Today I went to a local print shop that a friend recommended. She printed her invites there a few months ago and said they have amazingly low prices and awesome quality. And they do! I went to test print our invites and the color was dead on. I won't have to adjust a thing (which I was concerned about.)
BUT the paper we want is imported and having issues at customs. It hasn't been in for a month and it was supposed to arrive today. It didn't and the owner called and was informed it should arrive in maximum 2 weeks. I don't have two weeks!! We're leaving for NY Feb 3rd and we have to take some of our invites with us!! The owner said the estimate arrival date is Monday and that 2 weeks is just the maximum, so she said to call back Monday as it should be in. But I know how most things go around here.. I wouldn't be surprised if that paper doesn't come in for another month!
The paper we want is a pretty white pearlized paper made specially for the specific printer they have. Apparently this printer is one of the best in the area, because besides the quality, its printing system allows for print jobs to come out ridiculously cheap. But it doesn't work with just any paper.. meaning I can't just buy a similar white pearlized paper and print there. *sigh*
SO now I'm freaking out that the paper might not come in. There are other papers but they're not half as nice. We could go somewhere else but it will cost us more than double. So I guess now we're just looking at 3 options.. 1) Print on the other not so special/ pretty papers, 2) go somewhere else, pay more than double but with the paper we want, or 3) not take invites to the US in February, wait for our paper to come in, pay shipping to send our invites to the US.....

don't really like any of those options much. And I feel retarded flipping out about PAPER (stupid wedding brain).. but the truth is I really do want these invites to look great and make a nice first impression.
Vent over