House of many colors. Colours. Colors.

Today we did all the stuff we've been meaning to get around to for some time: ordered wedding invitations, finished registering, and went back to Vios for a late lunch. I want my house to look like that place, I swear it. A good place to eat before going shopping for household goods. Or interior design strategies.

Why is it that invitations that count as formal -- or any writing that counts as formal, for that matter -- typically use British spelling? What is it about the extra u in honor/honour and favor/favour that makes people feel erudite, or like dressing up? Well, I'm not having it.