Save the Dates!

I had read somewhere, perhaps in my Emily Post Wedding Etiquette book and my Emily Post Wedding Handbook that 'Save the Dates' should go out usually 'generally six months' in advance. So I thought I had till like December....Carrie, my wedding planner, sent me an email about two weeks ago and was like we need to start thinking about Save the Dates because they should go out by end of October...I was like ummm okkkkk. Since a majority of my guests will be traveling to my wedding it is therefore classified as a "Destination Wedding." And with Destination Weddings you need to send out Save the Dates a lot earlier, which makes sense.

So looking at my calendar I was booked until end of October, which obviously wasn't going to work, but I was able to go home this past weekend again.

My Mom, Emily, and I headed up to Burlington, VT early Saturday morning. We knew of a place named "Scribbles" on Church Street, downtown Burlington, that was known for having lots of quality invitations and stationary. I had called them multiple times throughout the week and sent a "request for an appointment" on their website, but I hadn't heard back from them, which I found very rude and bad service, so I had mixed feelings going there.

Come to find out.............they closed last week............hahahaha. FIGURES. We walked to where it was and their sign was still there, but it was empty :( I was like ohh no wonder they didn't pick up my phone calls or return my email! Just another tragedy due to the current economy. But what makes it funny is I guess my Mom was telling Matthew, my brother, our plans for Saturday, and he was like I think Scribbles is closing, they are having a big sale. My Mom thought he was kidding, plus how would he know if a stationary store was closing...he's a guy! haha. Sooo all along he was right.....hahah.

Anyways, before going there I had already kind of made of my mind that I wanted Save the Date magnets. I've always seen them in magazines and they've always caught my eye and I've always thought they would be so fun and so practical! So after we saw they were closed I was like yes, its meant to be, I should definitely just order magnets! haha.

That night with the help of my parents, I designed our Save the Date, and I couldn't be more happier with them! SOO excited! I can not wait for them to come in...and then send them out!!