February 15, 2010

I'm Out.

Has anyone seen Without a Paddle?  It's a movie that was released in 2004 and is quite possibly one of the funniest movies I've ever seen.  To this day I still quote lines from this great movie.  I say "I'm out." a lot, probably started in 04 after seeing the movie, it can be said sarcastically (which usually it is) or when I'm mad/annoyed arguing the same point with Tom.  We both have "dominant" personalities, he even said the other day, "Your dominance outweighs mine most of the time." which made me smile even though the real meaning behind it was, "You are a stubborn B-word, stop telling me what to do we aren't even married."  I'm just realizing now that the quote from the movie would indeed take an entire blog post because it's that long and hilarious.  So long quote story short, my favorite character, Dr Mott, freaks out in the middle of nowhere, says to everyone "I'm Out!" and tries giving up on their trek to find DB Coopers treasure.  He has a total breakdown and it's the funniest scene!


So, I'm saying now, "I'm Out!" with slight sarcasm, and a little seriousness to an underlying situation of laziness, procrastination, indecisiveness, and all around boredom.  Does that sentence even make sense?  Whatever, you get me, right?  (You meaning my friend, the blog, who doesn't talk back or give me pity.)  This is what we call a BREAKDOWN.

Want to know what I'm out on?

* Wedding color decision.  Thought we had it picked, now we don't, it's so annoying.  Will someone please just tell me what to do?  Here's my ish...I don't like black and white with any accent color, especially red or hot pink.  I don't particularly like the colors red or yellow, so I don't want anything to be those colors.  I want tan suits, but nothing looks good with tan except white and I can't do tan and white only.  So what to do, what to do....

* Wedding dress decision.  I know what I want, I love the idea in my head of the dress I want.  No where has it, I mean NO WHERE.  Mom, want to make a dress too?  Kinda serious here....
Everything is strapless and my problem with that is my two little lady friends up front who don't exactly "fit" in strapless dresses with any sort of class or tact.  The last thing I want to do on my wedding day is flash my family or friends, I also don't want to constantly pull up my dress to adjust "the ladies."  Let's be honest here, I'm not the skinniest broad out there either, and that weird skin/flab gather up on the top of all the strapless dresses (you ALL know what I'm talking about) is not what I'm going for.  Can't I just buy a regular dress and bleach it white?  Only half kidding here, if only that would work. 


* I want a hair cut.  I also want long hair for the wedding.  If I knew I could get it to grow 9" in 3 months, I would chop it off shoulder length and then start growing it out in June. 

*Save The Dates, Invitations, all that garb.  All I have to say is this, "BOOO!"  I know it's supposed to be fun, but really all you married girls, is it really?  I'm not actually having fun with it.  I wanted to make Save The Dates, but it's a lot of work and Tom totally called me out on this.  He said, "You are going to buy that stamp and never use it."  My response, "Yes I will, I will start making samples tonight!"  Guess what?!  I used it...once...gave up and I have the samples still sitting on my coffee table staring me down as I walk by saying, "He told you so, he told you so!"  So, everyone is ok with email invites, right?  Ha ha...

* Flowers.  Alright, so I never paid attention in my Botony class, so forgive me if I have NO IDEA what your talking about when you say Chrysanthu-what, hydrang-a-something or other, etc.  Did someone say rose?  I totally got that down, but anything else I'm lost.  So don't ask me what my flowers are because it's the last thing on my mind.  In fact, if I never figure it out, I'll be stopping at Costco the day before and picking up an assortment of flowers.  It will be awesome.

So there you have it.  I'm Out on wedding plans.  Email invites will read, "September 17, sometime after 5:00!"

6 comments:

Annette said...

I'm with you on the whole "I'm Out" thing. Why does it have to be so complicated. It's one day in your life. It doesn't determine the next 50 years. Is it really worth all the headache, fuss, and expense?

Annette said...

Sorry, that sounded pretty negative. I just don't like wedding receptions - didn't even really care for my own. But I do like to get together with family and friends to celebrate.

Julie Ann said...

Seriously? This is not the Muffin we all know and love. Either you've got some kind of crazy depression going on or you're natural decision-making prowess and uber awesomeness are being totally squashed by traditions and fanfare. Take a minute. Think of you and Tom. That's what this wedding is about, so stop worrying about colors and start having FUN!

Bon said...

I echo what Julie says! Enjoy every minute...you end up not remembering colors, decor, etc. It is more the feelings. The special moments throughout the day, etc. It will be beautiful and perfect no matter what!

allie said...

Listen to Julie and Bon... Seriously sweetheart... no matter what you do, your children are going to call it "lame" someday.. Here's what you do... Take a cute picture, run it to the Costco and make 50 for $15 save the date cards.. Nobody cares about cute crafty crap.. We only want your big faces on our fridge reminding us not to schedule our annual mammogram that day... right? OR.. 15 years ago I had never even heard of "Save the date".. so be retro and simply don't do it.. Stick with your fiesta theme.. it's awesome!! and call for a pot luck.. You know we would all do it and LOVE it!! The only thing that will put a damper on your day are high expectations.. just be you and Tom.. FUN!!

Purcellville said...

Why don't you do Tan,dark teal, dark purple,and cream. Those all look gourgeous together. Flowers are easy with those colors. I know it gets really stressful but really listen to Julie. It doesn't matter really what you have because no one is really going to remember except you guys. Just be yourself. Good luck with the wedding dress and your hair trim it then after the wedding cut it! NEVER do something big to your hair until after the BIG event. You never know if the hairdresser is having a good day or a bad day. Hang in there and remember follow your heart and just have FUN!