In the past two weeks, I’ve been able (with David’s approval, of course) to put down deposits for our wedding reception site, a photographer, and paid for my dress!
We’ll be using Tom Ellis, who I’ve admired from afar for a long time back in my days of wedding fantasies with no boyfriend that lots of women do. He has very reasonable prices AND lets us keep digital rights to the photography which is what I’m most keenly interested. I’m going to try my hand at digital scrapbooking in the next few months; I’ve done conventional handmade scrapbooking in the past, but it takes forever and a day to do trying to lay everything out and writing everything down.
The reception site will be at the Environmental Service Building in University Place. I had also done a lot of research on different reception site areas and this was very cost-effective and absolutely gorgeous, with views overlooking Puget Sound.
Oh yeah, the date? September 11, 2010. A few things about this date: It had to be after Labor Day since as a nurse with little seniority, I can have 1-2 weeks off during the summer and I already planned that time off for our trip to Florida for another (can you guess?) Harry Potter conference. It also had to be on a Saturday to be kind to people’s schedules and our friends still in school. September is the month where the weather starts getting to be iffy in Washington state and I didn’t want to push the date too far back. So, 9/11? After talking with David for his agreement, I decided this day also because it’s not a memorial day that my country chose to honor those fallen in battle or for some heroic acts. It’s a day that was taken away from us and really, from the world. The world will never be the same after it…and yet David and I will be taking it back in part by deciding to celebrate our love and vows to each other on this day.
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I’ve been able to get all our vendors so far to agree to push the wedding date forward in case the visa hasn’t come through yet (normal processing is 6-9 months and it’s more than a year ahead now), although another scenario may be that David gets his visa too soon and will be “forced” to enter the U.S. early and then us having to get a court legal wedding before the visa expires. Unfortunately, we really have no control at all in this situation…so pray for a swift visa, but not too swift?
We love you all!