RSVP Countdown

With less than two weeks until our RSVP date, I'm starting to keep track of the yeses and the nos. I'm actually surprised we've gotten back as many as we have. The first RSVP was received three days after the invites were sent!! We sent out 89 invitations. As of yesterday, we had received 26 replies. Not bad! Eight of them were nos... none that we weren't expecting. The yeses amounted to 37 people. YIKES. The number will grow exponentially, I expect. I couldn't just trash the beautiful RSVPs (or their pretty green envies, either) once they came in. What did I do with them?
I put them up on the wall to look at every time we walk through the door! They're on a Pottery Barn card/photo holder that has come in quite handy over the years. See something that doesn't quite look like the others? Yep... that was a last minute invite. We had exactly enough green envies for those on our list, and then J remembered someone that had been left off the list. Doh! They were one of the first to RSVP-- with a no. We are extremely understanding of the nos and were expecting many of them. The one that really disappointed me-- my grandparents. If J and I had married last year, then they would have been able to make it. Unfortunately, we didn't, and they have seriously declined in health since. It's truly devastating to me, but I know there is nothing I can do about it. I am extremely close with them and wish that the circumstances were different. I have to remember... it is what it is (my dad's favorite saying)!

Were you surprised with any no responses?