And thank you, Heather Armstrong.

And, finally, thank you, Associated Press.

*PS - Jill, this is not in response to you, just my own findings around the interweb that I wanted to share.

After a bit of a wait, we finally got our thank you cards in the mail today!  I'm so pleased with them.  They look really good!  I guess our time of not writing thank you notes has come to its end.  It's been so lovely being lazy, but now back to work!

Here's the photo that we chose for the front:

We went with this sort of thank you card for a number of reasons:
1. It's more personal than pre-printed cards.
2. It's quite a bit cheaper than most pre-printed cards I'd seen.  I think we paid $0.59 each!
3. We thought our guests might like a photo of us from that day.

I'm really happy with them.  The image is of really good quality on the card, yet it's done on normalish paper so that writing on them won't be an issue.  If you got us a gift, you can count on receiving yours soon!  And, thank you here and now!  Now that I've said that, I better get to writing....

As for the other topic in the title, I'm at a complete loss as to what to do with my wedding dress now. 

I need to have it cleaned.  It's not in horrible shape.  The holes in the train (ripped at the reception) were kindly repaired by my mother-in-law.  So, aside from some dirt, it's in really good shape.  Before the wedding, I was all set to donate it one of a variety of organizations that will resell it for some sort of good in the world.  But after, I'm not sure I'm ready to part with it.  I LOVE this dress.  I was so comfortable in it, I felt really beautiful in it, so I'm just not sure what to do.  It would be nice to keep, but I am also realistic.  I can see no time in the future when I will ever wear it again.  I can also see no time in the future that it will live anywhere except the back of my closet.  There's no reason to keep it out.  I have pictures and a husband to remind me of that day. I started thinking about all of this again today while doing a little research.  I looked around the site of Brides Against Breast Cancer this morning, and am really starting to reconsider my newfound attachment to my dress.  There are a lot of benefits to donating: it's tax deductible, when they resell my dress all of the proceeds will go towards their mission*, I don't have to worry about moving this dress from city to city for the rest of my life as it collects dust.  I really doubt any daughter of mine will want to wear it.  Even after all of this back and forth, I'm still undecided.  I can send it in to the organization, or take it a dress sale they're having in the Philly area in November.  I guess I have plenty of time to decide, so we'll see.  Any thoughts?

*“To provide an opportunity for metastatic breast cancer patients’ dream or wish to be fulfilled by providing a special time of 'Making Memories' together with their families, a chance that might not have become a reality without the assistance of the Making Memories Breast Cancer Foundation."

Yippeeeeeeeeeee!!!  I'm getting so excited!! I am NOT stressed, so everyone can stop telling me to calm down and not stress out.  I'm just super, super excited for this weekend.

In one week, I'll be relaxing on the beach for 10 days and 11 nights :)