Rhyming: Dinner, Winner, Flight, Fright!

So I feel like there's SO MUCH to update on!!!:

1) Our Family Dinner--

They say, "Ask and ye shall receive"... seriously thanks Sids!!!!! The trays were SO useful and perfect for hosting our family. We used the serving bowls to serve our food in! This is how it all turned out: Cucumber Tomato Salad; Herb Crusted Pork Tenderloin; Old Bay Seasoned Creamed Corn; and Mr. Mercy's Mushroom Risotto!

I'm just seriously super relieved that it all turned out okay and our families were happy to be around each other :).

2) A Giveaway Winner--

SO a few days ago we found out that I was the winner of a giveaway featuring 10 party poms! If any of you remember, I was pretty horrible at making those Martha Stewart Poms, but since I won the giveaway, I can put these up above the guest table for some welcoming ambiance when our guests walk in!!!!! There's this perfect set that has: lt. pink(2), dk. pink(2), raspberry(2), khaki(2), tan(2). So it really will incorporate our wedding colors into the front walk-in visual effect!

3) A Honeymoon Flight--
We booked it! We booked our honeymoon flight flying open jaw into Naples, Italy and flying out of Hamburg, Germany! It will be 14 days (Sunday night to Saturday night) of awesome well-deserved relaxation and fun. I'm also taking off 2 days before the wedding and two days after the wedding just for my own sanity haha. A few related considerations:

• Cruises in Europe: So we had a friend who did a cruise in Europe for their honeymoon and highly recommended it. The pictures looked phenomenal and they looked incredibly relaxed. HOWEVER, when I did the financial calculations, going on the cruise instead of doing everything ourselves cost $500 more! As we are broke, we will not be adopting the cruise option. But for those with some cash money, it really seems like a great route!
• Honeymoon Registries: there are TONS of honeymoon registries out there, but we've decided to go with Honeyfund because its free for us to use and free for our guests to use. The other companies charge the guests 8% or 3% or the couple 7%, etc. Some of the other alternatives we decided not to go with are (Traveler's joy, Honeymoon wishes, The Big Day, etc.) We'll hopefully have that up and running soon...

4) A mild fright...

A few days ago I realized that the wedding is 40 days away. FORTY. Like the amount of time that Noah spent in that ark at "sea". Like the fasting of Jesus in the desert. yes. That FORTY!! (okay so maybe I'm being a bit dramatic), but still! My lovely bridesmaids keep on asking me if there's something they can help me with (cause I haven't really asked for any help) and really, there's nothing to help with! haha. The invites are all assembled and have gone out (without any cumbersome bows), the programs will have no bows on them, everything is set or can be handled by me and Mr. Mercy! Here's the RSVP stats:

184 Guests ACCEPTED

48 Guests DECLINED**

69 Guests HAVE NOT REPLIED

**So if the number of declines increases to 65 I think Mr. Mercy and I will invite 19 more people from our church, workplace, and those who requested +1... sigh **