Ring saga apparently not quite over...
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Thursday, June 05, 2008 3:03 PM
When we last left the saga of the rings, the jeweler had agreed to give us a white gold banded tungsten ring at about half cost due to their error (see earlier blog posts in Feb and March if you want to catch up). They told us they would call us when the ring would be ready in about two weeks. That was March.
Two weeks, heck, two months, came and passed and I figured the jeweler had gotten the ring in but forgot to call us (they're already eating about $400.00 due to their error, I'm assuming we're not their best friends) and they were there waiting for us to pick up whenever we got around to it.
Apparently not so.
The jeweler called my fiancé today (yeah, June 5th) and said that the ring had come arrived in their late May shipment but that it (get this) had not passed their quality control inspection. They continued that the caller herself had taken the ring back to the maker and told them it was not good and that it needed to be better to meet their standards. (I have no idea how a ring can be un-quality, but I guess that's why I'm not a jeweler). Now they expect M's ring to arrive late June, which isn't a huge deal since the wedding is in August, but another delay could cause problems... let's hope it's quality this time?
I ordered our favors online today, they should be arriving about the same time the jeweler said the ring would be in. I figure if I order them a little early it'll give me some time to deal with any issues.
And one final issue eating at me today is: co-workers at the wedding.
I like a good portion of my co-workers and there was a time I had considered inviting them all (I don't expect they will all show, more as a kindness gesture as I myself have not been invited to any of the 2 or 3 weddings held since I started here in summer 06). However, in October of this year, the unthinkable happened. A girl from my past was hired. A girl who I was friends with for a VERY brief time in high school and quickly realized better and hadn't seen in years and years and was glad to have her out of my life. She is probably on my top 5 people I'd rather never see again list.
To get a feel for where I am coming from: if you can picture the most annoying/socially inept person you've ever met and magnify it by about 3, you'll be able to see why I dislike her so. So, with her in the picture, I cannot invite all my co-workers as I DO NOT want her there. She is not my friend, no matter what she thinks, and I try every day to get that across to her.
What I worry about is a Pam/Angela moment from the earlier seasons of The Office when Pam is planning her wedding to the warehouse guy. Everyone receives a save-the-date but Angela and the rest of the episode is spent looking at the intricasies of office dynamics in said situation.
Or worse, she invites herself. She already told me not to order a raspberry wedding cake because she doesn't like raspberry.
So, do I only invite those I work closest with? Do I invite whoever I want and deal with her when the time comes? (I hate confrontation.) How do I pick who to invite and who to not invite?? Ahhh... this is why I haven't handed out invites at work yet... sigh, I'll keep thinking about it... but the fact of the matter is I'm inviting some people but I am not UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES inviting her.