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OK, just so you all don't think that I pick on Beth exclusively, I'd like to point out that I have my Duh Moments as well (although I think I've pointed that out plenty of times before, such as here, here and here).

So anyway, we're throwing a dinner party for my parents for their 50th anniversary next month. After The 'Rents sent me a list of who they'd like to be invited, I went online and ordered the invitations. Not wanting to run out if I screwed up, I ordered a few extra--they had 48 people on the list so I ordered 60 invitations just to be on the safe side. No problem, right?

Well, last night I typed up all of the address labels and, lo and behold, I came up with only 26 labels. Hmm. That means only 26 invitations need to be sent out, not 48.

Then I figured it out. There's a total of 21 couples and 6 singles being invited. Plus, we're not sending an invite to ourselves. So in reality, I only needed maybe 35 invitations rather than 60.

Ah, shit. We're just throwing money out the window around here...