasons, as well as for its intimately personal significance, that civil marriage has long been termed a 'civil right.' Without the right to choose to marry, one is excluded from the full range of human experience."

- from the 2003 Massachusetts Supreme Judicial Court decision that legalized same-sex marriage in that state

Notes to self

Note 1:
Go here for postcard printing for Save the Dates.

Note 2:
Pick a date.

Note 3:
WHen it comes time to find a wedding band, this one is an excellent example.

The ring has arrived

And I finally got some decent pictures of it. Yay!