ahhh...

well, my mother and i went out today to do some price comparisons and finalizations (don't know if that's a word, but for blogging-sake, it is now). wow. it was a long day.... don't get me wrong, i love wedding planning, especially for my wedding- however, my head was killing me from this weather front moving in, my fiance and i are going out of town for four days, so i was trying to get everything mentally ready, and it was frigid cold... now, not really a lot to bitch about considering everything we accomplished.

flowers: import flowers. Lou, you are such an awesome help. he talked to us about spring blooms vs. fall blooms. (did you know that certain branches are seasonal? i had no idea!) he is going to email his "branch people" and let me know what is available for october. AND it's all at wholesale prices :)

invitations: ordered and payed for at swoozies. can i tell you how much i love them???? 200 invitations, reply cards, and envelopes ordered with thermography for UNDER $375!!!!!! SWEET! Meg is so awesome and please go in and ask for her!

venue: well, kiosks cannot be moved OR covered per the factory at franklin. SOOOO, our "plan of action" has flipped as far as where we were going to do our vows, have dance floor, etc. everything will still be beautiful, and there is no way i'd change the place (it's going to look AWESOME completed), so it was just a minor snag in the plan.

dinner: can i tell you how much i love my fiance and his daughters? one of them came over for dinner tonight and it was so nice to just relax with "the fam" after a kinda stressful day :) love you all so much!!!

well, i need to pack for our trip now. i'll post more later :)