Well, there's been a bit of excitement this week with the invitations: they were supposed to ship (UPS ground) Monday, and I called on Thursday, and was assured they were going out that day (I told them I wanted my shipping upgraded no charge). Then on Friday I checked the shipping info on the website again and none was posted, and I called again. They said they were having to rerun the envelopes with printed return addresses because they had printed them in the wrong color (my invitations are a dusky purple ink). I asked what color, they said 'black', I said 'I want them anyway'. If it was red...you know, but black, I can live with. Then, they called back AGAIN and said 'weeell they've already been destroyed'. SO, the moral of the story is, they have SWORN and promised me that they were going to be overnighted on Monday for Tuesday, and that they are going to refund me the cost of the envelopes.

It's bringing the RSVP date really close, but it will be ok, since it is an informal telephone RSVP anyway. We'll get them Tuesday, address them Tuesday evening, mail them Wednesday, and they should arrive Thursday the 20th or Friday th 21st, which gives people 10-11 days to call and RSVP. Not terrible, I guess, but it's a week later than I planned.

But, Hell, if this is the big 'hiccough' for the whole thing, I'm in pretty good shape. I really need to go find a minister now...LOL!

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