Even though we’re about 9 months out still, I think we’re pretty close to being done with all the planning. The bolded items are the things that we’ve already done or have made a decision on.
Ceremony site
Reception site
Food tasting
Cake tasting
Flowers
DJ
Dress
Tuxedos
Rehearsal Dinner
Officiant
Save the dates
Invitations
Really, other than figuring out the menus, what else is there? =)
We’re really excited! We discussed honeymoon options with my mom this morning. Jeremy won’t let me say anything about it until he talks to my mom again, but I’m really excited! I’ll keep everyone updated when Jeremy finally lets me tell people. =)
We talked to a DJ this weekend. They had originally quoted $600 but when we met them, they said $800. We’re going to have to get them to clarify that. Otherwise, I think we liked them. However, we’re going to interview some more people this week and then make a decision.
We did pick out the tuxes though. We went to Men’s Warehouse. The tux for the Jeremy will look like this. The tuxes for the groomsmen will look like this. The fathers’ tuxes along with the vocalist’s tux will look like this. Of course, everyone will be wearing ties. I just couldn’t get the website to display the royal vest with the matching royal tie. I’ll send out rental information in the next couple of weeks.
Other than that, we’re going to finish the invites soon now that my mom has also seen the mock invites.
Going to Dallas this weekend to get more wedding stuff done. We’re hoping to interview a couple of DJs while we’re there. If we like one, we’ll probably hire him. I also need to get on the florist thing. We’ve decided on April, and all I need to do is fill out the contract and send it to her. We have our next counseling session with the pastor and his wife also. I think we need to talk to him about maybe combining two sessions. After this month, I don’t think both Jeremy and I will be in Dallas at the same time until March. I am also hoping to get the tuxes worked out this weekend. Maybe I’m being way too optimistic about what we can and can’t accomplish. These planning weekends are always so tiring.
On the girls’ side of things, Stephanie is coming up the next weekend! We’re going to go look at wedding dresses and bridesmaids dresses. Yea shopping!