Minis!!

Remember my grand plan for my emergency kits? And for the OOTs? Well, I started thinking, "Umm...hey, dummy...those are great ideas, but where are you going to find the travel packets of pills and other such minis? They don't exactly sell them in bulk at Target!" Ooops! I was right. While they sell lots of minis (mini lint brushes, mini mouthwash, mini shampoos, etc), they don't sell those travel packets of pills. What's worse is they don't sell packets of Gulden's Spicy Mustard, which we need for the pretzels in the OOTs. Rut-roh! What's a girl to do?

Enter http://www.minimus.biz/. You guys, this site is awesome. You can order a miniature version of just about anything you can dream of. Seriously. AND you can order any amount. While looking for the Gulden's mustard, everything was minimum orders of 500 packets. I don't need 500 packets. I don't even need 200. I need maybe 150. In my searching and searching and Googling and Googling, I thought for sure I was doomed to have 350 packets of Gulden's Spicy Mustard laying around my house for the next 800 years. And then I discovered Minimus. It'll let me order 150 packets of mustard. For $0.10 each! SCORE!!!

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They have just about any medication you could possibly imagine.  And toiletry items (it would be a fantastic resource for those of you doing bathroom baskets).  And household items (need a mini bottle of Tide, perhaps?).  Need some baby items?  They even have a honeymoon kit that includes not only the items from their men's and women's carry-on kits, but also items from their "kama sutra" kit (think massage lotion, body dust, etc).  Hilarious!

I'm definitely gonna spend some dough at this place to get our OOTs and emergency kits fully stocked!  Awesomesauce!!

What If...?

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When my sister got married, I created an Emergency Kit for her and her bridesmaids. It had a lot of stuff in it, and we didn't use 90% of it, but I felt better just knowing it was there. So, yes, I definitely plan to make one for myself and my girls. I'll also probably make one for the boys, though I'm absolutely certain it'll get "forgotten." That's ok. I'll feel better just knowing it's made. Ha ha. So, what to include? Here's what I had in ours:

• straws (these were completely useless)
• baby powder
• bandaids
• bandaid blister blocker
• body tape
• deodorant (a few miniature ones, in case multiple people needed it)
• q-tips
• nail polish remover
• clear nail polish
• nail file
• chalk (to fix dress issues)
• a small sewing kit
• hair stuff (bobby pins in blonde and brunette, hair bands, hairspray, comb, brush)
• lotion
• mini lint brush
• Tide pen (a lot of people recommend Shout wipes, but I've found that these stain themselves)
• tampons, pantyliners, and pads
• tissues
• mouthwash
• pain relievers (Tylenol, Aleve, and Exedrin - you never know who can take what!)
• tummy relievers (Tums, Lactaid, Zantac)
• Claritin

Some of this stuff (like the bug spray wipes and Claritin) were specifically because Callie's wedding was outdoors in the summer. The bug spray wipes were the best purchase I made. While we were waiting to head down to the ceremony site, we were waiting in a field, and getting just eaten alive. I had the wipes with me, and it helped immediately! Definitely a must for an outdoor wedding. My dad had gotten some snacks for us. A note to all wanna-be-helpful dads out there - watermelon is not a suitable snack for a woman wearing a white wedding dress!

(me feeding my sister watermelon while she holds a towel up to protect her dress)

The other option he brought us? Cheez-Its. Yes, he's been educated that these are not the best ideas. But, he also brought us bottled waters, which was clutch. And Anthony (Callie's hubby) sent us champagne via Matt. So what about the boys? Well, they'll have a lot of similar stuff, but some different stuff, too (obviously - they don't need tampons!):

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• bandaids
• breath mints
• deodorant
• hair stuff (comb, hairspray, gel)
• mini lint brush
• small sewing kit (not that I expect any of them to know how to use this!)
• extra buttons
• Tide pen
• tissues
• shoe polish wipes
• pain relievers (Tylenol, ibuprofin, Excedrine)
• stomach relievers (Tums, Zantac, Lactaid)

I'll also send some food and waters to them. We're not allowed to have alcohol in the church or on the trolley, so no booze will be exchanged. Personally, I think this is a good thing. I've been to too many weddings where the groom and/or groomsmen were absolutely trashed before the ceremony even began. So...what do you think? Anything else I should add?