Unboxing a Special Present from our Wedding Coordinator

It's been a busy week here at the TammRod Estate, with my brother and sister-in-law spending the week here in Seattle and joining in our big Thanksgiving event we have every year. Last weekend I returned home from a weekend of beer and board games in Blaine, WA (a trip that we've done nine times now!) to find a special package waiting on me, addressed to Girl Scout Fiancée and I both, from our wedding coordinator, Danny. I wasn't expecting anything, and in the package were a couple of presents from Danny to each of us. Since I'd never heard of anything like this on any of the other wedding blogs I'd read, I figured this might be something worth writing a post about. In the tradition of game unboxings that are all the rage on the internets these days, here's a brief photographic unboxing of our presents from Danny.

The box the presents came in wasn't anything special, but it was very obvious that it was from Disney right from the beginning. Even the exterior label was all fancified, albeit a bit incongruous with the very simple cardboard box.

The Disney Infinity card was not included; I just used it to hide our address.

After breaking the box's seal, the first thing that greeted us was a card from Danny. It's pretty cute and simple, but I think it's a nice indication of the sentiment. Disney is all about going above and beyond your expectations, and I think this sets a great tone for the wedding, even though it is still 5 months away.

I'll admit, when I read the word "treats," I thought it was chocolate.

There were two actual gifts in the box. My gift is a small coin that came in a pouch that fits in the palm of my hand. It's a little charm or token, no real practical use, but it did come with a card that has some suggestions for how it could be used. I'll admit, I'm a sucker for cool little trinkets like this, and definitely want to keep this in my pocket during the wedding and honeymoon.

I'll be like the Disney version of Two-Face.

Girl Scout Fiancée's gift is something a little more practical. Hers is a nice silky bag intended to hold the shoes she's going to wear at the wedding, with a cute little saying about Cinderella emblazoned across the front. Like my gift, hers came with a small card with some suggestions for making the wedding more memorable. This is one of those rare cases where I feel like the groom's gift is actually nicer than the gift for the bride, even though hers is actually more useful.

Useful silky bag vs. shiny useless piece of metal: you the the judge.

I fully realize that the gifts are just a small token in the grand scheme of things, but the fact of the matter is that Disney didn't have to send us these things. If we'd never received them, we wouldn't know the difference, but it's just a nice touch that shows that they want to make this as memorable as possible. Danny is so far exceeding my expectations for what a Disney wedding coordinator should do.