4.17.11
As you all know I'll be taking the fall semester off. I wanted to let you know that my summer schedule is set. I'll be taking classes from May 16th to June 24th. So, no school between June 24th and January. Holy crap! What this also means as that after June 24th I want to start collecting decorations, working on favors, collecting music, etc and for that I'll be needing your help! I'll be working 4-5 days during this period to try and accumulate both monies and leave time. I'm not sure what my off days will be during this time but I'd like to try and get a combination of weekday/weekend days. We'll see.
Questions about the Bach party. Should I start planning this? When would you ladies like to do it? If Sanibel is still on the table I'd like to let Marcie know a possible date so she can plan for us being there. The place has one king bed, two singles, and a couch that folds out into a full. I can also get an air mattress if we need one. The condo has a full kitchen so we can buy groceries and eat in for most of our meals so it wouldn't be so expensive. I'd be happy to bring a supply of food for you ladies! It's just a 5 minute walk to the beach too and the gulf is beautiful. There's also a nice pool. We have GIANT umbrellas if you're the type that wants to avoid the sun at all costs! Hee hee. If you do want to go to Sanibel we would probably have to go during the summer and should probably plan to be there for a couple of days. They usually rent the condo out during the fall and winter months, so we might not be able to use it then. Keep in mind that it is a 7 hour drive. If you're not comfortable with that or the idea in general and you'd rather do something in September or October we could do something in town.
Quick update on planning: Aaron is going to contact the hotel this week to book our rooms for out of town guests. We decided to go with the Quality Inn and Suites because it wasn't that much more expensive, but was much nicer. It is almost directly across the street from the venue. Aaron also contacted his uncle about a cake stand and is waiting to see what he has to say about it. Laura is working on caterer stuff. The other plans for this week include nailing down the Save the Date cards. I'm also going to order my dress. Eeeeee! And maybe get a tattoo. Eeeeee!
Comments, questions?
Sunday, April 17, 2011
Friday, April 8, 2011
Random Update
4.8.11
Met with Laura the other night to discuss caterers. We narrowed it down to one and she is going to contact them to set up and appointment for Aaron and I to meet and/or taste some of their food. Sweet. I don't remember the name off the top of my head, but once I've asked Laura about it I'll post the website so you can see the sample menu. They have quite a variety of foods, even a couple Aaron likes. If they can do mini-corndogs (classy!) even better. We are going to do our own cakes and probably bring our own plates and cut it ourselves. Apparently you have to pay people to cut your cake and they won't provide plates if you don't accept the plating fee. WTF? Clear plastic plates will just have to do. I am NOT paying someone to cut a cake. Laura has also offered to make sure the coffee bar (aka, two Keurigs) is under control. Yay!
Laura has her dress! It's a black velvet dress from the 50s. It's faboo. Ashleigh also has her dress picked out. It's from Mod Cloth and as soon as it is in stock again she's going to order it. It's red and fits to the waist then flares out. Laura's does that too. Amber and Cici, if you want to get something similar, that's the shape to shoot for. If not, that's cool too. If you ladies do know what you're going to wear please let me know. No rush, I'm just curious. There's still plenty of time.
Laura also found what she's going to wear in her hair. It's a thin black headband with peacock and black feathers with little crystals on it. She got it at the Riverside Art Market. If you're interested I can post a pic here. I know what Ash wants to wear too.
We've set the guest list to between 160 and 180 so I'm going to start accumulating decorations soon. I'm sure I'll need a lot. I know I'm going to get small black metal lanterns with red glass and with teal glass. I'd also like to have a collection of miscellaneous tall vases in red and teal. I want to have one tall element (like a vase, or candle stand, something interesting), one short element (like the lanterns), and one small floral-ish element (carnations in a cool container, or peacock feathers in a cool container). I'm hoping we can get red and teal tablecloths with maybe some black runners or some other type of fabric to go in the middle. I think there's going to be some thrift store shopping in the near future. We can always dye and spray paint stuff.
That's all for now! Feel free to drop a question or a comment.
Met with Laura the other night to discuss caterers. We narrowed it down to one and she is going to contact them to set up and appointment for Aaron and I to meet and/or taste some of their food. Sweet. I don't remember the name off the top of my head, but once I've asked Laura about it I'll post the website so you can see the sample menu. They have quite a variety of foods, even a couple Aaron likes. If they can do mini-corndogs (classy!) even better. We are going to do our own cakes and probably bring our own plates and cut it ourselves. Apparently you have to pay people to cut your cake and they won't provide plates if you don't accept the plating fee. WTF? Clear plastic plates will just have to do. I am NOT paying someone to cut a cake. Laura has also offered to make sure the coffee bar (aka, two Keurigs) is under control. Yay!
Laura has her dress! It's a black velvet dress from the 50s. It's faboo. Ashleigh also has her dress picked out. It's from Mod Cloth and as soon as it is in stock again she's going to order it. It's red and fits to the waist then flares out. Laura's does that too. Amber and Cici, if you want to get something similar, that's the shape to shoot for. If not, that's cool too. If you ladies do know what you're going to wear please let me know. No rush, I'm just curious. There's still plenty of time.
Laura also found what she's going to wear in her hair. It's a thin black headband with peacock and black feathers with little crystals on it. She got it at the Riverside Art Market. If you're interested I can post a pic here. I know what Ash wants to wear too.
We've set the guest list to between 160 and 180 so I'm going to start accumulating decorations soon. I'm sure I'll need a lot. I know I'm going to get small black metal lanterns with red glass and with teal glass. I'd also like to have a collection of miscellaneous tall vases in red and teal. I want to have one tall element (like a vase, or candle stand, something interesting), one short element (like the lanterns), and one small floral-ish element (carnations in a cool container, or peacock feathers in a cool container). I'm hoping we can get red and teal tablecloths with maybe some black runners or some other type of fabric to go in the middle. I think there's going to be some thrift store shopping in the near future. We can always dye and spray paint stuff.
That's all for now! Feel free to drop a question or a comment.
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