GOOD: I am 99% sure we have an officiant!! We met with Michele Rose last week, and she is a pretty awesome lady, who seems more than capable to put together an awesome, appropriate, and little bit unique ceremony for us. So, that is a good thing -- we definitely need to have someone to make it official, and that is done. Almost.
BAD: We made the guest list this weekend. This entire wedding planning session, i assumed we were not going to have enough people, and that we would be asking some pretty distant people to come and have a good time, just to meet our planned attendance of 100ish.
The rule of thumb is that you should expect about 20% of invitees to RSVP 'no'. We took the weather/location/distance of invitees into consideration, and decided to raise it to 30%, so a total of 130.
After we both separately assembled our lists , then added them together, we had somewhere in the 180s. Yikes... It's doubly bad, because Matt's "half" barely cracked 50. So, I had lots and lots of trimming to do. IT IS AWFUL. Terrible!!! So, so so deflating to delete people off the list. Matt was very business-like about the whole thing, and he was right, it's a part of the process. Still....man. Total bummer. We got it down to 135, and I think it is pretty much done. Now, I need to switch from being a negative Nellie about the people who aren't going to be there, and look forward to seeing/partying with all of the people that are!
UGLY: As I was cleaning my room this weekend, I came across a wedding checklist, and we are way behind. After the guest list ordeal, a mild panic was not a good thing, for me. But, I need to keep things more in perspective -- this is what the Bridal Industry wants me to have taken care of by now. I got to cross off, permanently, things like "book all transportation" and "pick a balloonist". A balloonist? seriously?! is this 1998? And, the hotel all-in-one eliminates needs for limos, etc. still. there are things that need to be done pretty quickly, and i am an excellent procrastinator.
