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A little hanging loop would make this a cute May basket, too.

When someone's just starting out and doesn't have much yet, multi-purpose things can be terrific. Dutch ovens and cast-iron pots and pans can go from stove top to oven. The ubiquitous Pyrex glass bowls with lids can be used for mixing or serving or storage. A cookie sheet can be great for cookies, but so can a jelly-roll pan, and the jelly-roll pan can also be used for anything that needs a lip, including to catch drips under other things in the oven.

@Dhmoniger, paving stones and gravel are frequently laid over a bed of sand, and it looks like there's rock or sand between all the paving surfaces. (Even if that's not how Smile Garden did it, it would be feasible to set one's own version up that way.) With that in place, weeds should be very rare, and any that do somehow sprout should be easy to pull up without their usual anchor of dirt.

@Auraexchange (and anyone else with similar problems), two tips for your KitchenAid:

1) If you're getting a thick layer of unmixed stuff at the bottom of the bowl, you probably need to raise the bowl. Check your manual (or the internet) to see how to do so for your particular model.

2) Try a scraper blade, like this one -- I dithered about getting one for a year or so, and wish I'd never waited. No more bowl scraping!

Macbride, I didn't grow up with birthday-party favors, either, and was surprised to see them at my nephew's parties (in Chicago, where I'm told they're near-ubiquitous). Anyone know whether it's a carryover from weddings?

@suemey, you could also try a pothos -- those seem to thrive nearly anywhere, including in weak or artificial light. Spider plants (also called airplane plants) are almost as easy.

@lcraig, I'm delighted to know there's such a profession as sofa disassembler. Nonetheless, for the OP I'd add that if shopping for a non-sectional sofa it'd be good to see if any parts can be self-disassembled, like removable legs or backs, and checking measurements without those bits if applicable.

Not to make light of the OP's situation, but is anyone else reminded of the stuck-in-the-stairwell sofa in Douglas Adams's Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency?

The take-home message I'm getting from reading all of these comments is that it's highly unlikely whatever's chosen will please everybody, and it may be inevitable that whatever's chosen (or avoided) will squick or offend or trigger allergies in one or more guests, so whatever favor or lack thereof most pleases the bride and groom is probably the way to go.

My brother's wedding favors were very sweet little post-it note pads that said, "Love, Honor, and Stick Together!" with their names and wedding date and a cute stick-figure drawing, Charming, but I used maybe three pages from mine, and recycled the rest when they got divorced.

The wedding favor I've most enjoyed was from friends who had photos scheduled for between the wedding and the reception. They had little a little packet of legos at each place setting, with notes saying for guests to please have fun with them while the family was with the photographer. Everyone enjoyed playing around with them, they filled the time beautifully, many tables pooled theirs to make more elaborate constructions, the creations made for some great and unusual reception photos, and the majority of the legos wound up being given to the children in attendance, who presumably had plenty more fun with them at home.

Don't choose a side-by-side if you ever want to put wide things (larger pans, pizzas, etc.) in the freezer -- they won't fit horizontally.

OP, it'd be great to hear what you guys wind up doing with them!