Posting invitations & wording help needed.........

[brainache]

Hi im confused as to what to do with posting these invitations and need your advise please

I have 29 invitations to post. It is 4 weeks Sunday untill the Christening. Should i send them 1st or 2nd Class?
1st - £10.44p or 2nd - £7.83p

I have 4 invitation to send to the same house, Uncle & aunty, 3 adult cousins with partners. Can i pop them all into the same envelope? If i do and also the same with another cousin and had deliver mum and dad's then that's 6 stamp's im saving. Which would then be
1st - £8.28p or 2nd - £6.21p

I dont mean to sound cheap but it seems silly sending 4 invitations to the same house in different envelopes. Also money is a bit tight atm.

Also it is her birthday 2weeks later and i was thinking of putting a note in the envelope saying something like

'Hi, we do not expect presents but if you feel inclined to please give a lovely card as these will be kept afterwards in a special box. Thank you'

Took the wording from a note i received in a wedding invitation, though it said conrtibution towards our honeymoon.

Do you think this is ok? Was thinking of maybe only putting this in my friends invitations (will be sending 12 invites most are couples)

Thank you in advance for your help

Personally I think everything you have put sounds reasonable.

Send them 1st class though. I'm always horrified to recieve invitations by 2nd class- bit cheap IMO. 2nd class is for bills and such like.

So 1 envelope per house sounds ok?

These are the times i wish i had a car as about 1/2 are in 1 area and i would hand deliver them. It would take me about an hour and that includes getting there and getting home........hmmm might ask dad as he lives in the middle of most of them......

Or does that sound too cheap?

Just worked it out and thats 7 i could hand deliver....That would then cost £5.76p to send 16 1st class

Would you mind if your invitation was hand delivered??

1 envelope per house sounds fine.

Bribing your father to act as your personal postie sounds like the best idea!

I like hand delivered stuff as someone has gone out of their way to get it to you.

Gosh brainache, I thought I was the worlds biggest overthinker. You win!

roflrofl suwoo and i held back on this thread rofl

I just dont want to been seen as poor brainache, she's out of work and cant even afford to post the invites - or to be felt sorry for.

I don't think people will think that, I think that is perhaps you projecting your insecurities?

I was very much like this with my wedding and the christenings, things like this are a big deal but you are worrying too much.

Hand deliver them where appropriate and chill out

Oh and have a lovely day.

Spot on I just want everything to be perfect lol

I have just spoken to the lady that liaise's with the parents. I feel sooo much more excited - well if thats possible lol