Cathy Classics by Cathy Guisewite for September 16, 2015
September 15, 2015
September 17, 2015
Transcript:
Voice on phone: Most reception sites are booked one to two years in advance. Mom: One to two years?? Voice: Some brides book the room before they're engaged. Mom: What?? Voice: Some book it before they've even met a man. Mom: What?? Voice: The empowered bride of 2004 is not going to let a little thing like "lack of a groom" ruin her big day!!! Mom: What are talking about?! Dad: Wrong number? Mom: Wrong century.
lightenup Premium Member over 8 years ago
Yeah, that’s all bizarre to me. I’m sure people really want to have their wedding somewhere that is really hard to book, but then you either wait until it’s available or choose somewhere else. I just don’t understand booking a place years in advance in the hopes that it will work out..Hello Cathy friends! Hi GretchensMom!! Welcome back! Glad you had a good vacation although we miss you a lot! Yes, it’s always nice to be home again no matter where you go. :-)
Gretchen's Mom over 8 years ago
I guess this is where I managed to get lucky when I got married almost 27 yeas ago. My husband-to-be and I were working on a pretty tight budget back then since we were paying for everything ourselves with no financial help from our parents so we couldn’t afford anything fancy and popular that required booking a year or two in advance. What we ended up doing was renting the cafe-teria of the Catholic school I went to from grades 1 – 8. I don’t recall now how much it was but I’m sure it wasn’t a whole lot given that my family were pretty much life-long parishioners ofthe church right across the street from it. It was already slightly decorated for Christmas because it was almost mid-December so all we really had to do was rent the tablecloths and put up lots of streamers and other wedding-related items in order to “dress it up” and make it look a lot nicer than just an ordinary elementary school cafeteria. Nothing fancy but it was good enough for what we needed: a nice little place to have a very special “party” that day for us, our family and a handful of very close friends. What more could we really ask for? Nothing that I can think . . . evenall these years later.
Hi, rgcviper!
lightenup: Hey, Sis! I missed everyone here too! Internet down there was pretty spotty so I just eventually gave up and simply tried to enjoy the time away to see and spend time with my in-laws instead. Everything was going along great until a misstepoff someone’s front porch last Thursday caused a fall resulting in two twisted ankles. Ouch! Thankfully they both seem to be getting a little bit better everyday and I’m getting around much better than I was just a few short days ago. It’s really rough being such a klutz sometimes! ;-)
Hello and Happy Wednesday, fellow Cathy fans. Hope everyone had a really nice day today! ;-)
hendelca Premium Member over 8 years ago
GretchensMom – Ouch. So sorry for your misstep. Hope it continues to heal fast. An 8 hour car trip does cause jet lag – done that way too often. In fact leaving on an 8 hour drive tomorrow morning. I got tired of just reading about a wedding so decided to attend a real one – well, no choice really. I get to walk my younger daughter down the aisle on Saturday. Really looking forward to the celebration (although I will cry). I probably won’t get to check in until I get back on Monday so I hope all the Clan has a good weekend. I will try to think of you all during the reception.
rgcviper over 8 years ago
AACK. That is all.
HI, MOM. Sorry to hear of your tumble. Hope you’re feeling better.
Hello, Clan.