Okay, this week has been somewhat of a disaster, but I'm finally feeling better. I'm more rested and sane today than I have been all week. Monday I was just OVERWHELMED and I slept all day. I think that helped me from getting full blown sick.
On Tuesday, I left work 2.5 hours early and I went to Michaels, Joanns, Party City, Garden Ridge and Flower Factory. The last two are interesting craft warehouse type places. During my adventrues I picked up my friend Wendy (yes, we're Wendy and Wendy, but I go by Dee with her and another mutual friend, my bm Jenna) and managed to get re-worked up about the jordan almonds that Kathleen had talked me down about earlier in the day on the phone. I was in the store looking at these adorable heart shaped tins and Wendy pointed out how the SILVER tins are not going to go with the ivory/red/black lenox mickey ornaments with gold trim!!!
After a lot of angry ranting, I ended up buying some really cute clear/frosted pillow boxes with different sizes and fonts of love on them (as the clear part with the background being frosted.) I decided that the JAs could go in these, go on the table with MY favors and not clash too much. But you know it was still irritating me!
I also purchased cones to put the M&M's in, but they're rigid, not like the cello cones I was hoping to find. I also found goodie bags to put candy in at the welcome bags that I'm passing out at the welcome dinner at Ohana. they're shaped like t-shirts and have a blue hawaiian print on them!! They're pretty cute!
While Wendy and I were out I also bought a total of 5 different gold pens. And I've already posted some of my drama with this on some other threads yesterday. I was panicked b/c 3 of the 5 pens didn't say they worked on glass or ceramic. The other two are zig painty pens and when we tried to sample that one in the store it was coming out all muddy looking and not very gold at all
Thus all of my panic yesterday.
I was still really worked up yesterday about the JAs, shocking, I KNOW. So, after work I decided to call FMIL about the whole situation. I had been avoiding doing this because it was supposed to be a surprise and she didn't know that I knew. Well, we talked it all out and I listed all my reasons for not having them at the reception except for my extreme hatred. I even told her I researched them and I knew how special they were to her and what the meaning was. (yeah, the DIS rocks
) I then suggested that we put them out for the Welcome dinner and explained all the reasons this was a good idea: she's hosting that meal, they can go in the tulle and be tied with ribbon, etc..
She was totally agreeable and accepting and generally amazing about the the whole thing!! 
It was the best thing ever. I wish I had called a week and a half ago and that I hadn't stewed over this for so long. The amount of stress I was having over these JAs was insane. I KNOW I brought it on myself, but I just couldn't seem to help it.
So the Jordan Almond situation is now COMPLETELY RESOLVED!
I'm going to used the cute pillow boxes for the M&M's to go into the welcome bags and I'm going to use the rigid cones to put mixed nuts in to go in the welcome bags!!! This whole situation turned out so well it's left me
After I called FMIL I had to hightail my butt into class.
I'm taking 10 credits this semester so not only am I working full time and planning the wedding, etc... I'm also trying to "get ahead" in my classes for while we're gone for 2 weeks!
Finally, I made it home last night and I was still panicking about the whole pen situation. I pulled out the $1.49 plate I bought at Garden Ridge the day before and I opened the zig painty pen, and what do you know??? It worked like a dream! So the crappy pen that we were testing out in the store was just a plain ole, big, fat liar!!! Whew... I'm taking the ornaments to Wendy's house today after work before school so she can take them to her friend's house so that she can personalize all of them. I've offered to pay, but she's doing it for free. At least there's only 17 total. That's not bad. I just wouldn't want to leave it up to my hand writing.
So that's where I'm at right now. I feel a lot better today. I got 7hrs of sleep instead of the 5 that I've been averaging. I had two major stressors resolved. I feel renewed coming into the weekend to polish off the to do list!!
Been her favorite forever!...We have yet to see her in the parks. (For a meet and greet) 
We search every trip, but to no avail! We have seen her in the SADCT Parade, but much to DD's chagrin...that's it.
Things are really falling into place and I can just sense the stress melting away on a couple of big issues. SOOO glad to hear that the JA issue is resolved. How cool of your FMIL to be accommodating about it. 
! I'm just so so so glad that you were able to work it out so now you can relax and enjoy things more! 
Although, I am sitting in class right now ignoring my drone-y instructor and playing on DIS instead. 
lol.
waiting for more. Reading yours Caryn's, and Carrie's. Now to catch up on Kristen's haha.
