Hi Everyone,
I finally got the ok from my father to book the New Haven Lawn Club for Friday, June 28th, 2013. I called them last night (the downfalls of being on the west coast) and got a call this morning that Yale had booked it for that day about 8 hours before I called. You can assume the thoughts going through my head.
They have no other Friday's in June available and our honeymoon is in Spain for the running of the bulls (which is July 5th - 16th) with 3 days in France thrown in (you can guess who chose what). This means the other Friday dates of the 12th and 19th of July don't really work for the whole honeymoon idea.
I've wanted a Friday wedding for a long time. My dad suggested going on the honeymoon before hand and getting married on one of the other dates in July - but oddly, my non-traditional fiance whom I've been living with for over 5 years and who has already been married once said he would feel weird doing that and would rather get married on a Sunday (which would be June 30th- 4 days before the 4th and a major holiday weekend). I never wanted to get married on a Sunday...but I love the lawn club. I know there are bigger issues in the world than this but I'm so upset.
So, fellow brides 2 be, what do you think?
1. I keep the date of June 28th (which I've had for a few months) and choose another venue - either Grassy Hill Lodge in Derby (rustic NE), the Waterview in monroe (pretty views, good reviews), or the Woodwinds (w/ an earlier start time) - both Waterview and Woodwinds have a wedding booked on one of the sides.
2. I move the date to Sunday, June 30th (which oddly kind of bothers me). I think there's a different feel to a Sunday wedding...but I keep the Lawn Club.
I'll take any insight - what would you do?
Kendal