Mail time, mail time, MAIL TIME!

I'm always super excited to get stuff in the mail and wedding planning provides lots of opportunities for that. Yesterday, I received two packages (which I shipped to myself - just let me have my moment) and an invite to a friend's wedding. It was exciting.

In package one, I got my new exercise ball and ankle weights. Let me just tell you it is a B to blow up an exercise ball. It came with a cheap pump and it took forever. The valve kept falling out, spewing air everywhere. The pump made this high-pitched whistling noise too, which the cats hated. And the instructions have all these warnings about over-inflating or under-inflating the ball. Apparently that could kill you or maim you or something. The ankle weights were easier to assemble (since they were already assembled in the box.) They're a little big on my ankles but I'll live.

In package two, wedding favors! I'm not going to say what they are because I don't want to give it away in case a guest reads this site, but needless to say, there are over 100 items stashed in our very limited storage space. I'm excited about this. It's going to be a project for me, which is why I'm starting so early, but it should be fun.

The wedding invite from a friend was great to receive too. I mean, we already knew we were going and when it was and the details because my fiance is in the wedding party. But I was actually excited to see the invitation itself to see what they did. It was a tri-fold brochure style invite, glossy, with a design that matched their site and save the date postcards. They have a Texas theme going and are actually serving tacos at the reception. It was a really cute, friendly invite.

There were a few interesting things to note. They didn't do a reply card, opting to have people email or call with their RSVP instead. It's a great way to save money and will probably work for them, but I feel like my mother would prefer the traditional way to organize responses. Plus, a lot of our family isn't that internet-savvy. I also really liked the way they did the return address labels. They made a sticker with this logo they created and used on everything that had their address on it. It was really cute. I'm planning on getting my parents a calligraphy stamp with their address on it for this purpose. It'll be a gift they can use in the future. They sell them on Etsy.

So real mail is fun. On the other hand, I get tons of wedding emails now that are so frequent that it's gotten seriously annoying. The Knot is one of the biggest offenders on the list. I may have to cut them off completely if it doesn't stop. I also get plenty of emails from David's Bridal and Macy's, where we decided to register. Stay tuned for a registry post coming soon.