What's been happening so far

Well, since Quentin and I have gotten engaged, we've been scouting locations, interviewing wedding planners, looking for caterers, DJ's, etc. Well, mostly I've been doing all the work; Quentin just accompanies me to most of the meetings or listen when I tell him prices. I wish that he would get a little more involved because this thing is stressing me out. After talking to 4 wedding planners, we chose Savonia Adams, owner of Rocquils. So far, she's really cool. But before we chose our wedding planner, we checked out a few places that folks had recommended using for our ceremony and reception. We've decided that to save time and money, we would get married on a Friday evening and have everything in the same spot. One place we looked at was alright; layout was kind of awkward. The gazebo area that they had was nice but it was main street right beside it. Can you say disaster waiting to happen? I do not want some idiot beeping their horn while I'm saying my vows. Oh and this lovely place had ugly green carpets. No thanks. The next place is an old house with a beautiful patio to hold the ceremony but the inside area for the reception was disappointing. All the rooms were separated and each room had a different color. Then there were rooms on different floors. Not ideal for a reception where everyone would like to mingle. Plus their menu prices were out of this world. I can't spend $40 on some jazzed up finger foods. The whole place was just too expensive with all of these rentals and things like that. This stuff starts adding up. I went to check another place that I had fallen in love with from the pictures I'd seen. Big disappointment. The dance floor could fit maybe 5 people. They advertised it to fit the amount of guest that I'm having and more with a dance floor. Its a beautiful place but they are false advertising. My feelings were hurt :-( We're still looking for a location for our April wedding. I have some things scheduled for this week and next week and I have the help of my wedding planner so wish me luck. I am excited though because it is time to start looking for my dress. Yay! My dad thinks that I should rent my dress. LMAO How nasty