Cake & Champagne

As soon as I arrived at my parents' house last weekend I was greeted by a small pile of packages. Because I'm so far from our venue I find myself sending certain packages to my apartment and certain items up to my parents' house. Our cake topper for example, was sent to my apartment because I wanted to make a veil and bow tie for my little figurines. All things shower related and anything that doesn't need to be immediately opened by me is sent to my parents' house. And so, a small mound of packages have started to accumulate in my old bedroom.

One of those packages was the wine box for our wine box ceremony. I'm so, so happy with it, but not quite ready to share it with the Hive yet. Sorry to be a tease! ;)

I did find something else that I do want to share with you though:

To be honest, I hadn't given much though to things like cake servers or toasting glasses, but Momma Coyote dug up the cake server from her wedding and I think it's beautiful. Mr. Coyote and I have decided to borrow it for our wedding day. Although as I am writing this I realize that we don't have a cake knife. Just the server. Hmmm...

As far as toasting glasses, well, I apologize that I never mentioned this to you Hive! Waaaay back in November of 2010 my parents threw us an engagement party (holy shizz, was that really a year and a half ago?!). If you remember, I had a total breakdown at the end of the night because I was so floored by the generosity of our guests and Mr. Coyote's parents were no exception to this.

I still remember my voice catching in my throat when I pulled out the box:

His parents had gifted us our toasting glasses:

They are so absolutely beautiful and I can't wait to break them in on our wedding day! ;) By this point I had gotten through most of the packages in my room. But there was one last (completely not wedding related) package left to open. And it might be my favorite one so far. It was nothing but a bag full of delicious, delicious candies that my uncle brought back from his most recent trip to Brazil (we have some family members there).

Ohhhh, sweet, sweet Sonho de Valsa. These are literally the most amazing freakin' chocolates I have ever had and I CANNOT find them anywhere in the US. Every time my uncle makes a trip to Brazil I beg him to bring back the "Brazilian candy" (I know, I'm so cultured) and then, like the true addict I am, I lock myself in the bathroom and refuse to share them with anyone else. Actually, if you can't tell, in this particular photo the bag is laying on my blanket. Yes, I cuddled with them last night and then hid them under my pillow so Mr. Coyote couldn't steal one. Believe me, you would too if you knew how good these things were. 

Have your purchased your cake server and toasting glasses yet? Did you receive them as gifts or are you perhaps borrowing someone else's? And does anyone want to send me more Sonho de Valsa?! My stash is running low!