More Updates!

Dearest Kimmy (and the one other person who might come across my blog),

The wedding is quickly approaching and thank goodness we have gotten some stuff done because I had my doubts for a while there! This past weekend, we finished up the invitations and sent them out on Monday. My mom and I also went to David’s Bridal on Monday and I now have my slip and my veil. I am planning on finding some shoes next Saturday because my first fitting is on June 11!

Last week, my mom, Jimmy and I went to the Holiday Inn for our tasting. I swear, every time I go in there and look around and meet with our coordinator, Sabrina, I feel more confident we booked the best place to have our wedding. They have been so accommodating since the very beginning. Absolutely everything we have wanted to do, they have given us the okay. Anyway, back to the tasting…it was amazing. First we got to order drinks, which we were pretty excited for because it had been a long day. Next, they brought out the appetizers. We sampled three of them, but only really loved two, so we added those two to our order. Next, they brought out all four meals we are offering. I, of course, only was able to try the vegetarian, BORING! But, Jimmy and my mom loved the other meals! I think they said their favorite was the filet, which was wrapped with bacon and topped with hollandaise sauce. Even the potatoes/rice and vegetables were so good! We were just so pleased when we left there. I remember when we were first booking the HI and Sabrina told us our tasting would probably take place 2-3 months before the wedding…it seemed so far away, but it bit us in the butt like everyone said it would.

Yesterday, my mom and I met with our florist and came up with some really good ideas for the centerpieces and bouquets. She is going to order some flowers in and make some mock ones up on Tuesday. I was on the fence about having flowers or just candles as centerpieces. Monday night, I printed out a bunch of pictures of flowers that I have been saving since we got engaged and both my mom and our florist, Ingrid loved the one that Jimmy and I had chosen as our favorite centerpiece. So, looks like we’re going with flowers! I can’t wait to see the example she does it. Ingrid is amazing. She has such wonderful ideas and I completely trust everything that she says about what colors/flowers will look good with what.

Tomorrow night we are going to taste our cupcakes. We are so excited! Back on Valentine’s Day, Jen and Matt stopped over after dinner and brought us these phenomenal cupcakes that Jenny had made from scratch. I called this woman, Amy from Angel’s Cakes to see if she would be willing to make our cupcakes with our recipe. I wasn’t sure if anyone would be into this since I’m sure some like to stick to their own recipes. Well, she was willing to do it and we get to try them tomorrow night!

It’s really amazing how overwhelming it can feel when planning a wedding or any big party. But, what I’ve discovered is that once you start doing stuff…stuff gets done. It works like a charm- every time!