Now that we know we are having an "event", we need to figure out where and when to host said event. Since we got engaged in June we wanted to wait about a year to get married so we could save some more money and have plenty of time to plan. We both like fall and we both hate to be hot so we talked about October. It just so happens that my parent's anniversary is October 8th and October 8th falls on a Saturday this year. I figured since I already share my birthday with my mom, why not our anniversary. We asked my parent's and they couldn't be more excited about it. So we chose October 8th to exchange our vows. Now we needed to see if we could get a place on that day since October is one of the biggest wedding months of the year.
We began our search in Northeast Philadelphia but one of the only places that could fit our huge number was the place J's sister had her wedding. It was very nice but not really my kinda thing. Not to mention his sister had her wedding there and I wanted my own, unique place. I had to help J expand his horizons into the horrifying world of New Jersey, DUN DUN DUN!
We found this one place inparticular that my parent's mentioned and as soon as we walked onto the grounds I knew this was it. I just needed to help J see it too. They had plenty of room for everyone, beautiful outside ponds, gardens and even Peacocks!!! We cold do all of our picturs there and wouldn't have to miss any of cocktail hour. It was amazing. Then we walked into the wine cellar and that was it. No further pushing needed from me. After the grand tour and of course the price talk we knew this is where we wanted to host our event. But as fast as we got excited, that's how fast we were dissapointed when we found out another bride had October 8th on hold:(
So we put October 1st on hold as our back-up if the 8th wouldn't work. We went home hopeful that it would work out. But the very next day the rep from hall called to tell me the other bride booked the 8th:( I was crushed and even more crushed when i had to tell my parents that we wouldn't be sharing their date with them.
SO we said let's just do the 1st, but that wouldn't be so easy either and this is where the Band vs. DJ discussion begins.
Stay tuned!
My Dearest Diary,
The Blushing Bride To Be
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