Ok, so we have a reception place! It's called Royale Orleans (If you click the name, it takes you to the site). So that changes the wedding time since the reception will be 12:30-4:30. I'm thinking of moving the wedding back to 10:30, which gives us time to get married, take pictures, and then round everyone up for the drive over. So...yeah!

Next up...invitations. My question of the day is: If I pick an invitation with calla lilies on it, but don't have calla lilies in my wedding, will I invite ridicule and scorn for the rest of my days? The problem is, I'm not a big fan of calla lilies in real life. But apparently they make wonderful design elements in invitations. I've ordered 6 sample cards, but if I had to pick one straight off the net, this is the one I'd be inclined to go with. Sigh. I do have 3 invitation samples on order with roses, 2 with calla lilies, one with wedding bells. So we'll see what they look like on my dining room table when I make the final decision.

Final wedding thought for the day...colors. Despite Tammie's suggestion of pink or sherbert orange sparkle chiffon for dresses (and Christine suggesting they could dye their hair to match), I'm leaning towards either navy blue or dark green for dresses. A nod to the season without being a Christmas tree skirt. I talked with Kathy V yesterday a bit, and her suggestion is that if I end with a white-white gown, go navy, and if I end up with an off-white gown, go dark green. So it all comes back to getting off of my duff and looking at dresses. This weekend! I promise!

And totally off topic...We were standing in the driveway with Fred off leash last night when new neighbor Ashley, who is about 4, came over to pet Fred. Fred let her get really close, and then dashed away, ran a big lap, and the stopped a few feet away from her. She giggled and ran after him, and when she got to him he spun in a circle in place and then took off again. They were hysterical, this continued for about 5 minutes, Fred running circles, Ashley running towards him when he stopped, sometimes he would spin in place, sometimes he would just take off when she got near. The cool thing was he never play bit her like he sometimes does when he gets too rowdy with Chris or me, and he didn't bowl her over like he does sometimes with other dogs. He seemed to know that his new best friend required different handling. And me without a video camera!

Off to work...
Cb
- posted by cam @ 6:32 AM