Wedding planning, 3 weeks to go oh my god need to plan
We are officially "down to the wire".  I realized today that I have like 13 work days left until my long vacation for our wedding and honeymoon, and only two weekends (one of which will involve running 13.1 miles).

I'll spare the general population of the internet a detailed description of my bachelor party in Vancouver last weekend, except to say that a) I had a great time, b) I'm definitely not sad about leaving the bachelor life behind, and c) I came home to find my fiancee and her mom in full wedding planning mode, with a mock place setting on the coffee table and supplies for favors all laid out.

We ended up spending some time last week folding our little DIY favor boxes and cutting ribbon to wrap them.  I don't want to give away any secrets but I will say that I'm pleased with our DIY approach--it worked out great and saved us a ton of money!

The deadline for RSVPs was Saturday but we're still hunting down some folks to get last minute responses.  We need to turn in a final headcount to the caterer in short order (I think this weekend), along with our menu.

We've almost finalized our musical selections, with the exception of the song to be played when the bride enters.  Neither of us are fond of the traditional Wagner wedding march, but we just can't find a suitable alternative with the appropriate amount of fanfare.

We're writing checks this week for final payments to the caterer, photographer, cake lady and DJ.

The cake lady is a bit of an enigma--she doesn't have a proper business, and so we've been trying to reach her via phone and email to finalize our cake plans but she is never around.  It would be safe to say that we're both a tad frustrated and concerned about cake.

I've also been sampling a LOT of wine in hopes of finding a red wine and a white wine of which I can afford 20 cases.  I think I've picked a red, but the whites are elusive.  The search continues.

Lastly, we've pretty much wrapped up the writing of our ceremony script and passed it off to the officiant for "final review".  There are a few more details to add but we're very close.

So, um, yeah.  We're busy.