And now, for your monthly wedding update

It's the first day of June. I hope your Memorial Day went well. Because of the holiday, I've got the week off, and I figure now's a good a time as any to post a wedding update.

Julie figures we're about 60% to 65% prepared for the wedding. The last time I posted an update, this is what we had accomplished:

• We've ordered our wedding rings.
• We've decided on what the invitations will look like.
• We've come up with partial guest lists.
• We even found cool wedding cake toppers.

You can now add these to the list:

• We've decided on the site for the wedding and the reception.
• The guest list is pretty much finalized.
  
• We've designed the table centerpieces and found our toasting flutes.
  
• We've narrowed down the caterer's to two or three choices.
• We've set aside a block of rooms for out of town guests at one hotel, and we're gonna check another hotel to see they what they have.
• The first draft of the invitations (pending approval), as well as the insert cards, has been written.

Right now, the focus is twofold: Looking for a photographer and talking to caterers.

As much as I'd love to, I am not taking my own wedding photos. Julie might have issue with that, even though it'd save us a lot of money. We've been pricing photographers, and some of them are incredibly expensive! I could very easily save a lot of money if I bought a DSLR and took them myself, but...well...I'm kinda gonna be in the middle of the ceremony.

Imagine the wedding photos: There's Julie, looking lovely, saying her vows over her shoulder, all the while throwing me killer glances because I'm taking pics.

The other expensive thing will be food. We both know what we want, it's just a question of finding a caterer who'll a) have good food and b) be more than reasonably priced.

Julie's stressing, and I can't blame her. This is a lot of work, and while we've been very good at being frugal, finding bargains and saving money, this is where we start finding the big expenses. We'll make it work, though...of that I have no doubt.

I'd stay and write more, but I've gotta go back to purging, packing and sorting. Come the end of June, I'll be moving in with Julie. ;)

UPDATE: So we went and talked to the cake folks tonight. They're a lock on providing the cake, and wait until you taste it! As the youngsters might say... O M G. Oh, and they also do catering as well, and they've got a pretty tempting offer for catering the reception, but until we can taste their food, we won't make a firm decision. Still, if it's as good as their cake...