Bullshit Holiday

Today I began to call vendors to interview vendors for the wedding. I had done a ton of research on what I needed to ask and how to make sure that I was giving the most accurate information so I could get the most accurate quotes from the various companies. This way I could have a spreadsheet that was generally comparable, at least as comparable price wise as I could get from all the way across the US. Now after all this prep work before I even made the first phone call I was feeling pretty confident that I could breeze through the list of vendors I had gathered and make some decisions on which I would like to interview in person when I go to Michigan next month. Imagine my ABSOULTE horror when I could not reach or speak to the first 4 business I called, instead I had to leave messages for them to call me back at a time that was convenient to them, and then the fifth vendor I called where I actually got a person to speak to gave me the WORSET NEWS EVER. The day that my wedding is on, the one that I was ESTATIC to get due to a bride who had cancelled her date, this particular date is Sweetest Day!

Now I know 99% of you reading this probably has no idea what I am talking about, that is because you probably do not live in Cleveland OH, Buffalo NY, Detroit MI, or Pittsburgh PA; because those are the only 4 cities that celebrate this holiday. Sweetest Day was created by a group of candy makers in 1921, obviously it surrounded pushing candy as the main gift, and they were hoping it would become as popular as Valentines Day. Sweetest Day is a holiday where the girls choose their sweet and gift him with a card, candy, dinner, and flowers or any of the above. Most importantly it must include candy. So why does this holiday impact me you ask. It is because I am getting married in Detroit MI and because florists and limousines are twice as expensive on this day because it is considered a stupid holiday.

And yes I used to live in Michigan and then again in Pittsburgh but I was not one to celebrate this holiday so I never remembered it when I booked the date. It is a bullshit holiday after all, created by greedy business men 90 years ago. If I had a time machine I would bomb all of their houses right now. They just cost me a fortune.