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10.12.2012 for us, too.

Colors: chocolate and navy, white, off-white, and a splash of bright green in the flowers.

Checked off the list:

• Venue (wedding + reception, catering)
• Officiant 
• Photographer
• Motels + Shuttle
• Dress - strapless Reem Acra gown
• 100's of milk glass vases and urns 
• Wedding website
• Save the Dates (mailing this coming week)

Ready to make final decision on:

• Music (wedding + reception) We have been debating whether or not to have the DJ also handle the ceremony music (it's very economical to add onto the reception ~ $250) or hiring a four piece ensemble w/violins, cello, acoustic guitar, piano, flute instruments options, plus vocal soloist for $650. I think we're going the DJ route due to cost.

• The same company for the DJ will also handle the uplighting ($225).

The venue includes the white linens and head table/cake/gift table skirting, so I think we'll do navy uplighting. My MOH wants chocolate dresses rather than navy, so I thought that the uplighting might be one way of bringing in the navy color. I'm contemplating using navy runners on the tables, too.

Theme: "It's About Time." (By the time we get married we'll have been together nearly 14 years.)

Next on our agenda: rehearsal dinner venue.

I can't wait to hear what others are doing.

Woot!!! So glad to see so many other brides celebrating on a Friday!!!

We are having a rustic-formal themed wedding - think burgandy, burnt oranges, chocolate brown and splashes of blue. Ceremony and reception will be at a vineyard.

We've got everything arranged except for the following:

Wedding bands - we just need to decide on FI's ring: All 14K plated white gold or platinum and 14K WG. Will probably put the order in for both bands later this month.

Dress alterations - meeting with the seamstress next week to schedule a time to bring her the dress. 

BM Dresses: I keep going back and forth on either chocolate colored dresses or blue dresses. My girls will be able to pick out whatever they want when I finally figure out a color - I don't want them to match style-wise. 

GM Attire: FI and Bestman are dragging their feet on this. Hope to at least visit JABs or MensWarehouse by the end of this month.

Flower girl dresses - I have absolutely no idea.  :-/

Invitations: That's my April-May project.

Music/song list for the ceremony and reception - just the important ones.

Buy coolers for bevvies (probably storage bins - cheap and reusable) - AND BUY BEER - LOTS OF BEER, bottled water, and sodas.

Random details for decorations for ceremony and reception - I have ideas and have most of the stuff, but just need to finalize everything: 

           -  floral wreath for my pup to wear (ring bearer)

           -  flower baskets

           -  table numbers & centerpieces

           -  escort cards

           -  chair sashes - my March project

           -  signage

I'm sure other things will pop up, but that's pretty much all I have left on my timeline/to do list.