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June 2013 Weddings
Whew, wedding stuff is making me crazy!
I keep trying to figure out who we are going to invite so I can estimate the cost of our caterer, get a number for invites/STDs/chairs/tables, etc. I NEED this number. FI is being very uncooperative about inviting his side. He just says, "I don't know."...If you haven't noticed by now, I am a very impatient person. In fact, I would say I have zero patience. I just wasn't graced with that virtue. So FI inability to help me, makes me crazy and I then get ill and that never ends well.
The venue we booked has a dining area indoors but can probably hold 50 people comfortably. There are several benches and sitting areas outdoors. My plan was to rent about 10 more tables and enough chairs for them (hold 60-80 people depending on the size of table). People could eat indoors, outdoors at the tables, and outdoors at the benches/sitting areas. Is that ok or rude?
My sister, who also by now you know I can't stand, is on a the war path because I want real flowers. She is paying for nothing. Why should she care? She keeps saying little things like, "C is too good to have fake flowers."...Who the hell cares if I have real flowers? It's my wedding. If I want real flowers, I can have them. My parents are paying for the most part of my wedding, but if the flowers go over the budgeted amount for them, I am paying the difference.
Oh and then there is the fact that I could get attacked by a black bear on our honeymoon! Not likely I know, but still it could happen.
Speaking of honeymoon...I found a better cabin...no indoor private pool but it has a home theater in the loft and a "dance pole"...is that a stripper pole? lol is that even sanitary?? hahaha
And possible date change to 6/22/13...that's just bumping it up a week so we don't have to pay the holiday rate for the cabin and plus it won't be as packed in Gatlinburg. I'm actually more excited about the honeymoon than I am the wedding.
ETA: Just looked at more pictures! It has a massive shower. Like multiple shower heads...lol that could be fun.
The venue we booked has a dining area indoors but can probably hold 50 people comfortably. There are several benches and sitting areas outdoors. My plan was to rent about 10 more tables and enough chairs for them (hold 60-80 people depending on the size of table). People could eat indoors, outdoors at the tables, and outdoors at the benches/sitting areas. Is that ok or rude?
My sister, who also by now you know I can't stand, is on a the war path because I want real flowers. She is paying for nothing. Why should she care? She keeps saying little things like, "C is too good to have fake flowers."...Who the hell cares if I have real flowers? It's my wedding. If I want real flowers, I can have them. My parents are paying for the most part of my wedding, but if the flowers go over the budgeted amount for them, I am paying the difference.
Oh and then there is the fact that I could get attacked by a black bear on our honeymoon! Not likely I know, but still it could happen.
Speaking of honeymoon...I found a better cabin...no indoor private pool but it has a home theater in the loft and a "dance pole"...is that a stripper pole? lol is that even sanitary?? hahaha
And possible date change to 6/22/13...that's just bumping it up a week so we don't have to pay the holiday rate for the cabin and plus it won't be as packed in Gatlinburg. I'm actually more excited about the honeymoon than I am the wedding.
ETA: Just looked at more pictures! It has a massive shower. Like multiple shower heads...lol that could be fun.
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Re: Whew, wedding stuff is making me crazy!
As for your seating arrangments - are you having a formal sit down dinner? Are you having a seating chart? I know it was my preference that everyone was in the same room so as long as it doesn't matter to you and it isn't a formal affair with a seating chart I would think that would be fine?.
Tell your sister - Fake flowers can sometimes be more expensive than real flowers!
Are you bumping your wedding date up a week? Does your venue have that date available? Or are you taking your honeymoon before your wedding?
Negril, Jamaica!!
Making FI write a guest list was the absolute first thing I did, I needed to know what types of venues to look for based on the amount of people we will be having. Our guest list keeps changing slightly, like taking a couple people off, adding another couple on, etc. It is pretty much finalized but I am sure we will continue to tweak it a bit until save the dates go out.
@kelly: I don't know if we are bumping it up yet or not. I mentioned it to FI but we haven't got to really talk about it yet. And I've already checked with the venue. She said I was the only person for 2013 period except for 2 events in January. Mostly only people within the community or people who have relatives within the community use it. It isn't a well known fact that you can even rent it. So we are good on the venue.
ETA: And the HM would be after the wedding.
cnf- our caterer is my cousin. She does it in her free time and mainly only for family or close friends of hers. She said as long as I give her a few months heads up, everything will be fine. The lady making the cake is family friend of FI's. She retired from her business last year, but said she was "coming out of retirement" for us. Nothing will be affected.