HAPPY NEW YEAR! HAPPY NEW YEAR AGAIN!

[ralerin]

Again, surprisingly little suck at my Aid of Rite these past couple days except for a few things.

SURPRISE!

Yesterday we had some idiot rip open a package of confetti and sprinkle it all over the floor throughout the store. If anyone knows anything about confetti, it's that it's a bitch and a half to clean up.

The phantom confetti-er struck AGAIN. This time later on in the day, when there were wet footsteps and dirt all over the floor, making the job more difficult.

BITCH

Apparently I am now a bitch because I can't pull a front door lock out of my ass.

Bonus: Um, no.

Creepy drunk guy wanted to pick me up for some New Year's Fun. Um, yeah, no, not going to when he's looking directly at my breasts. x 1000!

[bainsidhe]

Back when I worked at *hotel*, confetti and glitter were two things banned from special events. Because of the difficulty cleaning it up, it's the gift that keeps on giving and giving.

[ralerin]

There's apparently a biodegradable confetti out there, useful for outdoor weddings and such. I wish that it was the stuff the early celebrant used because a mop would've cleaned it up in no time flat.

[fireheart]

The weddings I've been to have used flower petals.

Years ago, on a home and lifestyle show called Burke's Backyard (this is an Aussie show lol), one of the presenters would show how plants could be used in our everyday lives or suggesting more environmentally friendly alternatives-for instance, what plants can be used as toilet paper (yes I kid you not). One of her segments involved alternatives for a wedding....and believe it or not, one of them was actually rubbish! (the priest ducked under his skirt twas hilarious)

[blas]

Bubbles have become more popular at weddings now, since rice is bad for the birds and everything else litters and makes a mess.

[chainedbarista]

some places use birdseed instead of rice; win win for the birds, no injuries and free food.

glitter is a nightmare to get rid of, especially from you hair.

[Mikkel]

Bubbles have become more popular at weddings now, since rice is bad for the birds and everything else litters and makes a mess.

Snopes tell that rice isn't bad for the birds but for the wedding guests.
I know that the town hall in Copenhagen ask that people don't throw rice for the same reason. They got tired of old people breaking their legs on the stairs and ramp up to the entrance.

[Indigo]

Birdseed seems to be the popular alternative around here - all you gotta do is sweep it off into the grass and the birdies get a treat.

[blas]

I hate birds so I wouldn't want to invite them to swoop in on me

[Marmalady]

Dried delphinium petals seem to be a popular choice over here at the moment. Pretty pastel colours, all natural and biodegradable.

[DGoddessChardonnay]

Back when I worked at *hotel*, confetti and glitter were two things banned from special events. Because of the difficulty cleaning it up, it's the gift that keeps on giving and giving.

You can ask my baby sister about that one.

Back in the summer of '09 when she and her fiance were at Disney World, one of her BFF's went by my Dad's house (Dingbat was still living at home then) and covered her bedroom and everything in it with confetti and left a large posterboard for her.

Dingbat was definitely surprised when she came home a few days later, newly engaged and saw her room. I wouldn't be a bit surprised if she was still picking that stuff out of her furniture when she moved into her own apartment last August.

[Shalom]

Years ago, my great-aunt slipped on rice at her daughter's wedding and broke her hip. Way to bust up a party, dude.

(Although I wouldn't necessarily sweep birdseed into the grass. Who knows what might grow from that. I've heard that it's some sort of mutant cabbage.)

What gets banned around here is Silly String. Try cleaning that up after it gets hardened onto stuff.

(Oh, and it's not too easy to get it out of your ears either. What can I say, it was Purim, I was a little "happy" and didn't have any earplugs...)

[South Texan]

Apparently I am now a bitch because I can't pull a front door lock out of my ass.

So many one-liners came to mind when I read that, but most of them would have gotten me banned from this site had I posted them.

[Gizmo]

I sewed a Gizmo costume out of brown and white fake fur about 4 years ago... We've moved house since and I swear I still find some of the fluff from where the fur was cut in our carpets!

[Flying Grype]

The venues I talked to when planning my wedding all said that the biodegradable confetti doesn't degrade fast enough and looks crappy when it's lying around rotting. But we weren't going to do the throw-stuff-at-the-happy-couple thing anyways.