Investments.

Proof that buying a crap ton of hats is never a bad investment.

There's so much stupid stuff you might never care about again that you find yourself spending money on or pondering spending money on when you are planning a wedding.  I decided to harness the power and buy a stack of carefully selected headwear.

Now I get ridiculous hats and wigs as gifts.  I love my friends and family.

The hats have been invited to three weddings, a luau, a birthday party, a goodbye party, and a post-proposal defense cocktail hour.  The best props -- small children, faculty, and pets -- were provided at each site.

The most recent hat bash -- the wedding of Karen and Adam.  Not our photobooth.  Photos snatched from the photobooth friend Steve.

Engagement Photos of Married People

Our two biggest expenditures for our wedding were the music and our photographer.  We want great music to surround us and feed our fun, and we wanted great photos to take away from the day.  

We were going to skip engagement photos, but read it's a great way to get familiar with your photographer and get comfortable having your photo taken, and what the heck -- we've never had photos taken of us before.  

Kari Beford rules.  I'll post about our AMAZING wedding photos soon, but today, engagement photos.  We had fun, and she made us look good.  This is such an understatement.  I hate having my photo taken, and was a nervous wreck.  One of us may have been wearing dirty un-ironed clothes.  She put us at ease, and we felt like we were hanging out with a friend.  And she drove mud-covered us around in her van.

More wedding! Rachel & Doug rock the vows!

Our photobooth made a big time comeback this weekend for the fabulous wedding of the lovely Ms. Rachel to Mr. Doug.

More photos here.

DIY Photobooth

Details of construction and all our troubleshooting woes will follow in a future post. For now, feast your eyes on awesome. More photos here.