K....this is starting to become real. Bobby and I made the visit to the Hilton Mesa today to make sure we still liked it, to get prices, and to reserve the date. The room we will be having our reception in is called "The Pavon Room". It is downstairs and WE LOVE IT!!!! It's just so different from the traditional wedding ballroom. It's not a ballroom! Maybe when I get home I can post a few pics. The room wasn't setup for a reception today, so we had to use our imaginations, but ahhh....I can totally imagine it. It's multi-level and has awesome chrome-looking railings. The bar is like an actual bar and not just a movable cart. It's so cool. There are these cool high-top tables around the dance floor for people to sit at while others dance...I just love it.
Right now, we have the room on hold for one week so we can get my parents down there and make sure everything money-wise is ok with them. We feel that they are very reasonable with pricing. We will probably do the buffet-style dinner, it's just deciding how many entrees we want to offer. One of our top priorities is having an open bar. So, we'll see if we can swing that ;) We just want to have fun, and for our guests to have fun. Guests...that's another thing we worked on today.
We started the guest list. Let's just say, I have a lot of friends and little family and Bobby is the opposite!! So, I guess it kind of balances out. We wrote down everyone we could think of including those that we are sort of "obligated" to invite and even included those people from Connecticut that probably wouldn't make the trip. The total was 107. Not bad!! We were aiming for 100, so I think this will work out splendidly! We really just want our closest family and friends there for our day.
Ahh...I feel like things are getting accomplished. And I'm not stressed yet...though I know with the photographer, cake, flowers, dress...things are going to get crazy! Next Monday my mom and dad are meeting us at the Hilton to officially reserve the space! Yay! Next Tuesday we do our FOCUS thingy...whooopdy do. Linds and I are planning on going dress shoppping in a couple weeks when I have some time off. Yes Lo, you can come :)
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Yay! Wedding planning is fun! No seriously it is...
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Open bar is a necessity, not an option. come on! only offer two dif entree options--it's a wedding not a restaurant:)
so excited for you that it's all happening now. i know it seems like it's been a long time coming:)
the reception hall sounds amazing. i can't find pics online so please post some asap!!
as for dress shopping, i say let's cram several shops into one day and get a ton done fast. if you want to pick a day or two as options i can get everyone together so you don't have to worry about it.
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