Discussions by Shannon S.

Since our officiant (a close friend) can't legally marry us, we went to the courthouse to get officially hitched this morning. After no wait for a license, we were instructed to go to the nearest...

We're having an informal, mingly sort of wedding with open seating/highboy tables and barstools. We wanted to do assigned chairs at normal tables for immediate family, bridal party, and elderly people...

We're doing mostly open seating, as our venue is a pub with mostly highboys, and our food is mostly stuff you can eat with your hands (such as sliders). But we're doing assigned seats for hte wedding...

I'm still pretty calm, but forces are conspiring to rattle me. First, a groomsman wanted to crash on our couch. Er, no way. Fortunately a good friend of ours lives a block from us and offered up his...

My coworkers are like teenagers. They do what they want, and get pouty when busted. We had a vendor's sample chair stored in our hallway. Note: sample. As in, the vendor was coming to pick it up and...

I was doing so well, off in my little who gives a frick la-la-land. Until I get home and FS tells me one of his groomsmen asked to crash at our place the Thursday before the wedding. FS was inclined...

The wedding is next Saturday. EEEEEEE!!!!! Fortunately, I'm still sipping on the "not giving a frick" cocktail, so I'm quite relaxed and happy. What's cracking me up is that until recently, I was...

So, here's another stressor. I've finished the bridesmaid's gifts (mini cocktail shakers, and pretty shawls for them to wear during the ceremony, and probably mini french presses for their mini...

I'm having a last-minute brainstorm as I'm working on a website page with things to do in DC (including an "insider's view" section). Since our wedding doesn't start until 6 pm, I was wondering if the...

It's not as bad as it sounds. FS is from NY and they give gifts at showers and cash/checks at the reception. Here we generally do gifts for both and cash is frowned upon. FS felt very strongly that we...

I'm so excited to be marrying FS, and I'm psyched for the wedding. But we're so far behind schedule on planning that I just want to give up. I need a flower wholesaler, a final menu, desserts from the...

Ugh. So, my job has had a lot of drama for the last six months. During that time, a new hire (and former board member/the boss' BFF) was temporarily in charge while the boss was on maternity leave....

FS has hopped a plane for his bachelor party in Miami, so I'm a single lady this weekend, with my bachelorette on Saturday. So excited! Tonight my gay boyfriend gets into town from Philly, and...

My mom kicked off an war by waiting until 30 days out to get plane tickets (from SYDNEY!), and then squawking about the hotel costs and sticking my sister in the middle. (I live in DC, everything...

So, I work in a hallway that's on the way to the bathroom. Yes, I have asked to be moved. No, I have not been moved. The lousiness of my situation struck me today when two coworkers proceeded to have...

I'm an executive assistant/office manager. My coworker lost the power cord to the laptop that her intern was supposed to use, so we had to use a different computer for the intern. The power cord is...

I'd never have thought this, but gathering RSVPs has been the most amusing part of the process. It's like everyone goes nonlinear, and suddenly believes it's a kegger or a cookout, and not a wedding....

Even though we're all either planning or wedding, or have planned a wedding, I'm sure we also have things we just loathe when we're a guest. Here's mine: 1. Bridal showers. Sitting around for hours,...