Have you ever had to wait for something? (I’m sure you have.) Nail polish to dry? Your doctor to finally enter your exam room at your check-up?

I’ve been doing A LOT of waiting this past month…waiting for one thing in particular. Waiting for ink to dry.

FOR A MONTH.

Here’s the deal: I ordered this super cute rubber stamp with our return address on it, and I used the stamp and ink* to stamp the flap of the envelopes that we’re mailing our wedding invitations in. I did said stamping about one month ago.

Yet this past weekend, THE INK WAS STILL, unbelievably, WET.

My Mom and I tried EVERYTHING from a hair dryer to a heat gun and embossing powder, and nothing was working. I was prepared to order more envelopes and chalk up the $15.00 as wasted funds. (We would have done this a lot sooner, but, well, I had spent about eight hours of my life lining the inside flap of said envelopes…and, well, the prospect of re-lining new envelopes made me want to puke.)

BUT…my Mom had the bright idea to try hair spray to see if that would dry it.

Dear readers … IT WORKED. (Thank you Herbal Essences…sometimes, it pays to purchase cheap hairspray!) The envelopes are FINALLY dry, which means A) my Mom is the hero of the week, B) my brother’s bed (which was previously the drying station for these envelopes) will actually be sleepable when he returns home from college this week, and C) NO MONEY WASTED! Yay, yay, yay.

What unexpected stressors have you encountered while planning your wedding?

*If you’re curious, I used Stampabilities Pigment Ink in silver/grey. DON’T USE THIS. Like EVER.

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