Wait, whaaaaaaaaat?

I confess...

It takes a lot to set me off really bad but it's recently happened.

I confess...

I really want to punch someone in the face right now. Ok, maybe that's a bit dramatic but I'm seriously pissed.

I confess...
I really need some advice.

Ok, so here's the deal.....

I got a call from my cousin, Michele. She started rambling on and on about some weekend where she was expected to pay $500 to stay in a hotel. I really had no idea what she meant. At first I thought she was talking about Disney World because she's going with her family in a few weeks. Nope, that wasn't it. My brother's wedding? Nope. I just wasn't following. Then the conversation went like this:

Michele: Why didn't you tell me about Jackie's bachelorette party?
Kelly: I was going to tell you, Jenn (her sister) & Nicole (our cousin) when everything was planned and finalized.
M: Kel, the E-vite went out. It's a little late for that.
K: E-vite? What E-vite?
M: You tell me. It says "thrown by the bridal party"
K: I have no idea what you're talking about. Read it to me.

So she proceeds to read the E-vite that was sent out on “behalf of the bridal party.” It details an entire weekend from Friday at 6pm to Sunday at noon. The hotel is $245 a night and sleeps 4. The bridal party has reserved 2 rooms. On Saturday we are going to a club (which costs $100 to get into) in NY. Blah, blah, blah...

Wait…whaaaaaaaaaaaaat? I was speechless. Completely speechless. None of the other bridesmaids asked for my input, opinions or even emailed/called/text to tell me about the plans. When Michele and I got off the phone I went into my email. I checked my inbox, my deleted emails and my spam. Not one single message about the girls’ weekend. Not even the E-vite. What the fuck was going on???

I text Michele to ask her if she could send me the E-vite. When I opened it, I scrolled down the list of guests. Each bridesmaid was invited along with several of Jackie's friends and relatives. Michele & Nicole were invited, but Jenn was not. Neither was I.

Yes, you heard correctly. I was not invited to my sister-in-law to be's bachelorette party. 2 of my cousins were. I was not.

I confess...
I'm really pissed and hurt that they completely forgot about me. I mean, the last time I checked, I was a bridesmaid. Oh, not to mention, the groom's sister!! Grrrrr.

I confess...
Part of me wants to be a super bitch and call them out on it...to let them KNOW they forgot about me. The other part of me thinks that since they didn't bother to invite me that I'm not obligated to respond at all. Michele says I have to go but I don't want to. The bachelorette party is 2 weeks from Christmas and a month from their wedding. I’d rather spend the money on those things than to waste hundreds of dollars for one weekend... not to mention be stuck with a bunch of bitches that don't care enough to make sure the entire bridal party was invited. No thanks.

I confess...
I really hope that since they couldn’t bother to fill me in on their plans or hell - invite me - that I don’t factor into their financial calculations. I hope they don’t expect me to put in money for the weekend that I’m not invited to. Fuck that. Not happening!


What would you do? Should I say something to them or ignore it? I told my brother what happened but I haven’t told Jackie. I know that planning a wedding is stressful. I really don’t want to add to her stress.

What to do?? Akkkk!

What are you confessing this week? Link up.

TGIF!

730 days of HAPPY!

Oh my goodness! I almost forgot that the Happy List moved to Tuesdays. Good thing I remembered at the last minute. This is more of an over all HAPPY POST as opposed to a Happy List.

Yesterday Hubby & I celebrated our 2 year anniversary. I cannot believe it's been two whole years since we tied the knot! It seems like it was only a few months ago.

Our wedding day was really fun and everyone remarked how you could just feel the love in the room. Kind of sappy but true. The weather didn't cooperate and I hated our photographer but it was still perfect.

 

Gary, our bagpiper



Celtic tradition of hand-tying (where the phrase "tying the knot came from!)

 

Trying to breathe :)



You may kiss the bride!

Just married

It was time for the first dance. We danced to "All I want is you" by U2. I have a hard time being serious for too long so I started singing along. "All I want is youuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuu!"

Bbbbhahahahahaha! I love that picture! Now that all the formalities were over, it was time for my girls and I to relax and have a few drinks....oh, and dance our asses off!

Did you do a double take? Yes, you counted correctly.  I had eight bridesmaids. 8. I wouldn't have had it any other way. Each one of those women is significant to me in one way or another and I couldn't imagine getting married without each one by my side. I remember jamming to "I gotta feeling" by The Black Eyed Peas. That song will forever remind me of my wedding day and my girls. I love them all so much!!

I am so HAPPY to have such an amazing man in my life. I'm also so HAPPY to have such wonderful friends and family. Thank you to everyone who helped celebrate our special day. You all make me ridiculously HAPPY! I am one lucky girl to be celebrating 730 days of wedded bliss!

Have a HAPPY night!

My Happy List

Saturday morning means another Happy List! :)







1. I had a really crappy week at work, so I'm happy it's over. YAY.


2. I'm so happy that my brother's wedding is getting closer. 5 months from tomorrow! I was scrolling through their engagement pictures online this morning, and I can see how bored Kevin gets towards the end of the shoot. You can totally see the expression on his face saying, "Are we done YET???" Hahaha. I love my brother.


3. I'm very happy I'm a bridesmaid so I get to share in all the excitement of their big day.


4. I'm happy that invitations for both showers have gone out. I'm nervous that I will spill the beans on the other shower. Uggg, I hope not. Just in case I didn't tell you, we are having a small family shower at my Mom's house in PA and then the "real" (or BIG I guess is a better word) shower in Maryland where my my brother and Jackie live. Our small shower isn't a surprise (Jackie text me to RSVP yesterday which I thought was hysterical) but her other shower is.


5. I'm happy to be going dress shopping again with my Mom for her dress for the big day. We found a dress that we both liked but we wanted to see what else is out there. I know she will end up with that first dress! :)
6. I'm super happy that I just signed up for the Sisterhood of the traveling journal . I don't know all the details but it sounds fun. I'll keep you posted.


Oh random side note - I did get my pedicure last week. The color is so cute, it's a bright pink color called "108 degrees." HAPPY!


I have to get ready for my big dress date with my Mom. Hope you all have a fabulous Saturday!

Kevin & Jackie

Hi everyone. Happy Friday!

I wanted to say thank you and welcome to my new readers. I have found a lot of cool, fun blogs to follow as a result of the blog hops. I'm so glad that you found me too. If anyone follows me, I promise to always follow back. I tried to comment on a few blogs but it seems as though blogger is currently acting up so I'm not able to. Lame!

Anyway...

As some of you may know, my brother, Kevin, is getting married in January. I couldn't be happier for him...and truthfully,  for me. Jackie, my sister-in-law to be, is amazing. She is everything I ever wanted for my brother. I always begged my parents for a sister but that never quite worked out for me.  ;)  I finally have a sister in Jackie. I love, love, love her!! I honestly can't say enough good things about her. We are so lucky to have Jackie in our family.

This was taken at my wedding. Aren't they cute? I'm pretty sure that's the biggest smile you will ever get out of my dear brother.

Since I didn't do a lot of blogging for my own wedding, I have decided that I will be sharing all the fun and exciting details leading up to their big day. We still have a while to go (and for me, a more than a few pounds to lose) so I will be posting stuff in the upcoming months. For now, take a look at my treasury that was inspired by their plans so far. Enjoy! (I'm really not sure why the last 2 spots are missing. Do people delete their items out of treasuries?? If so, rude!)

Have a great weekend!

Love, Kelly

First blog. Yay.

I actually have no idea what I'm doing or why I'm doing it. This is my first blog, obviously.

I'm getting married in a few months. I'm a pretty crafty girl so I can't sit back and watch someone else make the stuff for my wedding. I feel like I need to do it all myself. And that's not a bad thing. I'm not quite sure what compelled me to share my experiences with the world. Maybe it was that I saw tons of DIY brides blogging about the crap they make...and I became obsessed. Does anyone care? Probably not. But I'm going to post my stuff too. So there. :) I still have a looooooooot to do so I probably shouldn't be blogging about what I have to do, I should be doing it. Oh well. I'll get to that...some time. By the way, I'm pretty good at procrastinating, as you can tell.

I need to get all of my photos together. I'm going post my wedding craftyness and also the before, during and after shots of our house being remodeled.

One thing at the time I guess.