weddingrisk

Date: 10/31/2009
Halloween doesn’t hold any particular significance to either of us, but we fell a little in love with a venue and that’s the date they had available, so the 31st it is.

Venue: Check

Dress: Yup
Story to come.

Attendants (Bridesmaids): 10
Some have expressed concern about the large number, but the more the merrier I say.

Chuppa Holders: In progress

Bridesmaids’ dresses: In progress
I have - like - 12 dresses enroute to my house, a fact which probably has my credit card company amused, especially since I think for the past two billing cycles, all I’ve charged is an Arby’s roast beef sandwich (what? I like those…I’m in grad school…shut up!).

Flowers: Partial
JLQ’s mom has offered to plant us some rows of zinnias - lovely gesture, lovely flower

Up next: Photographer
Added to the issue of trying to stay within our budget, and finding someone with good aesthetics (no boobs+bouquets shots, please), it seems that the date might be an issue as well. Just got an email from a potential nicely informing me that many photographers like to spend Halloween with their families.

LRB was joking that at the rate we’re going, there’s not going to be anything left to plan next year. I think we’re doing well, but there’s tons left to figure out, some fun, (cakes!) some not so fun (tents). Interestingly, I’m not someone who has been planning her wedding since childhood. I’ve only started thinking about weddings recently, mostly because my friends have started getting married. So I didn’t plan this all out ahead of time. I have noticed that I’m pretty definite about the plans we’ve made. Once we decided, on the venue, for example, I felt like all other options were summarily erased. That’s also how I felt about my dress. This is good because it has basically eliminated second guessing and obsessing (is that a collective sigh of relief I hear, dear friends?) but it also has caused some M+B squabbles, as I get too attached to various brainstorms and become…intractable. Do not feel too sorry for B, however, he can hold his own.