OVERHEARD #1
...In WHSmith at the weekend, a young couple looking at stationery. I think they were discussing the stationery for their wedding invites. She was umming and ahhing while he seemed to be trying to guide her towards his preferred choice. He had a pained expression on his face. I heard him say "But that's thirty quid just on envelopes".
Sad, that barely, or just-about comfortably off people see the need to buy into all that bourgeous bollocks about stuff that isn't important. In my opinion, at a wedding, all you need to do is provide an atmosphere of bonhomie and a reasonable meal. That's all! Incredibly straightforward. No one cares about envelopes. That couple should have got brown envelopes from the stationery cupboard in their office. Or even emailed their invitations. Looking back, noone will think "They made a great couple and they had lovely envelopes".
...In WHSmith at the weekend, a young couple looking at stationery. I think they were discussing the stationery for their wedding invites. She was umming and ahhing while he seemed to be trying to guide her towards his preferred choice. He had a pained expression on his face. I heard him say "But that's thirty quid just on envelopes".
Sad, that barely, or just-about comfortably off people see the need to buy into all that bourgeous bollocks about stuff that isn't important. In my opinion, at a wedding, all you need to do is provide an atmosphere of bonhomie and a reasonable meal. That's all! Incredibly straightforward. No one cares about envelopes. That couple should have got brown envelopes from the stationery cupboard in their office. Or even emailed their invitations. Looking back, noone will think "They made a great couple and they had lovely envelopes".
