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more wedding nonsense (sorry)
Aug. 3rd, 2015 06:51 pm Weddings are weird, yo, even when you're tossing traditions out the window. We've scrapped the venue plan we had before, due to some unexpected expenses, and plans have gone through several permutations -- I wouldn't say I was stressing out, because honestly we were always willing to fall back to just the courthouse marriage and forget about the reception. Your basic elopement. But it was a LITTLE stressful. I like parties! I wanted one!
But it's sorted now.
We're still doing the courthouse marriage -- 11 in the morning on the 28th, just the parents in attendance. Then we'll have a family dinner somewhere -- maybe one of the 4 teppanyaki places in the city, maybe a little Italian joint the future MIL knows. There's a Japanese restaurant I want to see about (I'm not sure they can do a semi private largish group thing). I honestly don't care much where we eat, so long as the family can be there and I can wear my dress without feeling silly.
Boy (his name is Chad) is planning on getting a three piece suit. He'll look smashing. :D
Then the next day we'll have the reception for friends (and family if they want) -- we've reserved a park shelter at a nearish lake. There's outside grills, and fireplace grills inside the shelter, so we'll do brats and throw some potatoes and veggies wrapped in foil on the coals. There should be a few vegetarians/vegans there, so I'll get some vegan sausages too -- there's some pretty good ones out there. The park is on the Kansas side, so they allow alchohol (a big reason we picked it), so we may get a keg, and we'll encourage our friends to bring their own options. I've ordered some paper lanterns to hang about, and will probably line the tables with votive candles in mason jars or something.
I'm excited! The park is lovely, and it should be a fun, lowkey sort of thing. Just what I wanted to start with! (also, the shelter reservations was MUCH MUCH cheaper than the money we were going to spend on the venue).
The wedding website has been updated, with pictures of the shelter and all. Again, if ANY of you happen to find yourself in the area on the 29th of this month, please feel free to stop by and have a drink, have a sausage, have a dance! <3 <3 <3
But it's sorted now.
We're still doing the courthouse marriage -- 11 in the morning on the 28th, just the parents in attendance. Then we'll have a family dinner somewhere -- maybe one of the 4 teppanyaki places in the city, maybe a little Italian joint the future MIL knows. There's a Japanese restaurant I want to see about (I'm not sure they can do a semi private largish group thing). I honestly don't care much where we eat, so long as the family can be there and I can wear my dress without feeling silly.
Boy (his name is Chad) is planning on getting a three piece suit. He'll look smashing. :D
Then the next day we'll have the reception for friends (and family if they want) -- we've reserved a park shelter at a nearish lake. There's outside grills, and fireplace grills inside the shelter, so we'll do brats and throw some potatoes and veggies wrapped in foil on the coals. There should be a few vegetarians/vegans there, so I'll get some vegan sausages too -- there's some pretty good ones out there. The park is on the Kansas side, so they allow alchohol (a big reason we picked it), so we may get a keg, and we'll encourage our friends to bring their own options. I've ordered some paper lanterns to hang about, and will probably line the tables with votive candles in mason jars or something.
I'm excited! The park is lovely, and it should be a fun, lowkey sort of thing. Just what I wanted to start with! (also, the shelter reservations was MUCH MUCH cheaper than the money we were going to spend on the venue).
The wedding website has been updated, with pictures of the shelter and all. Again, if ANY of you happen to find yourself in the area on the 29th of this month, please feel free to stop by and have a drink, have a sausage, have a dance! <3 <3 <3
