Pinterest Goggles Are Real

I am trying to sloooooooowly get myself away from the post-engagement "PIN ALL THE THINGS!!!!!!" phase.  I mean really, given my pinning skills, this wedding is pretty much planned, right?

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Yeah...uh...not so much.  Planning a wedding with Pinterest is like having the unlimited meal plan at college.
"Chicken fingers for everyone! My treat since  swiping my student D is basically the equivalent of spending monopoly money, amiright?"

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 Wrong.  So. Very. Wrong.

I knew it before, obviously, but now that MVP and I are in the throes of planning, I feel like I have a permanent expression of "That costs how f*@king much?!?" on my face.

I have an ungodly amount try to keep a healthy dose of skepticism when it comes to DIY projects.  Because I know I have been at the crafting rock-bottom before.  Sitting on the floor, crying, clutching a glue gun and looking around at the total mess I made of $128 dollars of "supplies" from Michael's.

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Have you experienced something similar? If you have (and it's okay if you are too ashamed to admit it...), this experience should be forever known as Pinterest Goggles***. Much like with beer goggles, what starts out as fun eventually takes a sharp turn down This-is-a-Horrible-Idea Avenue, and we don't have the mind to stop before it is too late.  And with both, there is usually a ginormous mess to clean up the next morning.

***I AM GOING TO MAKE THIS PHRASE HAPPEN.  That may also involve trademarking this phrase...so clearly I am not going to get much done today. If any TM lawyers have stumbled across this post, gimme a shout.

That said, there are a few things that I have seen on Pinterest that I would like to try.  Partly because they may be more budget-friendly, but also so I can feel like I am doing something other than just signing contracts and sending deposit checks.

The other day, I mentioned one of my ideas to MVP and showed him some pins so he had a visual.  

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Let's just say, he was not into it.  Not so much because of what it was, but because I was going to take on the task of making it.  I appreciated his concern, and tried to explain that I am well aware there is the very real possibility this project could send me off the crafting deep end a chance it may not turn out exactly right, but the wedding is 8 months away. That is plenty of time.

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He looked at me with that expression that simply says "I am filing this away so I can say 'I told you so!'"

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I think we agreed to disagree on the issue...and by that I mean we just stopped talking about it and he left to go watch TV in another room.  Feeling full of  "I'll show you!" moxie, I jumped on Amazon and loaded my cart with supplies.  Ordering online has an added bonus of not having that personal interaction with the Michael's/A.C. Moore cashier, who looks at you with a mix of empathy and pity as she rings you up for a shopping cart FULL OF STUFF that she knows is never going to come to its intended crafting fruition.

It's an endless cycle, people.  Just like the morning after a long, late night of drinking, when the fog and haze of the beer goggles has gone, you vow you are never doing that again.  And then later - could be a month, could be a year, you forget all about that promise.  That's me and my struggle with my inner-Martha-Stewart-wannabe.  Oh Pinterest goggles....I just can't quit you!!