Woodholt

We didn't register for gifts and we weren't wearing white and there wasn't any cake involved, but Sarah and Elizabeth have a special announcement to make:

We opened a joint bank account and we are now financially obligated to each other.

For better or worse, richer or poorer.

WHY did we spend a Friday evening opening a bank account at the Wells Fargo in the grocery store? WHY did we give the 20-year-old teller (with a really darling attempt at a mustache) our social security numbers while listening to the soundtrack of the scanners and price checks in the background?

We did it for you, Lions. We did it for YOU.

You see, since we're not using an official reunion planning company, we needed to come up with a way to accept payment from you guys that felt OFFICIAL. We couldn't get a business bank account (Because did we mention? We're doing this on the cheap.) and we didn't want people to feel skeevy about sending money to people you haven't seen in 15 years and who could very well be organizing this whole thing as a scheme to steal your money.

I mean, we're totally not. I swear. Scout's honor. Except we were never Boy Scouts and I don't remember the Brownies having an honor-based hand gesture and my mom wouldn't let me graduate to Girl Scouts for some reason that, now that I think about it, isn't quite clear. But really, we're totally on the up-and-up.

(Ignore the crazy lady tangent -- someone has Girl Scout Cookies on the brain, it seems -- and let's get back to the business of making you feel good about sending us money.)

SO, in order to make you feel good about sending us money, we decided to put the entire reunion committee on the bank account. Except that child care and careers and bay area traffic and this and that made it so that only two of us could make it to the "bank." (Seriously, banks in grocery stores feel so unofficial...I'm not used to banking at the same place I buy tomatoes.)

But it's all for the best because now Sarah and Elizabeth are able to share the special bond of co-banking and when you send us money you can send it to one or the both of them and everyone will be happy.

If you're wondering if you missed the part about sending us money, don't worry...you haven't. We haven't announced anything yet, but when we DO, we want you to have some background on why the heck we're asking you to write your checks out to Sarah or Elizabeth.

And also to share the glory of opening a bank account at Safeway. It's kinda like VIP check-in in Vegas.

Except without the complimentary cocktails.