Our Married Life

I don’t want a wedding. I seriously don’t. I don’t think it’s worth spending that much. 20,000 was a pretty reasonable number too. I really wish Brian would consider doing a destination wedding.

It seems as if though we are not ready to commit to any of the plans. I just called Brookhaven to let them know we’re going to book. She’s going to email me the contract. This requires at 1400 deposit. Cripes. Are we actually ready to spend money?

So far the total bill for 160 people, just for the reception alone is $8900. I am forecasting that we’ll spend 20,000 just for this wedding. It better be quite the shindig.

Well, I got my CityPlace proposal back. The coordinator said this about my menu selection:

“The way you are wanting to structure the menu appears more like a dinner buffet but without enough quantity. I will send you a dinner buffet menu that you might be more interested in and of course you could add some hors d’oeuvre items before the dinner if you like.”

I assume I had enough food there but I guess not. The portions must be really tiny. With 2 entrees, a mashed potato bar, salad, 3 cold displays, and 3 hor d’oeurves, it’s not enough food?

Ok…I have settled on Brookhaven Country Club. I’ve received more reviews from people who say the food there is great. I will be requesting a proposal from them tonight and hopefully get something this week.

We will then confirm our date by making the deposit next month (hopefully).

On Saturday we went to Brookhaven Country Club in Farmers Branch. The price was decent compared to all the other places. Brian is still weirded out that it’s not a hall of some sort. Anyway the clubhouse is decent in size and could accomodate up to 300 people, we can rent the entire thing and hold up to 600. Of course we wouldn’t be able to afford a wedding for 600 people. The only downside about the place is that there is a pool right outside the clubhouse and members use. The last day members can access the pool also happens to be the same day we want our wedding. Labor Day weekend. I’ve been weary about planning the last few days. I guess we just haven’t found what we wanted yet. I also found a couple more places. I think if size is such an issue we should stick to hotel ballrooms. Unfortunately though, hotel prices are really high (~40-100 per person).

I think after visiting all the venues we need to sit down and compare them all. Afterall it is only a wedding and doesn’t really matter where it is. We just want to be pretty, fun, and cheap and good food.