Long time no... blog?

Ok, so it's been a while and that's ok. We have been engaged for just under five months now and are just about to actually start planning things. I felt kind of silly having this blog when we weren't even getting ready to look at venues or anything that required actual planning. I was just tossing around ideas in my brain and occassionaly writing them down here.

Now that we are actually getting ready to do some real planning, this site feels a bit more relevant for me.

So here's where we are at:

We haven't actually looked at any venues but are in the process of booking a couple walk-thru's for the next couple of weeks. We have narrowed it down to three places which I think is a great idea. I know that if I look at too many places then I will feel all crazy about actually picking one. Too much pressure, too many choices! But the main idea is to have an outdoor wedding, where ever it ends up happening. The outdoor thing is pretty big factor, at least for me.

We got our Guest List together last weekend and it's not pretty. We were hoping to keep the number to about 170 but because of the whole Irish family thing, 199. We keep talking about cutting it down, but where do you start? Who do you cut? And how can you justify that cut? The biggest problem with the larger guest list is that one of the three venues that we like has a maximum of 170 people. Lame. That is pretty upsetting because it it one of the places that I have invisioned for years. I'm going to try to talk to them because if the 10-15% "No" responses holds true for us then we will either be right there or not far off. We'll see.

I still haven't asked my girls to be my bridal party. What am I waiting for!?!?1 Well, I guess that I'm waiting to actually set a date. We are still aiming for September 5, 2010 but what if we can't get it? We'll see. Plus, I have a whole thing planned out and I'm just not ready!

I still plan to make my own invites, save-the-dates, etc. I ordered some samples of colored cardstock but it has just been hanging out in my house for a while. I'll really look at it at some point.

What else?

Oh nothing. I'm going to try to post some of the actual ideas that I've had up here in the coming days/weeks/months whatever. I will let you know how the tours go. :)

xoxo
Keira