I have discovered that my connections could potentially make my wedding reception very inexpensive. You see, I have a friend (more like an acquaintance) who's a chef and wants to cater my reception at friend prices. She did a pretty kick ass reception where she only charged $1.70 per person, and the food was awesome, so that's gonna be one way that I'll save money.
Then, my brother's girlfriend is a cake decorator at Candy Haven and she says she wants to do my cake. Now I'm not sure if she means at a discount or for free or for full price, but I'm assuming she means at a discount (since she won't let us buy anything there without using her employee discount), so that's really cool. She's the most amazing cake decorator, AND I saw their wedding cake showroom, and they have the perfect cake that I think is gorgeous. Plus, I looked at the flavors, and I want a dark chocolate fudge cake with raspberry (or strawberry. or cherry) filling and cream cheese frosting. YUMMY!
I have another friend that I used to work with at Lifetouch who's an amazing photographer who has offered to give me a discount on wedding photos. The only problem is that he doesn't photograph fatties very well, so I have to lose the weight if I plan on using him.
Being Mormon, I could have my reception at the church if I wanted to (which I really don't, but still), which Kiera told me costs $50. Last night I was talking to lifelong friend's of the family who own a cleaning company named the Dartts (the family is the Dartt family, it is not the cleaning company that is called the Dartts.), and mama Dartt said that they only charge you if they have to clean it and if I have my reception at the church and they try to charge me, just tell them that the Dartt's are taking care of it. So, I could get a free reception place if it comes to it.
Of course, I happen to have a blacksmith friend who's gonna help Lawrence out with mad ring hook-ups, so that should be gravy.
Now for the hard parts: the flowers and the dress. I haven't spoken to her in a decade, but I used to have a good friend who was a seamstress who always said she would make my wedding dress for me. I wonder what would happen if I tracked her down. Now I just have to make friend's with a florist real fast. Hmmmm. Anybody know any florists? Josh? You're gay, come on, hook a sista up!
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Was there some kind of announcement I missed?
We also got the announcements way cheap...we took the pics ourselves and then Patrick's mom helped photoshop them over the internet. Then we had them printed at the University printing place. The $50 I told you about was money they held on to until after the reception, then they checked to see you didn't spill red punch on anything and gave it back. So...let us know if there is any news on that front. ;)
shemsi: no, no announcements. Just general thinking. Every since Lawrence asked me to look at china patterns, I figure it's ok to think about these things.
kiera: I totally forgot about the announcements! Thanks for the tip! ;) Lawrence is dead set against having the reception in the church, so I don't think it's an issue, but we'll see how poor he turns out to be when the time comes.
Dude, I don't know ANY gay guys. At least none to whom I speak with on a regular basis. This assures two things: I can't hook you up with cheap flowers and I'll never have to worry about planning my own wedding. Of course those damn religious conservatives don't help...bastards are always inflating the price of flowers.
I think it's a flower conspiracy. I'm sure black helicopters have something to do with it.
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