Activity for Shannon S.

I am making pinwheels for the bridesmaids to carry, and pinwheel bouts and corsages. The girls will be in black cocktail dresses, and the pinwheels are black, yellow, white and red. However, I don't feel like a pinwheel will go with my dress....

Yesterday, I ranted about how FS and I were being hassled about adding plus-ones that we don't have room for due to venue capacity, and my stage fright. People were cornering FS in public or making fun of us for being "harsh." This morning, I...

I'm sick, so FS went to my BM's birthday party without me last night. The invites went out Monday. The rsvp cards had the "___ seats have been reserved in your honor" wording. Venue capacity is 90, so if we gave plus-ones willy-nilly we'd have to...

I purchased shawls for the BM's to wear to the wedding, but was looking to put a small "fun" gift in their bags as well. I decided on mini cocktail shakers for each girl, with a recipe for her own "signature" drink inside. The recipes would be based...

I mailed out the invites on Monday, and RSVPs are already starting to come in (we had people rsvp by email or phone). Today I had several more roll in, and I just got this overwhelming feeling of giddiness and excitement. Eeeeee! Ten whole people...

A few of my girlfriends came over today to help with some DIY projects. FS offered to play the music he put together for the wedding (we're doing an iPod mix). Well, by the end of track 10 or so, I was a useless heap of giggles, my girls were...

I have this week off of work, and have been getting a lot done. Deep-cleaning the kitchen and bathroom, finishing up the invites, other wedding errands, organizing the living room, etc. So, basically, I've spent my vacation cleaning. FS, however, has...

Our invites go out next week, and it's been like pulling teeth to get everyone's mailing address. Well, like pulling teeth out of a field of SuperGlue, while magnets hold my arms in place. I am down to about 10 people (out of 64 invites) who are just...

One of my close girlfriends offered to host my bachelorette for me in her apartment. Per her request, I sent her a list of people to invite and she said the number was fine. The Evite went out yesterday, and I noticed that two of the attendees were...

FH and I were having after-dinner cocktails at a friend's place on Saturday, and it came up that our host and I had kissed once, decided we were better as friends, and that was that (FS knew about it, it happened when he and I were just friends)....

One of my girlfriends, who will be moving into my apartment building next weekend, just emailed to say she'll be hosting the bachelorette. A good friend who is a chef offered to cater the party as a gift, and we'll have karaoke, prosecco and silly...

FS and I are not into getting a whole big pro photography package. It's not in the budget (we are spending a total of $6500...in DC). And, while I know saying this is WW sacrilege...WE JUST DON'T CARE! Really. We almost never look at photos,...

FS and I are having a fun, dressy dinner party for New Year's this year. We did it last year, and it was a blast - about eight of us got all dressed up, had champagne, sang karaoke, and had a seafood feast. So we decided to do it again this year, and...

My dad and I aren't close, and frankly, he's a pain in the arse and frequently runs to the edge of my charity. He's high-maintenance, invites himself to visit, and refuses to leave my tiny apartment until I can find him a last-minute cross-country...

I'm trying to schedule interviews for an open secretarial position and I just had my laugh of the day. Hint for job hunters: when someone calls you to schedule an interview, do NOT act completely flummoxed by the call, then mention you applied for so...

FS's ex strikes again. A few months ago, I put up a ? about how she recently moved to our area and would occasionally hang out with us. The way she would go on about how well she knew FS, how she was all buddy-buddy with his family, and so forth, got...