Well after getting engaged in July of 2011 and thinking we were going to have to wait until the Spring of 2014, we decided on June 14, 2013. Now I am officially excited and can't wait to start planning we have about 80 guests and decided to do no kids, I know I know many people will be upset, but guess what our money is paying for this wedding and it is OUR wedding!!! I have been emailing all these different venues today to start deciding which places we want to look at. We also decided on going with a Friday reception to try and save some money! Any tips, advice, comments are welcome!!!! Oh yea we live in the nortwest suburbs of Chicago.