Wedding planning

[Simbagal23]

Yep. This is exactly why I wanted to elope but my hubby wouldn't hear of it. So, we compromised and had a small, destination wedding (in Florida) in December...family and a few friends; I think our total was 26 people. This enabled us to have a very nice dinner/reception at a restaurant on the beach...the price they quote per person included forks(ha!) and the food was outstanding

I assume your fiance is planning a large, Catholic wedding or are you going the nondenominational route? Catholic weddings are typically large and the reception is quite a party. Hang in there.....keep breathing and remind yourself that you'll have a blast no matter what......

Sound advice there. We're going nondenominational - our friend is going to be the officiant! But we both have pretty big families, so it's going to be a big wedding, largely on my insistence, not hers. We already have a venue - a great, pretty, outdoorsy western-ish venue (here if you're really curious) that'll be perfect for an outdoor ceremony. But the downside is that we have to bring in everything - chairs, caterers, salad tongs, etc.

ho well.

Wow, looks like an outstanding venue! It will be worth it.....just grin and bear it for now. Afterall, it's once in a lifetime, right?!

[BenNX74205]

Jeebus, you have to rent each individual fork? A dollar fifty per knife rental? I don't even know what a charger is, but it's apparently dish/silverware and it costs $2.50 to rent each one.

Don't even get me started on the "quality" of the food that you get for $35 a head. If you've ever been to a hotel luncheon and tried the charred chicken, you've probably had better.

(expletive)!

When is the big day? I too am getting married soon (August 9, pretty much right after that wonderful Bar Exam), and know well the pain of wedding planning. We've got a lot of it done, but that's because we had to reserve our venue 16 months in advance. We're getting married in Wren Chapel on the campus of William & Mary. We met there and started dating there, and it's only available to students, alumni, faculty and staff. But even with those limitations, it's always booked at least a year in advance. We're having our reception at a local hotel with banquet facilities (no shortage of those here in Williamsburg), but it was quite a headache doing all the detail stuff. We still probably have a lot of little things left, but I think we've finally got the big stuff done (except invitations--that is this weekend!).

I don't know what you qualify as "big wedding," but ours is probably going to come in around 100 people. The seating availability at our venue is 120 (it's a 300+ year old chapel, after all), so we restricted ourselves on the guest list to a degree, but that's a pretty sizeable group IMO.

Hang in there--I'm sure it will all be worth it!

PS: If you don't have a cake topper yet, and you have some really spot-on Miis, you can order custom cake toppers of you and your significant other's Miis in wedding accoutrements. The bride can even be done to have her dress match the actual one. Here's a pic as an example:



If we get those, it would be for our "side cake" (the thing you save for a year later)--we're getting it separate because it's easier and costs like $10 to do it that way. Something to consider, or to at least give you a laugh.

[heyzeus]

omg, where do you get Mii cake toppers? That's like porn for engaged nerds.

Right now our invite list is sitting at 250. So....too big, probably.

[BenNX74205]

omg, where do you get Mii cake toppers? That's like porn for engaged nerds.

Right now our invite list is sitting at 250. So....too big, probably.

Mii Cake Toppers

A friend of mine sent me the link a couple months ago. They look like pretty high quality. Don't know if we are going to actually get one, but it's a nice idea.

250.........that is a lot. At least you'll get whatever it is you need to start your lives together. Me, I'm holding out all possible hope that someone gets us the Calphalon One Pot & Pan Set we registered for. I love to cook.

And I'm man enough to admit it!

[lukethedrifter]

omg, where do you get Mii cake toppers? That's like porn for engaged nerds.

Right now our invite list is sitting at 250. So....too big, probably.

Mii Cake Toppers

A friend of mine sent me the link a couple months ago. They look like pretty high quality. Don't know if we are going to actually get one, but it's a nice idea.

250.........that is a lot. At least you'll get whatever it is you need to start your lives together. Me, I'm holding out all possible hope that someone gets us the Calphalon One Pot & Pan Set we registered for. I love to cook.

And I'm man enough to admit it!

Dude, if you really like to cook skip the calphalon and register for a nice All Clad stainless set.

[maddash]

omg, where do you get Mii cake toppers? That's like porn for engaged nerds.

Right now our invite list is sitting at 250. So....too big, probably.

Mii Cake Toppers

A friend of mine sent me the link a couple months ago. They look like pretty high quality. Don't know if we are going to actually get one, but it's a nice idea.

250.........that is a lot. At least you'll get whatever it is you need to start your lives together. Me, I'm holding out all possible hope that someone gets us the Calphalon One Pot & Pan Set we registered for. I love to cook.

And I'm man enough to admit it!

Dude, if you really like to cook skip the calphalon and register for a nice All Clad stainless set.

Get some really rich friends first. Wait, zeus hangs with the lawyer crowd... get some really rich friends willing to part with their money first.

[has a cheap ass lawyer brother]

[sighyoung]

Great rant.

mrs. pop and I eloped with nary a backward glance.

Same with me and mrs. sigh.