It's time for a small and not especially well-written gripefest.
I'm tired of filling out job applications, writing cover letters, and tweaking my resume! Tired of it, ya hear?! I couldn't even get an interview for an elementary school receptionist position. How insulting!
But more than the tedium of applications, I'm tired of not being employed. It leaves me with way too much time to sit in front of the computer screen looking at wedding blogs and stressing out about how to decorate the reception and other decisions that don't really matter in the end.
I have an interview in Waco on Monday. Praying that this job is it.
Thursday, September 16, 2010
Thursday, September 2, 2010
the bottom line
The average wedding in Texas costs more than $26,000, according to one statistic I read.
That's like all of my student debt, plus almost all of our wedding budget. Unbelievable!
This would be an impractical amount for my family to spend for a wedding, so I've been scouring the web for stories from brides who have planned low-budget weddings. I've discovered a few things:
Most of them keep their guest lists short. Really short. Sometimes it's just family.
Most of them are best friends with a whole slew of people who have the precise skill sets they need in their vendors -- their aunt is a baker, their cousin is a photographer, or their grandparents happen to own a manor with several acres of beautifully-kept grounds.
A lot of them do short, afternoon weddings.
Most of them take a nontraditional approach. This could mean anything -- nonfloral decorations, casual attire, receptions in local parks, or even foregoing the white tiered wedding cake.
I had some good, nontraditional ideas, but my enthusiasm was not enough to convince my mother.
I pushed for a carnival-themed reception for months. Visions of cotton candy were dancing in my head, but my mom refused to accept hot dogs, funnel cake, popcorn, and soft pretzels as "wedding food."
(Side note: Who even likes "wedding food" anyway? Wouldn't something different be refreshing? I think so.)
So my parade, unfortunately, has been rained upon.
I'm also playing with the idea of a fiesta theme: paper decorations (tissue and crepe paper flowers everywhere, papeles picados, etc), fajitas, salsa, guacamole, margaritas. Ooh! Buñuelos.
Who doesn't love Tex-Mex? It beats cheese cubes and finger sandwiches any day of the week.
That's like all of my student debt, plus almost all of our wedding budget. Unbelievable!
This would be an impractical amount for my family to spend for a wedding, so I've been scouring the web for stories from brides who have planned low-budget weddings. I've discovered a few things:
Most of them keep their guest lists short. Really short. Sometimes it's just family.
Most of them are best friends with a whole slew of people who have the precise skill sets they need in their vendors -- their aunt is a baker, their cousin is a photographer, or their grandparents happen to own a manor with several acres of beautifully-kept grounds.
A lot of them do short, afternoon weddings.
Most of them take a nontraditional approach. This could mean anything -- nonfloral decorations, casual attire, receptions in local parks, or even foregoing the white tiered wedding cake.
I had some good, nontraditional ideas, but my enthusiasm was not enough to convince my mother.
I pushed for a carnival-themed reception for months. Visions of cotton candy were dancing in my head, but my mom refused to accept hot dogs, funnel cake, popcorn, and soft pretzels as "wedding food."
(Side note: Who even likes "wedding food" anyway? Wouldn't something different be refreshing? I think so.)
So my parade, unfortunately, has been rained upon.
I'm also playing with the idea of a fiesta theme: paper decorations (tissue and crepe paper flowers everywhere, papeles picados, etc), fajitas, salsa, guacamole, margaritas. Ooh! Buñuelos.
Who doesn't love Tex-Mex? It beats cheese cubes and finger sandwiches any day of the week.
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