A Million plus One

Geez. There is a lot of planning involved for this whole wedding thing. And it seems we can't do much until we've selected a wedding site. Of course, the main question we've been asked is, "Have you set a date?" or, "So when are you getting married?" The question was asked within 20 minutes of our being engaged, and what feels like a million other times since then. So here goes: August SOMETHING, 2011. That's about as far as we've gotten. I think we've given ourselves enough time to plan- 18 months seems really far away, and the few people I've called regarding wedding stuff are all really surprised when they hear about the month and year we have in mind and the fact that I'm calling already. So I think we are good. For the first couple of weeks of our engagement, I'm pretty sure I did the typical thing of a newly engaged female. I bought a bunch of wedding magazines and poured over everything. I'm over it now. I know wedding planning is supposed to be overwhelming, and I am fairly confident I'm not the Bridezilla-type, but geesh, I'm already feeling slightly overwhelmed, and hel-lo, we have over a year and a half to go! I was never the 9 year old who had her dream wedding entirely planned out by age 11. This is what I know about myself so far: 1. I hate poofy dresses; 2. as much as I love champagne, I don't love a champagne fountain, or any fountain intended for guests to drink from or eat; 3. I won't make Nick take dancing lessons; and 4. I don't really want to get married in a church. At this point we have some general ideas...very general. We have a pretty thorough guest list and have a few locations in mind. Of course, being the dessert fiend I am, I already have some thoughts about where the cake's coming from an what kind. This weekend we are going to check out one of the main places we like, and if we're sold may be able to book it next month. Or so the booking people tell us. We'll keep you posted :-)