Highlights: Shopping for wedding dress, choosing place settings for the reception, and showing off the venue to friends from Montana!
September has flown by. Mike, my parents, and I had a very productive meeting with Party Reflections in Raleigh, which is the place to go for place settings, table linens, table and chair rentals, etc. The planners there know what they are doing, including having the expertise to use an auto-CAD program to show us the layout of the Merrimon-Wynne house for the ceremony (lawn) and reception (inside & out). We were in and out in less than two hours.
Shopping for a wedding dress took just three appointments and on the last appointment, I found my beautiful wedding dress. I had good friends, a couple of bridesmaids, and two aunts present on two of the appointments. With my mom taking pix and texting them to my dad, who was able to chime in on his choice(s), along with my future mom-in-law, sister-in-law, and matron of honor Elyse, we had a fun Friday afternoon and everyone was in agreement on the dress. No details to share, of course!
September ended with good friends (Megan, Zach, Jamie) from Montana visiting, and I got to show them the venue so they'd get a preview of where the wedding and reception will be held. They also got to experience some perfect weather @ NC State Tailgating - I'm thinking that was a highlight of their trip!
That's it for now... HB
Shopping for a wedding dress took just three appointments and on the last appointment, I found my beautiful wedding dress. I had good friends, a couple of bridesmaids, and two aunts present on two of the appointments. With my mom taking pix and texting them to my dad, who was able to chime in on his choice(s), along with my future mom-in-law, sister-in-law, and matron of honor Elyse, we had a fun Friday afternoon and everyone was in agreement on the dress. No details to share, of course!
September ended with good friends (Megan, Zach, Jamie) from Montana visiting, and I got to show them the venue so they'd get a preview of where the wedding and reception will be held. They also got to experience some perfect weather @ NC State Tailgating - I'm thinking that was a highlight of their trip!
That's it for now... HB