Snatches-of-Bliss-and-Are-You-Freaking-Out-Yet?

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Changed da house,
Changed da look.

BTW, my bathrobe's usually pink
and we don't have a fireplace.
Other than that,
it's pretty accurate...

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Tuesday, December 28, 2004

~ Shopped and Thank You-ed out ~

When we decided not to go with a departmental store bridal registry, we thought we were doing everyone a favour. Not only did we not fancy subjecting everyone to buying $29 tea towels or something equally asinine, we also figured we like the option of buying the goods in a variety of places. You know, save the $29 for something else and get $2.90 tea towels instead. Or something.

After opening all the wedding presents though (refer to entry on 24 December next time, when I actually get around to writing it), we realise that we were indeed cash rich, but also chocked with vouchers from a selection of places which meant that Tony had to do what he loves least - shopping. And the thing about vouchers? They expire after a point.

We know we have about a 2 year grace period, but we were also keen to make use of the present post-Christmas sale and Tony's leave from work. Most of all, vouchers tend to create the blackhole where one holds onto them for dear life, waiting for the ultimate bargain to come along and then never really spending them.

We were keen to avoid that. So keen, that we've managed to spend almost all of them today. That roughly translates to about $650 worth of newlywed goodies. I have rarely gone on a spree the way we did today. It was oddly liberating, but rather unnerving. Even though everything was paid for in vouchers - which aren't even technically our money - we both felt the pinch, and I think Tony ached particularly. I just resorted to Ostrichism, and was determined not to compare prices once we bought something.

I have to say that I'm quite delighted with the spoils, though. Until I moved to Australia, I had never owned an electrical household item; never bought one with my money and cradled it and called my own. The epilator doesn't count. I'm talking Household Goods that scream HomeMaker, like electric grillers, Maxwell Williams stainless steel, 25-year guarantee dining cutlery, Good Crockery to entertain guests with... I'm talking multi-purpose pots with vegetable and pasta steamers, non-stick saucepans of various sizes to COOK with. I'm talking serious culinary weaponry like cleavers (still looking), cheese slicers, and metal sieves. I'm talking grown woman, things-only-my-mother-used-to-care-about, WIFE stuff. I can't believe I can get this excited over an electric griller.

That is, until I have to start writing the Thank You cards.

Tony and I have just finished the last of the Thank-You-For-Your-Help-With-Wedding-Preparations cards. Tonight, we embarked on the Thank-You-For-The-2nd-Set-of-Kaki-Coloured-Towels-We're-Not-Sure-What-To-Do-With headache. We've done about 25. We calculate that we've got another 32 to go. And we haven't even had the reception in Singapore yet, which has twice the number of guests we just had.

But, as wedding tasks go, this is one of the most important. We truly are thankful for the outpouring of love and affection and monies and goodwill and all things white and pretty and mushy. I think the chief reason we're determined to finish the thank you cards before the year ends, is our gratefulness that we turned out so loved.

# posted by Velle | 10:30 pm

2 Comments:

Thanks! So happy for me too, heh heh!
Will see you - and everyone else - soon enough! Hoorah!

By Velle, at 4:56 pm
use your newfound wealth (all the cash u got!) to come to NZ!!!!! yes yes do that!!!!

Once again, congrads! I'm happy for you too! : - )

By Priyanca, at 5:46 am