I just discovered this board yesterday and was so excited to see a place where I can be amongst some other older and wiser brides. Nothing against the girls on the DFW board, but I am old enough to be a mother to a large portion of them.
My name is Paige and I am 44. We are getting married in January of 2011. We are getting married in Dallas so we could have 3-12 inches of snow and/or ice, a beautiful sunny 70 degree day, or anything in between. Ah, the beauty of Texas winters--never know what the day will bring. This will be my first marriage and my FI's second. He has a 21 year old son. I have no children. We have two furry children. My FI opened his heart to my bassets the day he met them over three years ago. We had to put one down last summer with lymphoma and we adopted a baby basset in November.
Looking forward to learning about y'all, your ideas for your weddings, and seeing and hearing about your big days.
Re: Introduction
Our ceremony and reception are at the same place and we are expecting about 160 people. We are inviting (and can accomodate) closer to 200 people, but hopefully some of them won't come.
What have you got planned so far? Look forward to chatting with you.
Do you have a theme? Any DIY projects?
My venue offered a package that was hard to pass up. There are some things that we really did not need to have, but it was such a great deal for the things that we wanted. I am pretty much responsible for my attire, the officiant, the rings, the cake, and the photographer. They are taking care of the food, the bar (open with a signature drink to be named later), invitations, transportation and parking, all of the flowers, reception decor from linens to centerpieces, personalized cocktail napkins, honeymoon suite, ice sculpture if I so choose to have one, and a themed rehearsal dinner for 75 guests.
This is getting long so I will end this chapter now.
Looking forward to hearing more from y'all.
Yes, I have gone dress shopping and I found THE dress. Will post that seperately.