At any rate, I spent the afternoon yesterday creating what I thought were elegant, modern and --most importantly -- inexpensive centerpieces for the tables at our reception. I carefully covered the bottom of each hand-picked glass cylinder with black and white river rocks and placed a lone red flower on top of the pile. I then filled it up with water, topped it off with a floating candle, stuck it on a circular mirror and congratulated myself on my ability to steal ideas from strangers on the Internet.

I was a cost-cutting budget bridal rock star.

And then I made a mistake. I took a picture of my handiwork and sent it to the groom.

I waited with bated breath for his response. I was thinking something along the lines of "that's beautiful!" or maybe "you are rivaled only by Martha Stewart in your ability to create practical yet stylish touches for our guests to enjoy, you cost-cutting budget bridal rock star."

What I got was: "Is that a drink?"