I've Found New Things on Teh Interwebz

Lately the BF and I have decided we'd like to get married sometime in the not too distant future. We haven't looked at rings, we haven't made any announcements, but we pretty much decided that we love each other and want to get married some day. Simple as that.

Of course, being a girl, I get secretly (well, maybe not so secretly) excited about shiny things and planning a party. Because what is a wedding if not an awesome party you throw so friends and family can be around you at an awesome moment in your life?

On that note, there's a GAZILLION and one things on the internet about weddings. Some are pretty, some are nifty, and others are downright scary. There is literally no end to the crap you can spend money on surrounding the wedding. The dress! The cake! The flowers! The food! The cake topper shaped like two mermice! The Tears of Joy hankies! Wait... what?

It appears that some women view their wedding as some sort of parade of how much money they (or their family) can flush down the toilet.

I can't even fathom the lengths some people go to. It's a party, how hard can it be? You need a place, some food, guests, wine (no party of mine is ever without wine, thanks, Dad!), some sort of outline for the event and some nifty party clothes. That's it. Anything else is totall superflouous.

I've been to a few weddings, and the only things I remember are if the food was good, the ceremony was short but sweet and if I had fun. Nothing else mattered. Sure, open bar is nice, but beer and wine work too. Sure, little favors are cool, but unless it's something I can use (like mints or M&Ms) I'm probably going to chuck it when I get home. I cannot remember the napkins at ANY wedding, monogrammed or not, and the decorations are a blur too. My cousin's wedding appeared to lack any kind of color scheme, but I only noticed b/c someone pointed it out!

What am I supposed to say, "Your blatant flouting of the Color Scheme Rulz has totally detracted from my enjoyment of the ceremony and I will now go home and cry about what an awful person you are."

I mean really. o_O

So now I have a few awesome sights that I love to read b/c they actually appear to be written by real people, not cracked-out crazies who think their whole life leads up to their wedding day.

This is the coolest site ever and I love almost every post I've read so far. Love the author's ribbon veil. Totally speaks to my crafty, I made it myself isn't it pretty side. A veil made out of ribbon? That's easy to make? And doesn't cost a fortune? And looks really neat? Sign me up!

This site is quite frightening and makes me despair over the future of humanity.

This video, this video and this video made me snort milk out of my nose and onto my cat, but also make me despair over the future of humanity.

It seems like people place so much value on one freaking day of their entire lives. It's a wedding, it's just a party, what about the MARRIAGE that's supposed to come after? In all the planning and making sure the candles match the cake, was there ANY thought that went into what married life would mean to you?

Maybe eloping and getting married by Elvis in LV would indeed be easier. I can already see the appeal and I've barely gotten my tootsies wet in the whole wedding idea.