It Smells Minty

A big part of my wedding plan strategy has been "simplicity." As Thoreau-like as possible, within modern reason and accommodating my wish to have FUN (it's always good to capitalize FUN for extra emphasis). But, you know, no ice sculptures or mini brides 'n grooms (hello, creepy), or string quartets, or a full camera crew. No stretched Hummer limos, or wreaths of exotic flowers. Black tie is not encouraged and there is definitely not a professional wedding planner.

HOWEVER (more emphasis)

Because of Mother Dearest (who is wonderfully wonderful and wondrous and sometimes just causes wonder) and her desire for us to have a bookish theme (everyone dress up like your favorite author! - just kidding), all guests will receive:

THE PROGRAM BOOKLET TO END ALL PROGRAM BOOKLETS

Or rather

Jon and Jenny's Super-Awesome-Wedding-Fest-A-Palooza: The Novel

Mother has even learned book binding techniques (an elementary school teacher can retire from teaching but not from being a teacher) in order to make The Novel more bookish.

And of all the myriad materials one could use to bind a book, what does Mother like best?

Dental floss. "It's thicker than plain thread. And it smells minty!"

Summoning up my inner Bridezilla, I refused the dental floss and asked her if she couldn't use gold or silver thread instead.

And Mother, being the most wonderful of mothers, agreed.

The End.

Piece of cake - er, cobbler

This wedding planning stuff is a breeze! I don't know what everyone gets so worked up about.

Mom's in town. She flew in Friday while Jon and I were at The Harvard Book Store listening to David Sedaris read from his new book (I'll have to post more about that on my other blog ... it was hysterical!).

Together, Mom and I have:

• finalized flowers with Karen-the Amazing-Florist (who is not named Kelly but at least her name begins with a "K") at Dandelions
• picked out invitations, (box of 50, including envelopes, and response cards/envelopes) at Staples for $29.99
• printed out invitations
• addressed envelopes (in Mother's best teacher handwriting)
• started creating paper flowers for the reception centerpieces (they're wicked cute!)
• booked Doyle's for the rehearsal dinner (best part: no deposit necessary!)

Aren't we productive?