Plans Go Awry: Which is how we have The Slinky

I've been printing off invitations lately. Actually, I've given my man a project to accomplish and he undertook the task with amazing effort and zeal. He was so proud of himself for how much he was accomplishing, he would exclaim about it every so often. He was (is) adorable, The Office was on in the background, and things were lovely.
Two days later, I showed my mother the progress we're making and low and behold--A MISTAKE.

(The Slinky was also a mistake.)

In printing off the invites, I am using a template so I can print off three at a time--Microsoft Office 2007 is awesome, I know. However, if (and when) you make a correction on one of the three, you MUST input the alteration on the other two to avoid . I did not. The shock of it all has taken away my gumption for what we had accomplished and I have ignored the issue at hand until tomorrow evening. It's been one week. I've printed off 25 pages with three invitations on each page, with only the first on each page actually being correct.  You do the math because you should suffer a little as well.

However, that hiccup allowed for my man and I to bond over the discussion of our Reception Theme.
And we do have to have one, because, if you have to ask, you have no idea who we really are.

For our first Halloween together he made his own dinosaur costume and I was a Jurassic Park Ranger. Then we were Jack Bauer and Chole, complete with headsets, badges and protocols. Last Halloween we were the ever so classic couple Bonnie and Clyde--thrown together in the span of 15 mins from what we actually had in my apartment at the time. And yes, there was a Tommy Gun. So naturally we have fantastic ideas about what our theme should be.

It started out Vintage--each table having an assortment of trinkets, maybe cira 1940 to go with his Army uniform he'll be wearing. Now the theme has somehow hyper-actively hijacked the prim and proper focus and morphed into a struggling to be politically correct: Travel/History Cira 1940's/1980ish(think Berlin Wall)/Jurassic Park/New Zealand: As Seen In LOTR.
We're such nerds and we can't break away from it. Which is why I am embracing it and loving it. Also because of the irrefutable wisdom from TheKnot.com:

Fact #1: They'll like the wedding that you like

The best weddings are the ones where the bride and groom did it their way. Formal and ritzy? Great. Casual and festive? Also great. Do what you want. Your guests won't judge. Okay, some will. But remember what you learned in kindergarten: If they judge you by your cake display, they're not your real friends anyway.

Thank you ever so omnipotent Wedding Consultant Bloggers, you have saved the many who strive alone in finding the prefect decisions, details and dresses.