Navy is the new brown

Last week Dave and I got our 11th Save the Date. Yep, we've been invited to 11 weddings this year in Arkansas, Iowa, North Dakota, Minnesota, Massachusetts, and New York. The recession might've impacted the purchase of cars and houses, but it hasn't slowed down weddings or babies.

Dave and I are regularly teased because we seem to have a hobby of going to weddings. We can't help it. We are blessed to have friends scattered across the country, and weddings seem to be a good time.

Back in 2007, I attended at least six weddings where the primary color was brown. It was the hot neutral that people tried to work into their big event. I saw brown/pink, brown/aqua/green, and brown/green. If the Save the Dates are any indication, navy looks like it's the hot new wedding color followed perhaps by a purple tone.

When Dave and I got married, the new thing for Save the Dates was magnets with your picture on it. Well, the vendor messed up our order and we wound up getting over a thousand of them. We gave them to everyone. My aunt passed them out in my hometown. It's a running joke to hear where they've been spotted in SW Arkansas. Those picture magnets are still popular, but the traditional Date savers seem to be making a comeback too.

Of course, we can't attend all of these events but we'll blog about them when we do.