'I will love you with picnics...'
E and I were talking last night…
These past couple of days we’ve been back to our old selves in some ways...laughing, giggling, having fun...
We began discussing wedding plans and I was commenting on how a lot of people at work who, once they hear we are getting married are kind of angling for an invite.
We’ve been trying to keep things small and intimate – so we probably won’t have more than 75 people – closer I think to 50 people at the wedding/reception.
Kiddingly, Erin suggested having an ‘invite yourself to our wedding’ site and set up a PayPal account in order to charge people $30 so we could then feed them – I played along actually suggesting I could create a new blog just for this. We were both musing that we would then get the final say (‘the decision of the judges is final’) about who actually gets to attend (i.e. if we don’t like you, then you aren’t coming – LOL – but we still keep your money). Of course we were laughing and playing with this. However I thought I would open up the blog for suggestions and commentary (only nice comments please after all this IS a joyous occasion) about wedding plans and suggestions.
So far our plan is to do a church wedding (duh!) and then have a picnic-themed reception. The reason: We met for the first time at a picnic (yes if you must know it was a *gasp* gaming picnic) and then we met the second time (approx a year later) at the same picnic but this time we began dating – we are now going on 10 months of seeing each other (and as a total aside/off on a tangent - I do believe some asshole suggested our relationship would end around now...um, yeah right..) – so we want to have a picnic reception – possibly in a park or on a beach by the lake – which truly rocks! Menu ideas WILL NOT include hamburger or hot dogs – and I do believe June is too early for a clam bake – but that would be cool too. We were thinking more along the lines of a European type picnic – chesses, veggie/fruit trays, breads, wines, grilled chicken, tossed salad and perhaps potato salad, pastries and of course a wedding cake….so if any of you have any other ideas to add to menu suggestions please do so...
I have ideas for venues etc – and I will put them up as I research – I also would appreciate any ideas about what to wear (for me – cause I want to get married in a gown but then I want to be able to enjoy my reception and perhaps even play Frisbee…) – I know this seems unconventional for a reception (but have you me *ME*/US? LOL – we ARE the epitome of unconventional/think outside the box). So perhaps just buy one dress for the ceremony and then another for the reception that is summer and light and informal?
At any rate ideas/suggestions/(*giggles* contributions made in our name to a Swiss bank account), are greatly appreciated.
Love and hope to you all.
As ever,
Colette
These past couple of days we’ve been back to our old selves in some ways...laughing, giggling, having fun...
We began discussing wedding plans and I was commenting on how a lot of people at work who, once they hear we are getting married are kind of angling for an invite.
We’ve been trying to keep things small and intimate – so we probably won’t have more than 75 people – closer I think to 50 people at the wedding/reception.
Kiddingly, Erin suggested having an ‘invite yourself to our wedding’ site and set up a PayPal account in order to charge people $30 so we could then feed them – I played along actually suggesting I could create a new blog just for this. We were both musing that we would then get the final say (‘the decision of the judges is final’) about who actually gets to attend (i.e. if we don’t like you, then you aren’t coming – LOL – but we still keep your money). Of course we were laughing and playing with this. However I thought I would open up the blog for suggestions and commentary (only nice comments please after all this IS a joyous occasion) about wedding plans and suggestions.
So far our plan is to do a church wedding (duh!) and then have a picnic-themed reception. The reason: We met for the first time at a picnic (yes if you must know it was a *gasp* gaming picnic) and then we met the second time (approx a year later) at the same picnic but this time we began dating – we are now going on 10 months of seeing each other (and as a total aside/off on a tangent - I do believe some asshole suggested our relationship would end around now...um, yeah right..) – so we want to have a picnic reception – possibly in a park or on a beach by the lake – which truly rocks! Menu ideas WILL NOT include hamburger or hot dogs – and I do believe June is too early for a clam bake – but that would be cool too. We were thinking more along the lines of a European type picnic – chesses, veggie/fruit trays, breads, wines, grilled chicken, tossed salad and perhaps potato salad, pastries and of course a wedding cake….so if any of you have any other ideas to add to menu suggestions please do so...
I have ideas for venues etc – and I will put them up as I research – I also would appreciate any ideas about what to wear (for me – cause I want to get married in a gown but then I want to be able to enjoy my reception and perhaps even play Frisbee…) – I know this seems unconventional for a reception (but have you me *ME*/US? LOL – we ARE the epitome of unconventional/think outside the box). So perhaps just buy one dress for the ceremony and then another for the reception that is summer and light and informal?
At any rate ideas/suggestions/(*giggles* contributions made in our name to a Swiss bank account), are greatly appreciated.
Love and hope to you all.
As ever,
Colette
posted by Colette at 12:06 PM
4 Comments:
Ok, I have like ideas like crazy! But the dress is the more important ones! I so vote for a Pride and Prejudice Dress!!!!! Those things are super comfortable, ohh ohh and then you can wera like slipper things, ohh ohh and you can like put your hair up like they doo, ohhhh ohh and ok ill stop.
Oh, and a perfect place for the wedding, I vote out a catholic church, I say do it at that one "castel" place, the one park you use to take me and tony all the time, set it up all great, you said you wanted it to be small, then right outside of it you set up the reception! Or if that aint big enough, I vote for an idea Extremly similar! You know what I ought to do, I ought to be your wedding planner! HA! youd hate it. K, well those are just some of my ideas! OHHH and if you did all that, you soo come up on a horse! instead of an ile per say, but a beatiful horse, you pick, and somone can trot it for you, ohhh yeah eyah pretty! Ok I will really stop now!
LOL
REALLY???? Will you????
I was laughing so hard I almost had tears in my eyes.
I love you, Rissa....
I would love to ride up on a white horse to a castle to meet my 'Prince Charming'
Don't worry you will be helping me with some things....
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Ok so I perfer the green a little, but look at those prices, thats actually REALLY good!
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And these are a few to get you started, I looked at the rates, they dont seem that bad, but hey all up to you ;) Good Luck!!
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