Wedding planning, week 6
Even more progress this week:

Photographer: We officially hired Island Girl Photography for our wedding.  We met one other photographer but we decided that Tricia from Island Girl was just the "right" person for us.  We were especially impressed when she sent us a proposed timeline for her activities that pretty much matched our idea for a timeline exactly!

Cake: We officially hired Ginny McGavin to bake us a badass wedding cake and deliver it.  Now, we just need to decide what it should look like, flavors, etc.  Did you know that there are several dozen different flavors/types of butter creme?!?  It is a shame that we probably won't be able to decide until we've tasted all of them...

DJ:  We officially hired DJ Moose to provide music and general amplification.  We need to come up with our list of songs we hate that he is not allowed to play, which should be, you know, fun.  We also need to get him and the photographer aligned with our general ceremony/reception timeline.

Officiant:  Lawrence fell ill last week, but hopefully we can meet with him tomorrow and start scripting out a ceremony.

We also went to a tasting hosted by the caterer at the venue where we'll be getting married.  The food was outstanding and we're more convinced than ever that our venue is perfect.  We met the women who will be our "event coordinators", helping us plan the menu and decorate the space and all of that.

Oh, and in a moment of sheer weakness, I enrolled in a swing dance class put on by the Savoy Swing Club.  The class is five weeks long, and the first class was last Wednesday.  After it was over, I felt like an even worse dancer than I did before I started (which is really saying something), but we'll see how it goes.  I've always been paranoid that I look stupid and clumsy when I dance so a positive outcome from this class is really my only hope. 

Save the date magnets are in the mail and should arrive on Tuesday.  I noticed that the people online in wedding planning chat rooms and such call them "STDs" which really is not as funny as I think it is.  We still need to decide on wording for our invitations, too. 

The fun continues.  15 weeks to go!