Well we are back to 10 to 5. She was just worried about having to take money for 7 hours straight! Another friend and I assured her that we would take money too! For hours. Kathy

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It sounds to me like someone checked off the names they wanted in Outlook or a similar contact manager and paid no attention at all to how the names were said or if there would be a question as to whether it meant plus spouses, plus children, etc. Not so much lacking in etiquette as utterly clueless about how to make a guest list in the first place. Anne, good for you for sticking with the notion that these are good friends even when feelings were being hurt. There are a heck of a lot of clueless people in the world and it would be a lonely place if we dumped all of them just for one thoughtless gaff. As to gifts, thinking along the lines of Littlebug's joke, how about a home organizer kit? If they're combining two households, plus wedding gifts, they probably have a lot of stuff, some of it valuable. A home organizer kit, with one of those engraving pens for marking electronics, ledgers (spreadsheets) for insureables, pouches for receipts, a binder for insurance policies, bank documents, trust papers, etc., a file box for instruction manuals, plus things like note paper to write the stories of heirlooms on, colorful stickers, maybe even a garage sale kit, could also help them learn to be organized. :) Or you can get them something as random as the invitation. Go to a china shop or department store with a good return policy for bridal and get the most interesting looking random thing in your price range. Maybe a glass and silver pickle jar or a strange art glass vase.

In my last home I did my powder room with an English library sort of 'vibe'. The walls were a deep red(Balmoral Red/Ralph Lauren),and I used pictures, small mirrors, corbels, plates, etc. from ceiling to baseboard. All frames were very ornate and were either gold or black/ gold. If you have a standard builders grade mirror, get rid of it or add a heafty frame, which is what I did, or remove the mirror and use a decorative hanging mirror, not necessarily intended for a bathroom. I also hung a small narrow shelf directly in front of 'the loo' which held small vintage books, since I thought it would add to that English library look I was going for. When I put the home on the market to sell, instead of a negative, it was a hit! I did leave the little shelf since the new owner wanted to re-create the look.