Can't believe I'm actually posting a flame, but, I'm about to bring out the industrial-strength, military-grade flamethrower for this.
Pretty much, I'm getting married in 5 months. I've had everything booked for a year, been AWOL from lists and the internet because I'm up to my ears in planning(in fact, I need to call the minister this afternoon) and am otherwise swamped.
One of the vendors I've had yet to talk to is the cake baker. I've talked to everyone else(even my DJ, and I was playing phone tag with him AND the photographer for a week) at least once. Some multiple times, others once or twice and don't need me until May, because all that's left is guest counts. Seeing as how I don't send out invites until next month, yeah, kinda stuck.
But the cake, I do need to be doing that. I know sort of what I want, but, I'm no baker. An elaborate cake for me involves frosting and writing more than "Happy Birthday" on it. Or trying to do an angel food from scratch, which, well trust me, it sucks.
Naturally, I need to talk to someone in the biz. Had to do the same for catering(as much as I wanted to do the feast myself with my love of cooking, as busy as I'll be, can't do it
). I wanted lasagne originally. Didn't think of how hard the noodles'd get or how funky the cheese'd be sitting out all night during the course of a catered meal. Took the caterer telling me that to think; "Oh yeah...you're right. Oops." and figure something else out.
I want a chocolate cake, white frosting, three tiers, minimal decorations. That's the bare basics. Look in a cake baking book sometime, see all the white, three tiered cakes there are out there. Decisions, decisions. Bakers need to know where to go, when to go, what sort of frosting, your colors, fresh flowers, toppers, it goes on. I obviously do need to talk to this woman between now and then.
After today, she's lost my business. Talked to me briefly on the first of the year(when I was TIRED, yeah, good idea there), told me to make another appointment. I last spoke to her on the 22nd of January before today. Been trying for a MONTH to let her get over a family emergency and to get ahold of her. Every single time I call this woman, she's either not in or it's "not a good time".
There's a list of other crud that's happened and the words I have for her could make a trucker, sailor, and rapper blush all at once that I obviously can't repeat on here. So if you want to read the whole fiasco that sounds more like a bloody soap opera than a business deal(did I mention it takes a minute to speak to my other vendors, work out what day is open for them and me to make a face-to-face visit, and this woman wouldn't give me even 20 minutes this week or next in a FIVE MINUTE conversation? yeah...), here you go...
http://turtleninja.deadjournal.com/Gotta warn you, it's a small novella, the stuff that's gone on since January 1st. And if you don't like cussing and f-bombs, I wouldn't read it. I'm not joking when I said I'm so ticked off at this woman that I cursed enough to make a rapper blush. Just unbelieveable, this woman, the way she's treated me over nothing more than getting a half hour in a day(any day, pick one!) to sit down and discuss the cake she's gonna make for me so she can do it right. Five months to the wedding, I don't have time for this. I'm totally done with her.
Order's cancelled, complaint's gonna be logged with her manager, and I'm turning to my aunt to do the cake. *sigh*
Sorry to get long winded, just unbelievably frustrated, so much so, I actually have a very bad stomachache from it, so, shutting up now and going to slink off and eat chicken soup and ginger ale before my gut twists into a permanent pretzel.
