So I brought my invites to the PO yesterday morning to get hand cancelled...

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 05:53 PM

So I brought my invites to the PO yesterday morning to get hand cancelled...

and ours (I sent one to ourselves since it's the last time I'll be a 'Miss') came in the mail today! OMG - that is so fast! I wonder how many of our guests got them already...I'm officially nervous!

AND we went to Wrap With Us and decided against the bottle stopper or the wine charms, so at least the favor is set - a full size bottle of Pugliese...nothing more.

I can't believe I'll be married in 68 days...it's finally hitting me hard!

lishbone Posted: Mar 19, 2005 06:10 PM

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awwwwww yeyyyyyyy...its coming up so fast!! here im freaking out and i have like 200 days and you have 68...congrats!!you'll be a mrs before you know it

chachou22 Posted: Mar 19, 2005 06:11 PM

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SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:08 PM

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Posted by lishbone

awwwwww yeyyyyyyy...its coming up so fast!! here im freaking out and i have like 200 days and you have 68...congrats!!you'll be a mrs before you know it

You have no idea how hard it hits you once the invites are out...I was at 200 'yesterday'...trust me, it flies by. Do as much as you can now so you won't be going nuts later...

Chachou - thanks girlie!

DottieMcHugh Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:13 PM

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It goes so fast, I still can't believe I am married a month!!

honestmommy Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:16 PM

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wow 68 days! Thats great! How exciting. Can you tell me what it means to hand cancel your invites at the post office

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:20 PM

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Posted by honestmommy

wow 68 days! Thats great! How exciting. Can you tell me what it means to hand cancel your invites at the post office

Thanks! I see you're getting married exactly 3 months after me...how exciting!

Hand cancelling means that they void out the postage stamp (so it doesn't get re-used once it reaches its destination) by hand using a red stamp instead of by running it through the machine. In order to hand cancel, ask your PO if they offer the service. Not all of them do, not all of them do for free and not all of them do it for you...so basically, it's best to call and find out before you trek out there with your invites. I called the 800 number on the USPS.com site and asked for the number to the PO closest to my job and asked them since the 800 people are clueless.

The purpose of hand cancelling (and not running it through the machine) is so that your invite envelopes won't tear...mine are embossed and my invites have a bow so the envelope is raised a bit, running it through the machine would have surely torn the envelope.

Hope I helped - happy planning!

honestmommy Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:23 PM

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Thanks, Im not sure what my date is yet. Im just running to the beach with FH
I guess I should send invites too just in case. I need to get moving

BlondeJD Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:23 PM

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When I read that you only had 68 days left, I freaked out about how many days I have! It's coming up so soon!! I can't believe how quickly time has gone by!!

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:31 PM

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Posted by jenniesunshine

When I read that you only had 68 days left, I freaked out about how many days I have! It's coming up so soon!! I can't believe how quickly time has gone by!!

I KNOW! It feels like just yesterday I had 8 months and was obssesing over vendors...the obsessions shift to other things, but the time DOES fly...I have to remember to breathe a lot...gottal love LP for that!

Once you're under 100 days (which you're almost there!) it flies by!

Tjay Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:37 PM

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I have 41 days!!! I can't believe it. Everything is falling into place....I would never of guessed it would. We have been engaged since Christmas 2003 and I can't believe it is so close.

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 08:41 PM

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Posted by Tjay

I have 41 days!!! I can't believe it. Everything is falling into place....I would never of guessed it would. We have been engaged since Christmas 2003 and I can't believe it is so close.

Wow 41 days! Yipee!

MsKitty1274 Posted: Mar 19, 2005 09:12 PM

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Sasha-
That's awsome that you got yours TODAY!!! Hope I can get to see the invite tomorrow!!
-Jill

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 09:13 PM

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Posted by MsKitty1274

Sasha-
That's awsome that you got yours TODAY!!! Hope I can get to see the invite tomorrow!!
-Jill

Me too Jill! We'll be at the 11am one...can't wait to meet...but will totally understand if you don't make it.

Can you believe how fast that was...holy cow!

MsKitty1274 Posted: Mar 19, 2005 09:16 PM

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Posted by SomethingBlu

Posted by MsKitty1274

Sasha-
That's awsome that you got yours TODAY!!! Hope I can get to see the invite tomorrow!!
-Jill

Me too Jill! We'll be at the 11am one...can't wait to meet...but will totally understand if you don't make it.

Can you believe how fast that was...holy cow!

I KNOW! The PO can be good....most of the time!!
Did you get my 101 question FM? (sorry about that)

SomethingBlu Posted: Mar 19, 2005 09:27 PM

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Posted by MsKitty1274

Did you get my 101 question FM? (sorry about that)

Jill - no FM at all...that's so odd! Are you sure you sent it?

MsKitty1274 Posted: Mar 19, 2005 09:29 PM

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Posted by SomethingBlu

Posted by MsKitty1274

Did you get my 101 question FM? (sorry about that)

Jill - no FM at all...that's so odd! Are you sure you sent it?

Ugh! I sent it while at work this morning. I will have to think up the 101 questions again!