Thank you card wording

amyelise25

I'm getting ready to start my thank you cards and I am trying to figure out what to say for the ones that gave us money.   Part of the money we recieved went towards excursions and meals during our honeymoon.  The rest is going towards various home improvement projects (we already own two homes). 

We had plenty of money in savings to cover expenses during the honeymoon, so we didn't need to use our wedding money.  It just worked out that way.

Is it OK to mention that we used some $ for the honeymoon on the TY cards, or should we say that it will be used for home improvements? 

Thank you for the last bit of wedding ettiquete advice I think I'll need!

misshart00

I think it's fine to say you used some on your honeymoon. That way, you can be more specific in your thank you cards.

Maggie0829

I think it is perfectly acceptable to say that you used the money on your HM.  They gave you a gift and with a gift you can use it however you see fit.  If that means spending the money on you HM then so be it.  H and I used some of the money we got for our HM (dinners, drinks, excursions, not to actually pay for the trip) and I said so in the TY cards.

Heck, they gave you money, if they were really concerned with how their gift was going to be used they would have either purchased you an actual physical gift (ie, coffee maker) or a gift card to use at the store of their choosing.

MrsMack10612

We got all of our thank you cards out before we had decided what we were going to do with the money that we were given.

We just said thank you for the generous gift.

itzMS

We tailored ours towards each individual.

For Great Aunt Suzy who sent $$, we stuck to the traditional wording and said "we plan to invest in our future/complete our placesettings/etc"

For our friends who sent $$, we said how we used it to do xyz fun thing/fancy meal on our honeymoon...blah blah

Jen4948

It's okay to say how you are using the money, and some etiquette advisors, like Miss Manners, recommend it.

What you don't want is a thank-you note that sounds like a form letter.

Kristin789

In my area, it is NOT ok to say you took someone's hard-earned wedding gift money and blew it on your sexy HM. 

Wedding gfits, including money that you use to purchase a wedding gift off of your registry, are supposed to be long-lasting momentoes that represent the hopes that the giver has about your marriage, which hopefully will be long-lasting.  The gift represents the giver, who by witnessing your ceremony is now a marriage-mentor for you and can be called upon when things go from good times to not-so-good times.

amyelise25

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/wedding-boards_etiquette_thank-you-card-wording?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Wedding%20BoardsForum:9Discussion:6365b99e-ccbd-4d5e-a0dd-2f2b70b2f220Post:59e2cb6f-c8d9-495a-8a21-403f9f26de80">Re: Thank you card wording</a>:
[QUOTE]In my area, it is NOT ok to say you took someone's hard-earned wedding gift money and blew it on your sexy HM.  Wedding gfits, including money that you use to purchase a wedding gift off of your registry, are supposed to be long-lasting momentoes that represent the hopes that the giver has about your marriage, which hopefully will be long-lasting.  The gift represents the giver, who by witnessing your ceremony is now a marriage-mentor for you and can be called upon when things go from good times to not-so-good times.
Posted by Kristin789[/QUOTE]

I hope their wishes about my marriage include a new dryer because that is what their money is going towards. 

We aren't a young couple that needs to build a home.  We have a home that is fully furnished with everything that we need (minus a crappy dryer).