dates and plans and houses oh my!

so....we got engaged on september 10 2008

we got home on 9/13 and really? haven't had many moments to ourselves....its starting to die down...

i have at least 10 bridal magazines....its nuts...i can't stop buying them

one of them was just for reception halls in new jersey....we picked one...we're going with the landmark....they had the dates we wanted for october...the 3rd or the 10th....we went to go look at it...and they have a popcorn machine we can use! to go with our movie theme of course....then we had to pick the church...he wanted st cecelia's in kearny...i had no problem with that...he wanted a catholic service, and i had told him as long as we can find one that will marry a catcholic to a non (i'm lutheran) then i have no problem with it...so i called st cecelia's and they told me they only had 1:30 available, to which i say TOO EARLY....but louie said ya know, his mom worked there for a long time, maybe she can do something, so she went and tried to talk to a priest, but he wasn't around, but talked to someone she used to work with, lou's nursurey school teacher...she said they'll make it work for us....so we went to mass that sunday and the priest wasn't around, but he called lou back, and said yeah he has 330 on 10/10, yes we can come meet that wednesday....we get to the church on that wed, and he goes oh, i have 2 weddings that day already, 1 at 330, only 130 available...now, lou repeated the time back to him on the phone and he didn't say anything, so he pencilled us in, during someone else's wedding...well, needless to say i think both our hearts dropped....he goes, oh i guess we'll change the church, and i said, maybe we can change the date with the landmark....turns out he really would rather have 10/10 then the church he grew up with....so we tried "my" catholic church...its not really my church, but, my grandparents belonged there, my dad went to school there, and i was baptised there....so i called them, they had the date and time available....left a message for the priest, and he called back, and, we have a meeting with him in november....but we're on the calendar for 10.10.09!!! holy shit!!!! 359 days? OMGOMGOMGOMGOMG FREAKING OUT! we have a meeting with the landmark tomorrow night with my folks for the contracty stuff....this place offers tons of food, they even have pallea for his family....its awesome...and its reasonable...

so now its all about everything else....save the dates, invites, attendants, dresses, bridesmaids dresses, flowers, favors, centerpieces and everything else! we're doing a movie theme...cuz we love to go to the movies, but, we haven't gone to the movies since we've been back, wait, that's a lie, we went to one movie...that dane cook movie...it doesn't count...so movie theme....what does that entail? good question....we were thinking movie ticket save the dates, but, now, maybe some sort of movie poster (not poster sized tho)....altho, i think i want still tradtional invitations, i'm not sure, but yeah, i believe so...and a tradtional ceremony....which i think, since its catholic, there really is only one way to do it? i don't know...so yeah....we're going to have a red carpet with velvet ropes (they have grey ones there they said we could use) for moving from the cocktail hour to the reception room, and when we and the bridal party get announced, we're going to come in to movie theme songs...the only one i know now is we're going to come in to the indiana jones theme song...which apparantly, when i brought this hypothetical idea up to him, it was the push he needed to propose...not sure about the parents or the bridal party....and some sort of movie themed something....i was thinking the name cards would be on these clapboard things, but, they're too $$ for name cards, but too cheap for favors...so now maybe just the foldy card with some movie-ish image on it...the table numbers will be movie posters/names...there will be a popcorn machine! and oh, when we're coming in, i would like to have the photog standing there taking pics like paparazzi-ish....centerpieces...carly and i have been trying to work this out...want it movie-ish, but not cheesey, ya know? i think currently we're thinking some sort of popcorn bucket with hydrangia cuz it looks like popcorn and movie reels and such...we'll figure it out...and favors? need to figure that out...i kinda wanted like, movie candy with our names on it? but i don't know...i don't know! carly found this marquee online...which we HAVE TO HAVE! and ya know, it'll look good in our...

house? yeah...so we put an offer in on a house on sunday, we're in attorney review, we'll be out of attorney review tomorrow (eek!) then we need our inspection, get our loan, make payment, vomit a little, and ya know...our closing date is the day before thanksgiving...so like, we could be moved in before december? OMG and we'll have our own adorable little home and we'll have a christmas tree....we'll have to buy furniture...and like, cheap other stuff cuz we'll be getting everything for our wedding and showers and what not...is it really poor form to use your shower gifts before the wedding?
hmmm

omg....i'm freaking out!

ugh...i hate myself

i don't know why i just did this...i swore up and down i wouldn't blog about real things other than knitting....

but whatever

i'm engaged, and part of me wants a wedding blog....we'll see how i keep up with it...

that's it for now...i really should be more productive with the working...

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