So I'll start with the good. FI and I just got back from our cake consultation and we loved it! Even FI got a little excited! It's going to be three tier, really simple. Gorgeous! I took this photo in and we tweaked it a little:
The top tier will be more "normal" than the weird tall thing going on and the middle will be taller. We're doing a light pink sugar peony (like in the pic) and adding some green leaves and curly willow since there will be more blank space with the taller middle tier. The ribbon and lace around the bottom of bottom and top will be fondant so we won't have to worry about removing. It'll feed 92 and we're inviting 80 (expect about 65) so there will be plenty

It was $345 which is only $45 over budget and I'm SO excited!!!! (Plus free delivery!)
Okay... now the crap of the day. FI used to work with a guy who did amazing food. He even won awards. So FI called him back in August-ish time and the guy said he could do it and do it in our budget. Well, I've been wanting FI to get in touch with him since Dec so we can start going over details and get a contract signed so I know we have a caterer locked down. He finally got to it about two weeks ago.
So he left a voicemail. But we haven't gotten a call back. FI said he's called him about two or three times since then and no anser, no return call. FI siad we might want to start looking for another caterer which is freaking me out. I mean, FI doesn't stress too much about these things so if he's coming to me and saying we should look for someone else, then that means he doesn't have too much hope. And our food budget is tiny. I mean, ou whole budget is tiny, but... yeah.
Plus we did our taxes and FI actually owed money and we were going to pay off my car to get him one (his truck stops working on a regular basis and his job requires him to drive around half of our state). So we're going to be out some money on that. Thankfully, his job has picked up for busy season but now he's getting sick and is miserable.
So if we could get some warm Knottie vibes that would be awesome. Mostly for FI though. I feel so bad for him. =(