Venue help

icequeen09

Hi guys!I have a question about venue. I am having a surprise Christmas wedding of this year, and I'm trying to figure out where to do it. Both our families are totally on board with it, and so I'm really excited! I'm not engaged yet, so the surprise will be on my boyfriend!Anyway, I've from Tyler, TX, and I'm trying to decide if we should just have it at our home where it will be easy for everyone to get to on Christmas, or if we should move it to Dallas or Fort Worth so I can have it at an ice skating rink! There is an ice skating rink that does private parties, and since it's a wedding on Christmas, I want it to be ice and snow themed.What are your thoughts?

oceana919

The NEY board is full of crazies desperate for a ring. I'm not posting over there. I'm not desperate for a ring. Yes, because shanghai-ing your boyfriend with a surprise wedding at an ice skating rink on Christmas is neither crazy, nor desperate. ::headdesk::You didn't post this at NEY because you knew the logical girls over there would have ripped this posts to shreds. Similar to what is happening over here at P&E.

sarahnovick

Dear Ice Queen, From one wedding-reformist to another let me first say KUDOS TO YOU.  You are clearly thinking outside of the box on this one, and I applaud you for that. With that being said,  I would not ignore being cautious about how Groom might feel about this.  Maybe you should bring up the idea as a joke to test the waters.  On a nice summer day you might say:  "Today is so perfect, I should have planned a surprise wedding in the backyard"  Pay attention closely to his reaction. How would you plan his bachelor party?  Pick his groomsmen? Since you seem to have ice capades on the mind - I would try to stay with the skating theme.  I would substitute post-dinner dancing for skating.  You might also want to check into the food/alcohol restrictions within the rink.  And remember if it doesn't work out, you can always incorporate the ice theme into other parts of your wedding (i.e. rehearsal dinner, bachelorette party). I like the suprise proposal a few days before. PS - I am completely disgusted with with the majority of the replies to your post.  You don't need a ring to plan a wedding.  You need LOVE, not commercialized-buy-me-a-$10,000-ring-so-we-can-go-into-debt-before-our-married-life-starts LOVE.