July 2012 Weddings

Lost my Mind Tonight-Vent

So I'm sitting her with my book of STD's (which have been sitting at my house for about three weeks now).  You might say to yourself "Why didn't she send them out yet.  Here's the run down:
-I asked for a FINALIZED list of guests from FI's mom and my mom (their guest and okaying the family guest) weeks ago, heck, even months ago...but truely asked for them to be done by the time the STD's came in.  The FINALLY both gave me their names last week.
-I went out to find clear labels that would fit on them and had to go to three stores to find them
-I started typing the addresses on one computer, and that computer decided to start randomly delete stuff, so I switched computers.  FI's computer doesn't have that program, so I had to use my work computer- which doesn't connect to my printer, so then I had to email them back to my old computer to print out
-I go to print them out on the clear labels and the labels don't feed correctly into my printer. I of course, don't realize this until they are printed (and wasted).  I then waste the rest of the labels trying to figure out what is wrong (since they printed fine on paper).

So I sat here, crying.  I called my mother and then proceeded to tell her (and my FI who was listening) that this was all happening because I am doing everyhting on my own and no one is helping me.  I said I have enough to do work wise then to deal with all this nonsense and I am losing my mind and I got hysterical.

I think I just needed to get this story out there and be done with it.  God do I wish I had a wedding planner!!!!!!!!
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Re: Lost my Mind Tonight-Vent

  • awww!!! Beabull!!!! It's okay!!!  It is that time where we're going to start having our freak-outs!!  Just hand write them! =)  If you mail me them with all the postage ready to go, I will hand write them for you and have them out the door the day after I get them =)  (depending what time I get them!)

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  • Hang in there! I had a fight with my printer last night, too! It makes no sense how they'll change the alignment they print on when it sense the paper is different. Maybe the printer companies are in cohoots with the label companies in an evil ploy to get us to waste labels and buy more from them!

    How many STDs are you sending? Maybe handwriting would  be the easiest. Do you have any BMs or other friends who could lend a hand? I'm sure it'd go by fast with some wine and a movie...
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  • Hang in there, I would just hand write them.  I hate dealing with labels and setting them up on the computer and such.  I'm glad my boss shares the same detest so we have a type writer (seriously) for labels at work because we always screw them up on the computer.  So I guess another choice would be a typewriter if you still have one, if not hand writing with some friends maybe or your mom and FI.

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  • Thanks for the support girls!  My mom said she would come over tonight so we can get them done.  I'll let you know how it goes.

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  • Uh oh it's our first I am sure of many freak outs on TK.  I am sure you were just stressed out and it seemed like it was a pain the as* to do.  Just take a deep breath maybe starting it fresh tonight with your mom will help you out :)
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  • I'm glad your mom is coming over to help.  I agree with the other ladies--hand write for sure!  People aren't going to care if it's not some pretty calligraphic writing.
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  • I feel your pain... I wasted so many envelopes trying to print addresses on them myself so eventually I gave up and got plain labels to put on my invites... only I got labels for a laserjet printer and not an inkjet printer like I have at home.  DOH.  Once you figure it out, it's a good feeling once it's done with!!
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  • Aw, sorry. Do realise that people don't know your schedule, and no one is thinking 'That STD that Bbmom was going to send me is late, her wedding will be bad'. People will be happy when they receive them, with labels or handwritten. Good luck!
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  • Yes it's definitely freak out time! It's okay Beabull! I need a wedding planner too lol!! But hang in there, it's great you have family to help you out! We'll all make it :)
  • i had a very similar freakout on my fiance!!! he isn't able to make phone calls at work like i am (since he works in a hospital) and i freaked out on him and said that it wasn't fair that i had to do everything myself and that no one was helping me, etc. etc. sounds very similar to how you felt!!! i realized that even though that is how i feel, it isn't truly the case, and there are lots of people who are happy to do what they can to help us (there are just certain things that ONLY us can do). 

    i am nervous about the labels too - i am so sorry that happened to you!!! this makes me think that i should definitely do my own handwriting on the save the dates as well :) i am glad your mom was able to help you!
  • I'm sorry :( 

    I agree with PPs on hand-writing them, that's what I did!
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