Yes, we'll be married in 38 days. We've been engaged for 10 days now. No, we don't really see the point in waiting very long. We want to be married, living together, and building our life like, last month.
Because of this though, wedding planning has been at the top of our list of things to accomplish this past week. We want to just have a very small, very US, event that doesn't cost anyone very much money.
So far, we've reserved a small chapel in our town that allows citizens to use it for ceremonies free of charge. It will hold about 15 people, which is perfect for our immediate families, and it's so very cute. We've talked to the officials at our local city hall, who will be performing the ceremony and got everything scheduled to say "I do" at 4pm that Friday afternoon.
My aunt and cousin are going to be doing pictures of the entire event for me, because they are just wonderful and I love them for that.
I have also reserved the banquet room at a nice local restaurant, where we will all go have dinner and cake after the ceremony.
Oh, and I bought Allie's dress for the day. A new, sparkly dress was a major selling point in getting Allie on board with this whole wedding idea. She picked it out at our local Belk all by herself, but it's perfect for what I want, and adorable-I couldn't have picked out a better dress myself. It also cost $12, so yea, that's a huge plus.
I'm feeling very good about how things are coming along, and very confident that it's going to turn out perfect.
Also, because we have pretty much turned this into a game to see how cute we can make our wedding on how little money, we're keeping track of....
Current wedding expenditures:
- $48.50-Marriage license and officiant to perform ceremony
- $50-fee to rent banquet room at the restaurant
- $12-Allie's adorable red dress
