Friday, October 10, 2008

Quite an Uneventful Week

This week has been super uneventful. Everyday it's rained. Nothing TOO exciting, except for last night when we met up with the Caterer at one of the possible reception sites.

She didn't give us pricing on food [which is our biggest question at this point!], so we're a bit frustrated because we need a ballpark idea or else we'll have to keep looking around. She just kept beating around the bush, which was a bit much. So hopefully I'll get some information on pricing! To rent the facility and use linens will be around $1,400. [Linens in the color scheme we want] That's not too terribly bad. Now if the food runs us like $4000 [Don't gasp! you'd be AMAZED how much they try to screw you over! The hilton wanted $5k just for FOOD!], that'll be a bit ridiculous. Her website says packages start at $18.95/person which is very do-able for us.

Guess it's (again) the waiting game!

Tomorrow we meet with the florist and the bakery. I'm excited about both!

I DID stumble across a great centerpiece idea. We've been set on doing the hurricane style candle holders since July, until yesterday when I saw this idea.







Jon loves it! The caterer said a friend of hers did the same idea! When I asked her where she got the tree branches she said she used real ones from her own yard. WHO WOULD'VE THOUGHT?! My biggest concern would be... Will they hold up? Will they start to crumble after so long? We're not sure. But if we do it, we'll paint them black for a more dramatic look.