Confessions, UO, II, etc.

eilis1228 · July 2014

KeptInStitches said:

Announcement: It's National Tequila Day and that makes me ridiculously happy.

Mmm a mango margarita sounds fabulous.

tuarceatha · July 2014

PO: I could go for some tequila.

@LaPeanut1018 Super cute. Gonna try to steal it...

doubleSS07 · July 2014

UO: I'm not a huge margarita fan. The sour hurts my tummy. I have found a tequila drink I like though, it's called a Paloma. It has tequila (duh!), fresh lime juice, club soda, and grapefruit juice. I prefer it with the grapefruit sparkling soda stuff.

Blue & White · July 2014

Confession: I took a nap so I would be somewhat awake for my evening shift tonight and came back to this post having 45 unread messages and thought "oh god what have I started?" Turns out we just have a lot of leos and people that like tequila and kitchen aid mixers. Carry on, folks.

phira · July 2014

Just replying to general topics of conversation:

Guess I'm having a margarita tonight wooo.

I hate how long my hair is right now, and I hate the color. Right now, my hair is my natural color, which is definitely not a bad color, but ... it's just too light and not red enough for my ideal color. I used to dye my hair pretty often, but I'm holding out for a professional dye job right before the wedding.

It's going to be fun. I'm going to have long mousy brown hair, and then two weeks before the wedding, I'll have long dark brown hair, and right after the wedding, I'll have short dark brown hair. Quite a dramatic change over the course of a few weeks.

My grandmother and grand aunt got us the stand mixer we registered for, but we're waiting till after the wedding to use it (even though both of them have asked me if I've used it yet). I've wanted one since I was little, and I can't wait to make ALL THE COOKIES EVER.

labro · July 2014

phira said:

My grandmother and grand aunt got us the stand mixer we registered for, but we're waiting till after the wedding to use it (even though both of them have asked me if I've used it yet). I've wanted one since I was little, and I can't wait to make ALL THE COOKIES EVER.

Confession: I've open/used/washed every single one of the wedding gifts I've received so far. Oops...

Blue & White · July 2014

@LaPeanut1018 YOUR MARRIAGE IS DOOMED!!!! OMG! We legitimately have not opened, washed, or used a lot of our gifts (we checked and made sure they weren't broken though) - we were saving them for the house. WHICH MEANS I get to use them in two weeks! Hooray!!

blabla89 · July 2014

@LaPeanut1018 happy birthday! Your flowers are so pretty!

@Phira I've never seen you but I always kind of imagined you having red hair. Is that weird?

Swazzle · July 2014

We registered for a KitchenAid but we didn't get one. I wouldn't have anywhere to put it and honestly, I bake like once a year so I don't have much of a need for one.

I chopped all of my hair off a couple months ago and I. LOVE. IT. It's so great for summer and takes like 20 minutes off of my morning routine.

[Deleted User] · July 2014

On the topic of Kitchenaids and Tequila/Margaritas. . .

I have the Kitchenaid in my tiny kitchen. Somehow we found room. Then BF wanted a juicer, so somehow we found room. Then BF needed a coffee maker, so we somehow found even MORE room. . . Now, when I ask for a Margaritaville for my birthday, we have NO ROOM all of a sudden. :P

And happy happy birthday to @LaPeanut1018 !!!!!

LizzyTish88 · July 2014

Confession: I'm super weirded out because my boss just pulled his chair into his personal bathroom and has been there for 20 mins now. He might be going yes, but why would he need the chair??

lmcooper86 · July 2014

I've had a KitchenAid for a few years and I love it! I have the slightly bigger/more powerful one, the Professional series one. I got it on a major sale, and it was actually cheaper than the regular one! The only thing I don't like about it is that the motor is sort of highpitched so it can be annoying if I'm trying to do other stuff. My parents got me the pasta roller/cutter attachments for Christmas a few years ago and I put a couple of the other attachments on our registry.

No margarita for me today, I really do not like tequila!

[Deleted User] · July 2014

I love my KitchenAid mixer. I got one for my birthday about 2 years ago I believe. I don't use it every week but I use it a couple times a month. I just hate how freaking heavy it is. I feel like I'm destroying my counter tops with it. I want to get an ice cream maker attachment!!

I had a marg last night created by yours truly. I may or may not have one tonight! I like tequila in the marg but not outside...that leads to bad things. I've had tequila shots three times in my life, once in Cancun my senior year of high school, my 22nd birthday, and then my bachelorette. EMBARRASSING THINGS HAPPENED!

justbeingme93 · July 2014

Confession: The last time I had tequila... I was in Mexico, and I did NOT make it to the family dinner that night. Yup, that was super embarrassing (but absolutely LEGENDARY!!)

cu97tiger · July 2014

@LaPeanut1018 - Happy birthday! RE: sending the invitations early, keep in mind that even though you're being bugged for them, there is a reason that etiquette says 6-8 weeks. If someone is unsure of their schedule or whether they can make it, sending the invitation earlier is giving them more time to misplace it or forget if they sent the RSVP or not. Not everyone knows as soon as they get an invitation whether they will be able to go or not. You can tell those people that ask that they can put their patient pants on and wait until late August

Just my $0.02.

lavenderfields13 · July 2014

@caseface5 hahaha that is so weird about your boss. wth is he doing..

UO: I don't want a wedding/bridal shower. Everyone keeps telling me we NEED to have one. No we don't. I really don't get why people still have them these days when most couples already live together before getting married. We have the basics. Yes we could definitely use new and better things but..I don't want to "ask" other people to buy them for me.

bethsmiles · July 2014

lavenderfields13 said:

@caseface5 hahaha that is so weird about your boss. wth is he doing..

UO: I don't want a wedding/bridal shower. Everyone keeps telling me we NEED to have one. No we don't. I really don't get why people still have them these days when most couples already live together before getting married. We have the basics. Yes we could definitely use new and better things but..I don't want to "ask" other people to buy them for me.

I don't really want a shower either. Not because we already have the basics, we don't live together and don't really have all the basics, but because they seem really AWish and boring. If someone wanted to throw one, I'd rather do a BBQ couples shower or something. Just hanging out with friends with good food and drinking. I don't think I'd be crushed if no one offered to throw a bridal shower for me.

Peaseblossom55 · July 2014

Confession: I've never done a shot of tequila ever. I am now craving a magarita so bad. I have no tequila in the house.

ShallowSeas · July 2014

lavenderfields13 said:

@caseface5 hahaha that is so weird about your boss. wth is he doing..

UO: I don't want a wedding/bridal shower. Everyone keeps telling me we NEED to have one. No we don't. I really don't get why people still have them these days when most couples already live together before getting married. We have the basics. Yes we could definitely use new and better things but..I don't want to "ask" other people to buy them for me.

I was the same way. I have been living on my own for 6 years and FI and I have been living together for over a year, so we pretty much had everything we needed and had plan on buying what ever we didn't have with our own money eventually. I didn't want a shower but FMIL was SO excited about it and offered to throw me one. When I told her that I wasn't really crazy about the idea of shower, she offered to throw a couples shower, which intrigued me more. We registered for a few things that we needed to upgrade, like towels, glasses, silverware. Our registry was very small because we really just wanted the shower to be about hanging out with friends and having my friends meet his friends and our families to all meet.

lavenderfields13 · July 2014

FI initially wanted the shower because he thought "well you have been going to other people's showers and giving them gifts, now it's our turn". He would NOT want to do a jack&jill shower (or whatever you want to call it) so we're not having one- I've made it known to my wedding party (since they asked about throwing one) that I didn't want it. I've had to be REALLY firm with FMIL about the fact that I do not want one. She keeps throwing out all these options because she so badly wants some kind of shower..like she brought up a shower where everyone gives me lingerie. I don't need that kind of stuff from my FI's mom thank you very much!

phira · July 2014

@lavenderfields13 I am not having a shower, and I encountered a lot of resistance from my mom, grandmother, and aunts. I was really shocked, and pretty upset that my, "No thanks," was so repeatedly and aggressively ignored. It got to the point where my mom was already planning a "non-shower luncheon" where I "didn't have to open gifts," and I ended up kind of losing it and leaving an incredibly upset voicemail for her.

I've managed to quash most of the protests at this point, which is good. I have a reputation for being unbelievably stubborn, and for becoming more stubborn the more I'm pressured, so everyone's backed off. At least for now.

luckya23 · July 2014

Confession: I really need to have company more often than once every month or two to motivate to deep clean my house. I basically took the day off today to clean for my BFF/her SO/dogsitter to come stay this weekend. I was lazy this morning, so I will need to finish tomorrow!

Irrational irritation: My sister's obsession with her son. Don't take a 12 month old to Disney World for a week, and then claim poverty!! You are not making memories for HIM, no matter how often you say it. And even though she is a teacher and has off, she had her friend drive her dogs 2.5 hrs each way for my parents to take care of them. God forbid the baby had to be in the car and we got to see him for a few minutes!

II2: I don't really care to have BFF's SO staying here at my house, but since she offered to dog sit what can I say.

UO: I am thinking that I do want to have an engagement party/housewarming soonish. Probably when I finish the work in the basement and SO moves in, if the weather is still nice.

bethsmiles · July 2014

Kelani23 said:

Confession: I really need to have company more often than once every month or two to motivate to deep clean my house. I basically took the day off today to clean for my BFF/her SO/dogsitter to come stay this weekend. I was lazy this morning, so I will need to finish tomorrow!
Irrational irritation: My sister's obsession with her son. Don't take a 12 month old to Disney World for a week, and then claim poverty!! You are not making memories for HIM, no matter how often you say it. And even though she is a teacher and has off, she had her friend drive her dogs 2.5 hrs each way for my parents to take care of them. God forbid the baby had to be in the car and we got to see him for a few minutes!
II2: I don't really care to have BFF's SO staying here at my house, but since she offered to dog sit what can I say.
UO: I am thinking that I do want to have an engagement party/housewarming soonish. Probably when I finish the work in the basement and SO moves in, if the weather is still nice.

You really shouldn't throw your own engagement party. It's tacky.

GoldenPenguin · July 2014

Confession: I can't wait to have a bridal shower.

luckya23 · July 2014

I didn't say I was throwing it, although "the guides" say it is perfectly fine.

bethsmiles · July 2014

Kelani23 said:

I didn't say I was throwing it, although "the guides" say it is perfectly fine.

**STUCK IN BOX**
What guides? I suggest you hop on the etiquette board, throwing an engagement party for yourself is rude for the same reasons throwing a shower for yourself is rude. It tends to be a gift-giving event and you shouldn't host a party in your own honor.

eilis1228 · July 2014

II: We have a friend, we'll call him R, who has known FI since junior high or high school. We see R, his wife, and 2-year-old daughter maybe once a month. Apparently R always looks forward to these gatherings and gets really excited about seeing us. R and his wife struggle financially and emotionally, so I guess we're an outlet of sorts for him. Plus he gets to hang out with people who don't have kids and stuff, so it's a chance for him to shirk responsibility? I dunno. Anyway, a while back R offered to help us move tomorrow, but he said he would have to bring his daughter. We never really said yes or no, but the idea of moving and having to keep an eye on his daughter made me uncomfortable. I don't want her to get into anything or even get hurt, you know? Anyway, I was hoping he'd forgotten about it, but he texted me today asking if we were still on for tomorrow. I politely told him we didn't need help since we'd moved so much over already, and he wouldn't let it go. He asked, "So you don't want to hang out tomorrow?" I told him that I didn't really think moving was the same as hanging out since we'd be busy unpacking and setting up our apartment and wouldn't really be able to sit around and catch up, you know? He still wouldn't drop it and kept saying how much he looked forward to seeing us. I now feel super guilty, but I'm also annoyed that he won't drop it... he keeps trying to guilt me into letting him come over. FI is busy at work right now and not responding to my pleas for help...

bethsmiles · July 2014

@Eilis1228 - That is super annoying. I don't respond well to being guilt-tripped - do not try to manipulate me! Maybe if you offer up another time to meet up he'll drop it?

bookishgiraffes · July 2014

Confession: I feel bad for being snappy/angry with my landlord today. It was deserved, since he broke his lease and doesn't seem to care about when he sends my deposit back, but I feel bad for growing a back bone and being confrontational.

II. All the girls on my FB who are gushing over 50 Shades of Grey and who want a Christian Grey of their own.

eilis1228 · July 2014

@bethsmiles I thought that too. I told him this was just a really chaotic time and said we would love to get together sometime soon once we're settled. He said his work hours are changing soon and reiterated that he missed us and wanted to see us. I finally just stopped responding. I'll let FI handle it. I mean, seriously, who continues to bug someone to hang out when they've said they're busy? But I guess it's sweet that he cares about us that much? I dunno.

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