I Don't Want Bunnies & Chickens & Ducks

Well, the wedding is less than 3 weeks and more than 2 weeks away, and there doesn't seem to be enough time in each day to get things done (and by things, I mean both wedding AND work things).

The current wedding "thing" that is wreaking havoc is the wedding favor (yes, I realize how dumb that sounds). I really didn't like my original plan, and so I set out in search of a new plan...a better plan...a plan that involves various shades of pink.

This "new plan" can at least use some of the "old plan" items (i.e. the Valentine's M&M's that I purchased), but it also needs additional candies (yes, family members, I will be sugaring you up at the wedding). So, on Monday after work, I went in search for any remaining Valentine's M&M's that might be lining the shelves of our local discount stores (yes, I realize that Monday was over a week past Valentine's Day, but I was holding out hope that there might still be some out there).

My back up plan, if the M&M search proved fruitless, was to look at Easter colored candy, because I could pick out certain shades and use only those candies (did I mention that this new plan involves picking out all of the red M&M's out the current Valentine's packs). But, all the Easter candy now has bunnies and chickens and ducks on it. And while I realize I am from East Texas and there is a good bit of "backwoods" to my general persona, even I do not want farm animals on my wedding favors. So, those were out.

I went to store after store after store looking for the perfect candy, and my overall mood became crabbier the longer I looked (this can be verified by the sales clerk at Target...I think I owe her an apology). When I was about to run out of gas on the bad side of town, I took that as a sign that it was time to give up and call it a night.

The search was not over, though. The fiance joined in on Tuesday. After taking careful notes of exactly what I was looking for, he went to 6 or 7 different stores in his neck of the woods and finally located numerous bags of a chocolate candy (from a different holiday season) that would work (after sorting out one of the colors, of course). Jackpot!

I have since added one more extra special candy to the mix, and I am now ready to turn the plethora of sweets over to my dear friend who is using child labor (her daughter) to help put all of the treats together. When all is said and done, we will have baggie after baggie of unusable red M&M's leftover, but really cute wedding favors (and isn't that the important thing).