Wedding Wednesday – Flower Pots

There is little that I love more than a good deal. Lame, but true. I walk straight to the clearance aisle/rack at every store. I know exactly where they all are. In fact, I had a hard time coming up with examples of things I regularly pay full price for.

1. Gifts for Kate: It's kind of strange, but all of my money saving hang-ups go out the door when I'm shopping for Kate. Maybe it's because I want to get her the most perfect gifts, so I'm willing to pay for them.
2. Running Shoes: If I have a brand/model of running shoe that works for me, I will order those same exact shoes until I can no longer find them. Which means I can usually get a deal once the newer model comes out. However, when I can no longer replace worn out shoes with an identical pair, I will pay full price for a new brand/model if it is the perfect shoe for me. I'm not talking color or style here, purely fit and function. So even though shelling out $140 (gasp!) for my new Kayanos was hard, I just remind myself that it's cheaper than physical therapy.

So, yeah, there ya go. I could only come up with 2 cases. Truth is, spending money makes me feel a little guilty. So when I can save money on something I need or something I want, I'm able to enjoy it more. And sometimes the act of scoring a great deal brings more joy than the item itself.

I promise you will not see me on Extreme Couponing. There's just not enough storage space in our house.

Ok, where is all of this going? You guessed it - I scored a great deal on something for the wedding! Flower pots, to be exact. I thought these will look great displaying the fabric flowers that I'm making!

I'm thinking maybe these can be out front holding the flowers/escort cards, and then the jars will be on the tables to act as vases for everyone's flowers once they get to their seats.

I love how they're all a little bit different - lots of colors and textures.

Eclectic, like my flowers!

So, now for the second most exciting part (the first being how cute they are, of course)...I got all 8 of these for a mere $28! They were all marked down to between $2 and $5 at Marshall's. The grey plastic flower boxes I was considering from Target were $7 each. I'd say this was WAY better. Wahoo!

I'm not sure how I'll fill them to hold the flowers. Foam? Sand? Marbles? Any ideas for me?