Wedding Planning

It's been a crazy week. As I said earlier, I know Sam is proposing this week. My parents are close with him and know that too but wanted me to start looking at reception venues and at photographers and get things booked. So this past week has been insane and I have just been calling hundreds of people.

Good news is I found a great place for the reception. It is a local very nice restaurant here in town (well known in the state). My Dad can pick what packages of food he wants to have at the restaurant. They have a beautiful mahogeny paneled room with mirrors scattered about. All of the tables are big and round and seat about 8 people. I think it'll be perfect. We're going to serve people an actual dinner (rather than a buffet) and have open bar so they can have whatever they want to drink. Dad picked the menu they could chose from and I was suprised he is letting people pick lobster or sirloin steak, etc. I think it'll be a great night overall. Because it is a restaurant we do not have a "reception" fee to rent out the space so the overall cost will be around $3,500 for food and open bar! You can't beat that.

I also got the photographer booked. Most photographers are ridiculous and run around $4,000 from what I have found in my area (I looked at 40 photographers!). I found one whose pictures are amazing and she is only $1,600 because it is her first year in the business. I am really excitied! Plus, in that cost you get a CD of all the pictures (you usually pay extra for this) a photo album of 150-200 pictures, engagement photos as well as coverage of your bridal ceremony and reception. You can't beat that price! Seriously...Sam and I are going to have our engagement photos done during Thanksgiving at a local horse race track here in town that is very popular. (I'm in Kentucky) :)

Those are the two big things I've done this week. I'm not going to go dress shopping still probably the first of January because my Mom is complaining since I've been working out and working out with a trainer she doesn't want to have to buy a dress now and take it in 2 or 3 sizes and then the shape changes on the dress and I don't like it, etc. For a July wedding I think we are still okay to wait until January. I might go try some on during Christmas just for fun and to get some ideas about what I like.

Oh...I did find a makeup artist! I wanted to find one for our engagement pictures, bridal portraits, and for the wedding day. I am so excitied! I am waiting for her to call me back about her rates but I am sure I will pay whatever it is because I want to look great in my photos. Her makeup is not like normal makeup where you go to the mall and have your makeup done. She uses an airbrush application and uses professional makeup that they use in photography and movies. It helps when taking photos so that way the light is not bouncing off of your skin. It just completely changes the way your pictures look.

In other news, I have been eating really healthfully and am done 1 more pound. 172 now...I'm getting so excitied!

I have to go have a mini-surgery done today so I probably won't be back online for awhile again. It's kind of embarassing but I'll share anyway...I'm a virgin and I'm having horrible pains down there. I can't even use a tampon. So my Doctor wants to look at my ovaries to see what is going on. There is a good chance it is a sign of infertility (although no one else in my family has it) because I have these horrible hip pains. On top of that, since I am a virgin and because I can't use a tampon and am apparently that small inside the Dr was thinking about performing a hymectomy on me today and actually breaking my hymen. I'm a little nervous and thinking I'm going to be in a lot of pain...we'll see.