Brrr...

The temperatures are below 0 today in Chicago. I’ve been at my desk for more than an hour now and my fingers and toes still haven’t completely thawed. I nuked my coffee for an extra minute in the microwave and ate oatmeal so hot that I burnt the top of my mouth, yet I still can’t escape that bitter chill. I’m pale as a ghost, my cheeks are red from windburn and my dedication to my bridal workouts has been crushed by my desire to hide under my fleece blanket and watch American Idol. In other words, I’m not looking so hot right now. However, I have not lost sight of my goal. Take my word, come June I will be ready to grace the pages of the Sunday Styles’ Wedding section.

Valentine’s Day is next week and for the first time ever I actually have a gift for Matt more than 24 hours in advance. I splurged a little this year, but he deserves it. It’s been a tough few weeks. I expect I’ll receive a package from my mom containing a card and a Cinderella or Snow White Pez dispenser. I get it every year. Human Resources in my office sent around a memo that there will be chocolate and apples for everyone in the lunchroom on Valentine’s Day. Such perks I get!

A couple of exciting (well, not really) wedding news briefs include:
Our invitations are in! Fingers crossed that they look ok. They were all handmade so they should be perfect. Soon they’ll be off to the calligrapher and in your mailbox before you know it.
*I changed the background on our weddingchannel.com page. (Who cares? I do!) It’s the perfect way to procrastinate.
*We still haven’t picked our wedding song.
*We still don’t have a ketubbah.

Lastly, I get bombarded with wedding-related spam but every once in a while I get an email with some super-cool item. Check out these heart-shaped Altoids. Not only will they make your breath smell lovely, but they might even put a little love in your heart…

How about these new “With Love and Kisses” stamps? Pretty cute, I’d say. The postal service put them out to commemorate the 100th anniversary of Hershey's beloved chocolate kisses.
Could be the perfect touch to those invitations that just arrived…