You can call me Productive Polly.

So I have taken it upon myself to close out the year by being productive... no, I have not done my laundry since returning home from Jersey and no, I did not mean productive in domestic things.  I mean, I am going to get some big wedding things done so that I can knock them off the list and feel really good and really confident about the wedding stuff when 2011 starts.  

Last night, I printed all of the wedding invitations, response cards and inserts.  Like I said -- wedding productive.  Today, it is my goal to address the ones that are going to people are will not be moving any time soon: aunts and uncles, obscure relatives, family friends who have lived in the same place forever and have no intention of ever leaving, and friends who just renewed/signed leases on apartments that require you to sell your left kidney to get out of it.  So far, I have gotten three done since I started this morning.  I have a feeling this is going to take awhile... thank God for country music and wine, otherwise I might never get this done.

So I ordered these really cute address labels a couple weeks ago.  I had every intention of putting them on the front of the invitations (you know, where address labels usually go) but it turns out, the envelopes don't close so well, so I will have to use them as envelope seals.  Darn.  I don't really care what context they get used in, just as long as they get used.  I mean seriously -- how cute are they:

I took out our street address... you never know what kind of creeps are out there.

I also sent our dear priest an email asking him what all we need to do on the religious end of things.  I mean, we already did Pre-Cana and I know it can't be that easy.  I need to find out what kind of music the church generally does for weddings.  This is kind of important and something that never occurred to me until... well last night when I was putting together some things for the program.  I mean, you always think about the music you want played, but it never occurred to me that I will actually need someone to play that music.  Duh.  

Well, back to work.  Maybe I will get another three done before I get distracted again...

If my wedding was a pregnancy...

So it's been over a month since I have done anything wedding related... well, not really.  It's just been over a month since I wrote about doing anything wedding related.  It has also been over a month since I requested Brandon write a guest appearance blog post.  Chances are, that will never happen.  In fact, I think if he does ever write a blog post, it will be the day after our wedding and the post will read something along the lines of "This is Brandon and I am now married."  The end.  That's it.  But that's Brandon.  Simplicity -- one of the many reasons that I am absolutely in love with him.  Vomit.  Now that that squishy moment is over, let's really dive into this.  If my wedding was a pregnancy, I would be two weeks preggers.  Now that doesn't seem like a very pregnant person, but think about it -- nine months is really not a long time in the big picture.  In fact, there are just 255 days until the wedding.  That doesn't even sound like a lot anymore, and I think that scares me a little bit.  I mean January is just a few days away, and then we will be in the same year as the wedding.  How did that happen?  Am I going to get everything done or am I going to somehow botch this and forget something like really important? 

Yesterday I went to Staples and I bought postcards.  Now we will have something to put the church address and registry/hotel information on for the invitation inserts.  I also finalized wording on both the invitations (and response card) and the program.  I also learned that Staples can't print our invitations, so it looks like this little lady will be doing it all.  I am definitely ok with that though.  In the long run, it will still end up being less expensive than if I had custom ordered my invitations and had them printed for me.  I think I will start printing the postcards inserts and the invitations in the next few days.  I think it will make me feel a little bit accomplished.  Between now and the wedding there really isn't too much that we have to do and that rocks... or is there?  I just don't know.  

I mean here are the things that need to be accomplished:

• Groomsmen need to get tuxes
• Bridesmaids need to pick dresses
• Girls weekend with the bridal party... not required, but desired :)
• Find the freaking wedding shoes already
• Head count for favors/vases for centerpieces to Aunt Patti
• Ceremony music
• Buy wedding bands
• Address and mail invitations
• Marriage license 
• Seating chart :) 
• Get Tan ... obviously a top priority for me!

I mean, clearly I am missing things that need to be on this list. But generally speaking, that is everything that needs to get done.  Theknot.com is making sure that I am on top of things and helping to keep me on track.  So far, so good.  I mean, I have a draft seating chart if everyone RSVPs (what? don't judge me!), which I think will make my life one million times easier when the RSVPs do start rolling in.  I am on top of this... I think... we'll see...