Monthly Archives: March 2012

we need your help!

Every year The San Antonio Current announces the city’s “Best Of”, where they list everyone’s votes for the best of.. well anything you can possibly imagine. Hamburgers, strippers, comedians, guacamole, and most importantly BLOGGERS! So we could really use your help in getting as many votes as possible so that we can be this year’s Best Blog in San Antonio. It would mean everything in the world to us if we won. In the past the winner has always been either a local news blog or The Current. Not cool! I know that news is important, but they have their own division, they should be taking over the blogosphere too. So let’s change it up this year! I know that 90% of you don’t live here, but that doesn’t mean you can’t vote! You can just skip all of the local junk you probably aren’t familiar with and scroll down to the Blog section and write in www.yourmoderncouple.com! It’s that easy!

Voting ends on April 3rd, so please VOTE FOR US before it’s too late! Thank you thank you thank you!

what i wore: in line at the cable company

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top {c/o langford market}, blazer {forever21}, shorts {old navy}, shoes {tory burch}, watch {michael kors}

On my lunch yesterday I decided to run a few errands, one of which was to return my cable box and internet router to the cable company. I stood in line with about ten other people, all of whom were hugging their own cable boxes with shopping bags filled with routers and cables. The line is long and annoying sure, but what other choice did I have?

Scenario 1:

Mr. Businessman [who had previously cut me off in the parking lot with his shiny car] walked in with his equipment to return and vocally sighs a bunch of profanities and marches right up to the customer service guy [who was clearly with another customer] and shouts “I already cancelled my service do I really need to wait in this ridiculous line?!??” [The line is now about five people] The customer service guy refers him to the line [naturally]. I mean what do you think we are all doing in this line buddy? Why do you get a free pass to the front of the line? So then he shouts “alright then I guess you’ll never get your router!!” and leaves. Good one. Now they’ll fine you and you’ll get to yell at them some more and feel really good about how powerful you are because you won’t wait five minutes in a line.

Scenario 2:

You know the person in line that always has to turn around and say something snarky about the line? That lady was in front of me. She turns around and rolls her eyes saying “you’d think for how much they charge they’d have more people at the windows to help us!” I smiled and nodded, and then it was her turn at the window. She was sure to take her sweet precious time during her turn too. All she needed to do was upgrade her box to an HD receiver. A simple trade. Instead she asks the guy what each cable is for, explains she has no idea what HDMI is, asks how large the TV on the wall is, and goes on and on about how her husband is the one in charge of electronics [so then why are you here?] The customer service guy asks for her account number. She doesn’t know it. He then asks for her phone number to look it up. She isn’t sure which phone is associated with the account [again blaming her husband]. He then asks for the last four digits of her social. She not only doesn’t know this little number which was definitely assigned to her over 50 years ago. So she proceeds to .. wait for it.. dig for her social security card in her bag. I mean it’s bad enough that you actually carry it with you [hello identity theft], but how is it you still posses your original card and you have yet to take the time to memorize it? Or at LEAST the last four numbers which are usually asked of you on a monthly basis, at least. The digging went on for another ten minutes, and then it was finally my turn. How can someone who had just complained about the long line, take so long during their turn? Maybe that’s why she was complaining because she knew they’d need backup once she was up.

Anyway, how was your lunch?

wedding wednesday: please mr. postman

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Ever since I was a little girl, I have always been fascinated by vintage postage stamps. My dad has always been a collector and I just love the history and vivid colors of each unique stamp. I love receiving packages filled with vintage and colorful stamps from different eras. It just seems so much more personal and quaint. So of course I plan to carry on this tradition when it comes to our formal wedding invitations. If you aren’t aware, postage holds it’s value forever. So if you have a .03cent stamp from 1920, you can still use it! You just have to pile on a bunch of other cool stamps to add up to the current .45cent requirement for standard mail. Just look at how whimsical it can look.

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Aren’t they wonderful? And there are so many stamps to choose from your options really are endless. You can color coordinate them using different red stamps if red is one of your colors. Or if you’re having a beach wedding you can choose all beachy and sea life stamps. There are several retail shops online that sell any vintage stamp you can think of, as well as lots of etsy and ebay sellers. But be wary.. if people are selling their stamps online they most likely aren’t selling them at face value [the amount on the actual stamp] so you will end up paying at least twice as much as the postage is even worth. For example there are a lot of etsy sellers that will choose the stamps for you and sell you a pack for one letter at $2.50. Well one letter is only .45cents so if you’re planning to send say.. 100 invitations, this would end up costing you $250 in postage rather than a measly $45. However, if you don’t have time to run around town to your local stamp shops searching for the e perfect stamps, then this definitely is a timesaver.

I thoroughly enjoy the hunt though so I started doing some some research on local stamp shops here in San Antonio. I didn’t find much, but I did find out at on April 24th they’re hosting a Stamp Convention! So you bet your buttons Derek and I will be attending that. My dad said that I should be able to find sheets and sheets of face value stamps [because they aren't worth anything so people want to get rid of them] which are perfect for our hundreds of invitations! I haven’t decided yet whether I want to color coordinate them with my six colors, or find fun modern design/architectural stamps that represent us as a couple. I guess it depends on how lucky I am at the Stamp Convention.

Do any of you [or your dads] have any fun vintage stamps lying around that you’d like to sell me [for face value]? Or do you know of any retailers in Texas with oodles of vintage stamps? I’m totally willing to make a road trip for this! I just love the hunt :) Please please please let me know!

21 huge rugs under $200

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Don’t you hate when people post things like “rungs under $200″ and you get all excited because you’ve never seen rugs so cheap, and then once you look at them you realize they’re all about the size of a doormat? Neat right? Well this post isn’t like that. One of my best kept secrets is RugsUSA.com. They have an enormous selection of very hip and modern rugs for uber cheap. AND free shipping. I mean.. can you really beat that? Here are some of my faves that I’ve been contemplating for my living room, dining room, studio, and I also need a hallway runner. What do you guys think?

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6*

1* – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5 – 6

1 – 2 – 3 – 4 – 5

1 – 2 – 3 – 4

*Okay so these two are a teeny bit over $200, but they were just too pretty not to include!

Some of them like this chevron and this spotted fellow come in even larger sizes than 5′x8′ and are still under $200. The free shipping is what wins me over every time. A lot of these also come in several different colors. Can you tell I’m in a navy/grey phase? Right now I’m leaning toward:

this for the living room, or this [in ivory] because it’s so dang cheap for the 7’10×10’10
this for the studio, but I’m nervous about having such a thick rug with my rolly desk chair
this for the dining room [in enchant], or maybe this if it doesn’t work out in the studio.. I don’t want something too too busy on the floor because I have BIG plans for stenciling the dining room wall
this runner [in yellow] for the hallway [hopefully they'll get more in soon!]

Which are your faves?

monogram-licious mouse pads: GIVEAWAY winner!

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It’s time to announce the WINNER of last’s week’s giveaway. But first let’s ooh and ahh at some of Heather’s products from Paper Concierge one more time. She has SO many great items that are completely customizable. Perfect for gifts, for wedding favors, your bridesmaids, or even yourself [duh]. If you haven’t already you must go check out her beautiful items.

And now for the moment you’ve all been waiting for, the WINNER!

Congratulations crystal-FRESH!! Please send us your mailing address so we can pass it along to Heather. And a big Thank You to Heather at Paper Concierge for sponsoring this giveaway, and to everyone else who entered. Better luck next time! That’s right, we have more giveaways up our sleeve so stay tuned!

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