Wedding planning, week 7
We have less than 100 days to go!

We received and mailed out most of our "save the date" magnets this week. We also started really stressing over the invitations. We found a style that we like at Costco but we are having a difficult time figuring out the right way to word it. For example, if you want to be non-traditional, do you say, "Together with OUR parents, Jeffrey & Emily invite you to attend OUR wedding"? Or do you say, "Together with THEIR parents, Jeffrey & Emily invite you to attend THEIR wedding?" It gets even more difficult if you try to go traditional. We'll figure it out eventually but I'm glad we sent out save the dates because I suspect we'll be obsessing over this for awhile.

We met with Lawrence last weekend to discuss ceremony ideas, and he basically told us that we can do whatever the hell we want. He gave us scripts for other ceremonies that he has done, and now, we just need to combine bits and pieces of stuff we find on the internet to make our own. But the most important thing for me is that the person who is officiating this shindig is not some random person we found on the internet--I'm excited beyond words to have someone who I know and trust "do the honors" (so to speak).

We also went shopping for flower girl dresses last weekend, and I think we're all set in the dresses department now. I need to go to the tux shop this weekend and decide what us menfolk will wear (no top hats and tails!), and we'll have everyone clad in the appropriate attire with plenty of time to spare.

Oh, and my dance class improved significantly last week. I didn't feel like the clumsiest person in the room this time. I found some videos on YouTube that demonstrated most of the stuff we learned in class and so I was able to watch and learn and then practice with Emily in the living room. The only thing I don't get yet are the three turns that the girls learned in the first class, but I'll figure those out soon enough. I don't know if there will actually be any swing dancing at my wedding, though.

Lastly, we went to Elizabeth Holmes Travel to talk about our fabulous Hawaii honeymoon. We're looking at starting on Maui in a resort-ish kind of place, and then flying from Maui to the Big Island and spending two nights near the volcano before crossing over to Kona. I would normally plan something like this on Expedia but I'm really glad we went to a travel agent because I don't know anything about Hawaii and the agent we talked to seemed to know it really well. Plus, she put together a package for us that was actually not as scary expensive as I had expected. Hopefully, we can spend some time this weekend finalizing those plans and book our honeymoon next week!

14 weeks to go!