It's been a while

Still not much to say but I figured I'd drop in.

I asked Derek's sister Ashley to be one of my bridesmaids and she said she would be. I know I asked her a little late, but in my defense we barely knew each other up until just recently.

Now I am going to rant. Our wedding reception is in the fire company reception hall. We asked Arlene, the woman who handles the bookings, what the max occupancy is for the room. She said 250. Our caterer Nicole, told us that we would never be able to fit 150 people (our max amount) in the hall. Huh, 150 seems to be way off from 250....

We also got the square footage of the room AND we measured the tables. I had a diagram drawn out to give to Nicole that had everything labeled from the tables to the dance floor down to the decorations.

She said it was NOT possible. I beg to differ.

Last Saturday, I went to the fire hall to cover the annual Mansfield Fire Company banquet for the Wellsboro Gazette. They had seating for 200 people (I counted chairs), four buffet tables, a large mini bar (ha, oxymoron) in one corner, a head table, a table with door prizes and a DJ. Might I add there was plenty room for dancing, even though it was awkward space. They had long tables with 22 seats each going in diagonal directions.

So let's get this straight again. I am expecting 125-150 people at my wedding. I am not going to have a mini bar in the corner of the room. We are using the kitchen for that. It has a counter that looks into the room so we will not be wasting any space. I am not going to have four buffet tables but probably only three.

But still... I CANNOT fit all of these people into the reception hall for my wedding. Aghh! Who ever would have thought something was so stressful!