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Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

Did you look into how much it would be for them? Are there companies that come to venues to do that?

I am excited because I get to watch it in action! I seen pics but now I can't remember where I seen them. Anyways, my crepes station was one of the options for the dessert. I was so excited because FI is from Europe and crepes are popular there, as you know. I had a crepes, dessert table, or chocolate fountain. Crepes was the best choice! (I HATE chocolate fountains. no offence to other people who do them though.)

caraellen23 · September 2010

We didn't consider any of the upgraded desserts or bringing in any outside vendors. It just wasn't something we had room in our budget for. I actually really, really wanted to go to an outside baker and have a fabulous cake with the flavors we really wanted. However, it made more sense budget-wise to choose a cake that was part of our catering package and not do any add-ons. Its okay though, we are spending a shitton on our band, so I'd rather people be up and dancing and not even notice there IS dessert.

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

This is true! I also would want a big fancy cake like the ones on those tv shows but might as well just stick to what is included.

ooodsie · September 2010

You won't miss it - we had a billion and one desserts, yet no one stopped to eat them .. they were all either full from dinner and drinking, or up dancing. Even Ben and I didn't eat any. We went over to get a photo with the woman doing the bananas foster, but that was it.. They look amazing when I look back in photos, but I bet 90% of them went to waste

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

awe that is too bad. Bananas foster sounds goooooood!

I will be sure to eat at my wedding haha, I always hear the bride didn't eat but I know my DOC will make sure I eat. ( I joke and say there are certain things she makes sure happens. 1. I EAT! 2. I drink enough water so I don't get drunk. LOL )

ooodsie · September 2010

Traci,

I swore I would eat too.. and it's not that we coudlnt eat, our DOC's were AWESOME and kept trying to pull us away from guests and bring us plates of food to eat.. but we chose not to, or when we did we would literally scarf it down and move on. We never thought we would, but when you are in the position of talking to a relative you havent seen in 5 years vs sitting down to finish your dessert, you always wind up choosing the guest.

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

I have like 75 guests or so, I hope I get to eat...

I will have to get a doggie bag!

miguelhilary2010 · September 2010

We sat at our sweetheart table through the entire dinner and ATE. We did a receiving line, and visited the older folks tables after we finished eating. Our friends wouldn't care if we didn't "visit" their table so we just skipped them. They were on the dance floor with us!

As far as desserts, we had the cake (included, opted no upgrades to save $) plus a viennese table and a station where they did bananas foster and stuff. One of my bridesmen... who can EAT a TON... told me after the wedding that all the food was great, but the only "bad" thing was that we had too many desserts and he was too stuffed to eat them. Not a bad complaint to have

caraellen23 · September 2010

Ooodsie, we've already decided to skip the salad course to go around to tables. Hopefully we can blow through a bunch before the dancing starts, so we'll have time to eat a little of the entree before visiting the rest of the tables. In a perfect world.....that's the plan.

ooodsie · September 2010

Um.. Make that 78 now that a few of us want to try your crepe station..

caraellen23 · September 2010

MH - we're hoping to map out our plan of attack for tables so the last ones we'd visit are our friends. That way, if we don't get to those, its not a big deal since we'll tear it up on the dancefloor with them later!

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

haha Kim

All this talk about crepes makes my hot pocket not so fun.

I know I will eat. I will most likely get served first, then we will eat, and visit tables as the rest of the people are eating. I am with you Hil, I will EAT. ( I am glad to hear that you did eat)

Cara-Maybe I will skip the salad as well. Just go walk around during that time...hmm. Something to think about.

ooodsie · September 2010

We also skipped friends, we figured they would understand and we would wind up dancing with them anyway as MH said.

We had an extended cocktail hour on purpose so that we could visit everyone during cocktails and EAT during dinner... We also allowed for extra time in between for photos so that we would get to cocktail hour on time. When our stupid limo bus broke down, that plan was shot to hell. At least we did allow that extra time though and we made it on time for the reception.. It sucked, seriously - we showed up 15 minutes before cocktail hour was ending, and didn't even make it into that room to eat a damn thing.

Like Cara said, in a perfect world my plan would have been awesome and I would have stuffed my face. But life happens and our limo seemed to have other plans for us.

Heres to hoping your limo works properly and your plan pans out!!

caraellen23 · September 2010

B2B - we are also getting served first and have DOCs and our own server. However, we are not doing a receiving line, and really want to try to make it to all the tables. At the end of each course, when about 85% of the room is finished, something happens that will take us away (toasts, cake cutting, special dances, etc), so I'm not sure that we'll get to sit and have a meal, but we're okay with that. The staff is bringing food up to us after the ceremony, so that should hold us over for a while.

There's a good chace I'm going to ask for a chunk of cake (not our top tier) when we leave to take back to the hotel with us, haha.

miguelhilary2010 · September 2010

My bridal attendant who was serving us said a few times "you can go visit tables if you want to before the next course" and we just sat there like, nope. A handful of friends came over to the sweetheart table to congradulate us, but that was it. We had about 30mins of quiet to just breathe and talk to each other.

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

I don't have a room to go to at the venue after the reception, so maybe they will make us to go meals? I will have to look into that.

I will be eating the top tier of my cake like a month later, not a year. I will just order an anniversary cake from the baker.

I really hope i eat though, i get bad headaches from not eating. (im a pig)

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

MH_ I love the way you think!

miguelhilary2010 · September 2010

I'm not shy, but I don't like attention and I'm horrible at small talk. I also knew that our guests weren't sticklers for etiquitte, so we weren't going to get crap for not following the rules of getting married.

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

Ditto. I also don't have a giant guest list like most people (you had about the same right?) so I won't have 100s of people to talk to. I also will be at my cocktail hour bc we will take most pics before the ceremony. I hope all of my plans go accordingly.

caraellen23 · September 2010

B2B - we're having food brought to us after the ceremony, not reception. Between our yichud, a few private pictures, bustling my dress, etc., we're not going to make it to the cocktail hour.

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/local-wedding-boards_pennsylvania-philadelphia_cara-45?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Local%20Wedding%20BoardsForum:105Discussion:7ce677e9-3d70-41f1-a4da-288c8724256fPost:df9adb5b-0cf2-4d6a-af6c-ba36284ac07d">Re: cara*</a>:
[QUOTE]B2B - we're having food brought to us after the ceremony, not reception. Between our yichud, a few private pictures, bustling my dress, etc., we're not going to make it to the cocktail hour.
Posted by caraellen23[/QUOTE]

Oh I misunderstood. (or read wrong...)

miguelhilary2010 · September 2010

B2B - Yes, we ended up with 74 guests, so we only had 8 tables. We visited about 4 between finishing our entree, and doing the cake cutting (I wanted to get the cake, garter and bouquet toss out of the way early).

They brought food to us while we took pics, but its kinda hard to chew and smile at the same time! The GMs were chowing down, but DH and I didn't eat much because we were in every.single.picture and didnt get a break.

drink227 · September 2010

We ate our top layer this weekend (4 months) It was pretty good.
As for dessert we had a huge dessert selection which was included plus our cupcakes. I can't even tell you how many people asked me where the cupcakes were. they were right next to the desserts. It was on the dance floor until we "cut the cake" then it went with the desserts. We had so many left over but I enjoyed eating them the next day!

We tried to make it to cocktail hour but we didn't get much time and it didnt' help the same people that talked our ears off then talked them off while we were making the rounds. We had 100 people, but the food was in stations so we went around while people were eating, which kind of helped because the younger ones knew we hadn't eaten so they kept it quick and the older ones wanted their food so they were quick, but some others just talked and talked and wanted picture after picture, It was annoying. We finally sat down to eat and the DJ said he'd open the dance floor as soon as we were done so we scarffed some down and danced.

The one thing that drove me insane was a lot of my family had to say good bye when they left and pull me off the dance floor so they could talk to me. So in the wedding you see me on and off the dance floor. I was getting annoyed. DH's family just left, mine had to talk ...

ooodsie · September 2010

Ugh - after my wedding I no longer feel the need to "say goodbye" to people at their weddings... I never realized how long it takes to say goodbye to everyone as they leave! I kept getting pulled off the dance floor too and wish I would have been able to dance more.

78 guests.. That sounds nice. I had 160 who were all talking our ears off all night. 16 tables to visit!

Bride_to_be_2011 · September 2010

I really lucked out that i dont have a big family or lots and lots of close friends.

caraellen23 · September 2010

We have about 150 and will have 14-16 tables. However, 2 of the tables are bridal party and 7 of the tables are friends of our who better be out dancing. So it just leaves my family and my parents' friends (FI's family has one table at this point). Those tables are the ones that will say something if we don't visit to thank them, so they will be first on our list. Anyone after that is gravy!

drink227 · September 2010

We had 10 tables. I never felt the need to say good-bye to the bride and groom at the wedding, so I don't understand why people felt the need to say good bye to me especially people who left at 10 when it wasn't over until 12. Really? the party just started and I wanted to enjoy it not say good-bye. My one Aunt made me go all the way to the front door with her and my uncle. I was pissed because it was right after teh DJ announced that it was a special song to the Bride.
Looking back I'm glad I need because my uncle passed away 3 months later, but I was livid at that point.

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