Hey everyone! This is my first post and I'm in a bit of a dilemma. I went to a local caterer, and she showed us a several page menu with the last page being a list of requirements. She went through many of the requirements with us, but skipped the particular one which has caused my dilemma. Here's what happened: after showing us pictures of food/cakes, I went home and discussed with my mother. I decided to go with this caterer for the food, but not for the cake. So I went to another bakery, tasted and chose a cake, and completely paid for a cake at this bakery in advance. This bakery has a $100 non-refundable deposit required. A few days later I put down the non-refundable deposit ($300) for the caterer. After putting down these deposits, I realized that one of the caterer's stipulations on her menu requirements page was that she had to do the cake in order to do any reception catering!
I am so upset with myself for not reading that requirements page more closely before I put down the deposit and bought another cake! I literally could kick myself!
The reason that I chose to go to another bakery is because, while the caterer's food looked delicious, her cakes looked a little ... I don't want to say sloppy, but not as polished and perfected as I wanted. What should I do?? She is really the only caterer in our area, and I really want the other bakery to do the cake and I want her to cater the food.
Any advice would be appreciated!