Wedding? What wedding?

Someone once told me that you marry the person who's faults you can live with. SO unbelievably true.....too many people think that Mr. Right=Mr. Perfect, and HA...that is NOT the case. In the end, they all piss us off at some point....maybe it's something with their hygiene, or table manners.....or maybe it's their inability to kick their shoes off somewhere OTHER than the middle of the floor where I always manage to kick my pinky toe on them!! (clears throat) But we either move on and get rid of what's become Mr. Wrong, or marry what becomes our version of Mr. Perfect.

Rick and I have been planning on getting married for quite some time. We've postponed our "date setting" three times now, and finally settled, several months ago, on April 4th (my God....it's really only 3 months away??).

Can I say that I'm so over hearing people ask me details (what details?), and about the dress (non-existent), and about the colors (pink and green?), and blah blah blah!!! Honestly....why must we focus SOOO much on spending an ass load of money so that everyone else can be in awe (or so you think) of you?? I look at the small details people put into their events and just see money wasted...kindling to stoke a fire out of control. What are you ladies compensating for?

I'm NOT cheap.....BELIEVE me when I say if I want something, I will spend money on it, and I don't care what it costs. If me likey...me will havey...much to Rick's dismay. he he. This wedding, to me, is more about getting together with family and friends and having a good time. It's a chance to show people that we are committed to each other....even though some days I wanna bang my head against a padded wall! ha ha

I hate planning, and what little bit we've had to do seems like one failed attempt after another. So, who knows what we will end up with. But it doesn't matter. At this point in time, who knows.....we may just end up getting married at the courthouse and then having our receptions after. Yes, I said receptions....because we grew up thousands of miles apart, we decided that we would have two events. We are getting married in Southern California and having a reception there and then a 2nd reception in Chicago so that everyone can celebrate with us without travel limitations. Both sides won't really be celebrating together....but that could be a good thing. :)

However....remember how I said I hate planning? Well, now I have to plan TWO events, and I wish I could just throw it on someone and say "Here's the day, here's your minuscule budget, I'm thinking pink and green....and yea, I'll see you on the 4th!" ha ha.....I'm laughing 'cause I really wish it was that simple.....seriously...I'm not joking.

So, here we are, down to the final few months and nothings really done....other than my future mother-in-law threw us a wedding shower. I finished all the Thank You notes weeks ago and "Mr. Perfect" was supposed to lick them, stamp them and put them in the mail.....so if you haven't gotten yours yet, it's because they're still sitting on my dining room table waiting for him to do his 50%. Ahh....see why I love him? :)