one STAMP to rule them all

***This post does not apply to Canadians. We hope you enjoyed the twelve hideous stamps that covered your envelope and hope that the mailman could still see your address. The invites were mailed on Friday so you should receive then by October 7th due to excellent Canadian mail delivery service.***

This past week we had a very critical decision on our hands. One of the most important decisions in all of WingPing. The consequences risked putting the whole wedding color scheme in jeopardy, provoking guests to consider making alternative plans, and creating completely inappropriate ideas about the wedding. Serious stuff.

After days of deep contemplation, a confident decision was made regarding THE WEDDING INVITATION STAMP. The winner was theBryce Canyon stamp.

Our bamboo green, raspberry pink, and chocolate brown color scheme was not threatened by the orange, red, and brown landscape. People would equate the whimsical spires of Bryce Canyon, known as hoodoos, to Larry's irresistible charm and Meaghan's whimsical vocabulary and remember how much they actually liked the couple and would even consider venturing to Rochester.

Great. Check this one off the list. We have succeeded in choosing the RIGHT stamp for the invitations. (A great storybook stamp was even selected for the RSVP envelope.)

Of course, Larry did not understand the dier nature of correct invitation stamp and confidently pranced to the stamp seller. Meaghan was still caught in the tornado of stuffing with no time to worry that Larry would forget.

At 9:59 on Friday night, Meaghan raced to the finish line, aka the stamp seller, to hand the baton, aka the final envelopes, to Larry.

AAAHHHHHHH!!!! Panic. Sound the Alarms. That is not the correct invitation stamp, the Bryce Canyon stamp. Holy Crow!!! The stamp is of an angry, dorky old man. Who is this man frowning on every single innocent envelope? AUGH!!! They're ruined. Ruined! No one will come to the wedding. No one! The stamps are hideous.

Once the storm clouds settled . . . ummm, two days later . . . the Bill Buckner-like error was revisited. A mistake that Meaghan thought was almost as dumb as Jim Marshall's wrong way run. Why was the "Dr. Albert Sabin" stamp used instead of Bryce Canyon?

Well, the Bryce Canyon stamp was not the right price. It would not cover the weight of the invitation. Oopps. Just a little overreaction on Meaghan's part.

So you know what, it ended up being OK. After further review and research into Dr. Al, we realized that Doctor Albert Sabin, was not only a great man, but he might even be responsible for this wedding. Without him, Meaghan and Larry might not have even met. They might not even be alive. There is even a chance that you might have been able to read this ridiculous rant if it wasn't for Dr. Al. Dr. Al created the ORAL form of vaccine for POLIO. Dr. Jonas Salk only invented a polio vaccine that had to be injected. And who likes needles anyway?

Therefore, good ole Al is the perfect invitation stamp because we are able to respect him and his accomplishment, Larry and Meaghan being alive to have the opportunity to meet.

Thanks for saving us from the polio, Dr. Al.