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September 25th, 2006 @ 7:53 am | miscellany, wedding | Post a Comment

Wow, ladies. Love it or hate it, you feel passionate about Grey’s Anatomy. You left a record number of comments! I feel much better knowing I am not the only person who thinks the show is grossly overrated.

This weekend I was supposed to do about a zillion things like finish my thank you notes, do a bunch more wedding stuff, figure out my new online banking, clean my house, do 14 loads of laundry, finish some work stuff I should have done last week, etc. The list was long and boring.

What did I do instead? I slept and I went to the mall. Seriously, that’s about it. Oh yeah, I also went running, but only after sleeping for about 19 hours on Saturday. It was truly awesome. I know I say that I want kids and babiesbabiesbabiesNOW, but boy do I love the fact that I can sleep away half of a weekend.

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Remember back when I made you guys ask me deep and probing questions and then I answered some of them and promptly got blogging ADD and forgot about the rest? Well, I’m back to answer more! I bet you are super psyched, aren’t you?

Several of you (including one of my bridesmaids!) were curious to know how Andrew and I chose to have a destination wedding. Honestly, the answer is terribly un-glamourous. Back in January, our thinking went something like this:

  • We probably shouldn’t elope.
  • We don’t have time to plan a summer wedding.
  • We can’t get married in the fall because it’s election season and Andrew works insane hours this time of year.
  • Winter in Colorado is cold and having your wedding cancelled on account of a blizzard probably sucks a lot.
  • Hell no we are not waiting until 2007.*
  • Let’s go somewhere warm!
  • Hey, I heard Mexico was cheap.**
  • Let’s do it!***

* I was the one who was not willing to wait more than one more year to get married. I think an overly long engagement would be torturous for some reason.

** I guess I hadn’t read the memo that Cabo is the least cheapest part of Mexico, maybe because it’s a favorite getaway for Hollywood celebs? Can you believe that many hotels in the area charge upwards of $40 per hour per person for open bar? And no, that is not a typo. And no, we did not pick a hotel with prices like that.

*** We are lucky enough to have fabulous and amazing parents who loved the idea, but more than anything, supported our decision and also paid for it. Did I mention VERY LUCKY?

Okay, I really did mean to get to more questions, but I’ve got to run off to work. Gotta love Mondays!

comments

  1. This isn’t related to your post–but I LOVE LOVE LOVE bare minerals. It is the only “makeup” that AS can tolerate because it’s so natural looking. have to apply it in really good light, or it’s easy to overdo it, but for the most part I find it idiot-proof.

    written by Laurel

    September 25th, 2006 @ 10:20 am

  2. Sounds like you had a nice weekend! I slept a lot too. I’ve been dog-sitting for the last 10 days and THAT coupled with getting sick/severe allergies/something awful made me feel EXHAUSTED!

    $40 per person per hour? WOW. That’s A LOT. You’d need to drink like at least 5 drinks an hour to make that even remotely worthwhile. That’s completely ridiculous! How can they get away with charging that much?!?

    written by Liberal Banana

    September 25th, 2006 @ 1:33 pm

  3. Liz can drink 5 drinks an hour if she’s determined.

    written by Alexa

    September 25th, 2006 @ 6:20 pm

  4. Alexa,

    I want to see this phenomenon you speak of at our wedding. But will you match her?

    written by Andrew

    September 25th, 2006 @ 10:48 pm

  5. I mean, I can definitely hold my own!

    written by Liz

    September 25th, 2006 @ 11:08 pm

  6. Wow. $40 per person PER HOUR? That’s insane. Good thing you’re a pro bargain shopper (as am I).

    written by Jennifer

    September 26th, 2006 @ 2:11 pm

  7. Hiya! From one blonde to another, I just wanted to unlurk and say hello.

    Loving your writing; and although I hate to say it (and I’m late, but what the heck), I’m a Greys Anatomy freak. Gah! The obsession. It hurts.

    xo

    written by alyndabear

    September 27th, 2006 @ 5:03 am

  8. Oh, Janet. I still love you, even though your TV viewing tastes have taken a turn for the worse. :)

    written by Kelly

    September 27th, 2006 @ 3:22 pm

  9. A comment about your comment to me: You’re invited to my next dinner party. (The one I throw at my sisters’ house in Basalt, natch, at least its’ still in CO.) I looove G.A., precisely because it is SOO incredibly un-realistic. But I admit, I wanted to reach through the TV and throttle Meredith this past episode. I mean, she’s dating a guy with the same name as my CAT! (Fynn, not Finn) Who isn’t a) married b) a stupidhead c) another MD.

    Re: $40/hr/pp: Sucks, but try having a wedding out here at the Bacara (www.bacararesortandspa.com) - I do them often and gaaag over how much $ people waste on their weddings. Viva la Mexico!

    PS. Sleep now. The babies will come and you will look back on these days with faint, fond happy memories of not squandering time you could have been asleep. Or so I hear.

    written by Meepers

    September 27th, 2006 @ 10:33 pm

  10. Babiesbabiesbabies are great and wonderful and fabulous but enjoy that sleep while you can. Is all I’m sayin’.

    written by Hilary

    September 29th, 2006 @ 8:50 am