Bridal Brunch: September 13, 2009

This past Sunday I had the pleasure of enjoying brunch with one of my bridesmaids and a couple of coworkers. Since we don't live close to either of our families, I won't have a traditional bridal shower, but I thought it was awesome of my coworkers to celebrate us!


Mimosas, waffles, omelets, crab legs, and shrimp - YUM! And don't forget CAKE!

Our hostesses and ushers are an extra-special part/addition to our day. They will be :uber: important in making sure our guests are comfortable and everyone is happy at the reception. They will be wearing the wedding colors so that they stand out, and we've decided on this
and this for the guys (with black slacks and black shirts):

Weekly Savings Tip: September 14, 2009

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Our Photo Guestbook

Can you believe I ordered this from Picaboo (half off) on 09/08...and UPS dropped it off on 09/10?!?!?!? Can we say unbelievable service??

Great quality. Here are a couple of the pages. I'll have black, pink, and metallic gold pens for guests to sign.

(Excuse the crappy Blackberry pics).

EDIT: I hopped on over to Michaels (armed with a 40% off coupon) and grabbed some metallic-y writing scrapbooking markers and it's done!

YAY for checks!