The joys of working for catering

Today my boss Nicole gave me the "order forms" for our reception. We have to fill out all the information about our reception and then once she gets it back, then we can start the contract process. I am happy that we are getting great food and quality table linens/decorations for such a bargain. I was going through my wedding planner and the average couple spends $9,000 for catering/reception. We will be spending under $3,000.

Two weeks ago I was working and the job for the day was setting up a lobster fest in the fire hall for alumni weekend. They had ordered chair covers with pretty satin bows. I talked to Nicole about it, and since they are a reasonable price, I am going to go for it. I hope that when people walk into the fire hall they say "woah!" That is my goal- to make the reception as pretty as possible.

Today at work some of us co-workers were cleaning up the main room during some of our spare time. Shane found an entire crate filled with napkins that had pine cones and pine trees on them. There were at least 2oo napkins and they are now in my care. They will make perfect cocktail napkins. I am glad we came across them otherwise we would have had either boring plain napkins, or costly personalized ones.

Invitations

My mom works as a substitute aid at the elementary and middle schools back home. She knows tons of people who remember me back when I was a tiny kid. She was talking to one of the officers at the middle school, Carilee, about the wedding. Carilee just so happens to do wedding invitations. So my mom hired her right on the spot. We are very lucky to have her do it for us. Her and my mom have been going back and forth about it for the past couple of days now, and we have already decided on a design. It looks great and goes perfect with our Christmas theme. I am glad that we don't have to worry about them anymore. She is also doing save the date cards, rsvp cards, and table placement cards. For those of you who want to see a picture of the invitations, well you're just going to have to wait until you get invited :-P

Cousin's Wedding

My family went to our cousin's wedding a couple of weeks ago. The church that they were married in was not at all what I expected. I expected something big and lavish, but instead it was all tiny, cute and cozy. Going to their wedding helped me make a lot of decisions about what I wanted at my own wedding such as reception music. I was worried about how to decorate the church. How many flowers, where to put them, yada yada. But then I went to their wedding and I realized that you don't need that many things in order to make it look beautiful. The focus should be on the bride and the groom, not how many flower arrangements there are. Here is a picture of the church they were married in.

Catering

We have decided to switch the catering from the Fire Hall's catering to Mansfield University's catering. I have started a new job with MU's catering and I have seen what great work they put into their events. I inquired about prices and such, and it turns out that it will either be cheaper or about the same price as the fire hall, but much more will be included with the price. It will be more worth it either way.
MU's catering services already has a holiday themed meal set up. It includes salad, turkey with gravy, potatoes, corn, stuffing, cranberry sauce and rolls with butter. Drinks include coffee and tea. Pumpkin pie was included in the dessert but since the wedding cake is going to be our dessert, Nicole (my boss) came up with the idea to turn the pumpkin pie into little pumpkin squares for a type of appetizer.
I am going to feel a lot better working with MU for my wedding. It will be nice to be able to trust and know that the people are going to do a good job. Another benefit is that linens are included in their prices. This way I can pick the exact colors I want instead of going for what the fire hall had. I will be picking red and white for the table cloths and a dark green for the napkins.

Hairstyle

This is what I want my hair to look like, well sort of. Can't quite figure it out exactly yet. Half up, half down and LOTS OF CURLS!

Bridesmaid dresses... whice one to pick?

These are the bridesmaid dresses that I like. Hopefully my bridesmaids can come to an easy decision about which one they like the best!

Decorations

I love thebridesbouquet.com. There are so many nice things on that website, and for good prices as well. I am going to get all of my flowers from there, but also decorations as well. Here are some pictures of the things I am looking to get. The pew bows are obviously for the church, however I am not sure if I want red or white bows yet. The rose garland I am thinking for the church and it can be used later for the head table. I think it would look nice on the floor laying up against a white table cloth. The rose centerpiece will be used for the head table as well.