the best idea!

so, if you know anything about weddings, you know that traditionally the bride and groom have a set of special champagne toasting flutes that they use during the wedding toasts and then put away in their china cabinet for the next 50 years or lose or break during a move (jeri).

here are some um...lovely...examples (by lovely i mean my worst nightmare). well, i had some images, but they seem to have disappeared. sorry about that.

now, i'm not badmouthing the tradition if you like it. it's just that danny & i aren't really champagne and toasting flute kind of people. we have already decided that we aren't going to bother with serving champagne and will toast with whatever we happen to be drinking.

the other night something just clicked & i had the best idea! in lieu of champagne toasting flutes, danny and i will get some really pretty beer glasses to toast with! danny & i are very much beer people (danny's a beer snob, at this point), so it is so fitting for us to toast with special beer glasses. AND beer glasses are something we use almost everyday, so no worries about them gathering dust on a shelf somewhere.

i think this might be a purchase that i pass on to danny. it's one (newly) wedding related area he knows more about than i do. if you want to read up on the different options when it comes to beer glasses, check out beer advocate.