Who Knew?

Ahh, the things I never knew about before being a bride, and now really really care about for some unknown reason.
1. Chivari chairs. I didn't know what that was until my venue gushed about having them. I didn't know they were so special that other brides actually pay to rent them over their venues free-bee chairs. I guess now I am super glad that my venue has chiavari free be chairs!

2. Pomanders. I think I would have thought this was a baking or cooking term before learning that it was a beautiful ball of flowers or moss or neatly gathered tissue paper. Now I NEED to DIY pomanders for my friend's bridal shower and possibly my own wedding.

3. Letterpress and Gocco. Neither words would have brought about any sort of inkling in my non-wedding mind. Now that I am a bride to be, I need to somehow find a gocco on ebay and make my own invites, and I need to have my thank you cards letterpressed. Why? Because sites like the knot and weddingbee are too informative for their own good. Feeding the wedding industry's mega million dollar monopoly they make us crazy! And, last but not least
4. "hand cancelling" at the post office, and now I plan on forcing my local mail folks to do so, even though from what I've heard they hate doing it! How can i run an ugly stamp over all the calligraphy I plan on learning to do on the envelopes?

Anyone else becoming needy for things they didn't know existed before opening Martha Stewart Weddings or logging onto The Knot boards for the first time?