Wedding plans have begun

Yes it has begun. It all started one day last month...hahaha. Well, let's see...when does all the planning actually begin. The day you get engaged, when you first talk to the priest, when you set the date for the ceremony?

We got engaged on Jan 25th 2008. We talked to Fr. Vicente in April. Before that we had talked to Fr. Dan first so I guess he was one of the first persons to know. We set the date for Feb 14, 2009. I felt it was too rushed, there might be conflict with people being able to attend since it is Valentine's day, so it was decided to change the date for May 30, 2009. Just one day before our third anniversary since we began going out.

I had not idea what we were supposed to do next. I was fearing having to start looking for places for the receptions, vendors, invitations, decorations, dress...etc, etc. June passed, then July, August, September...time was flying by and we hadn't even started. I guess we also waited because we changed the date and had to make sure we were going to have that date before doing everything else.

So in October I began looking at venues for the reception. I thought "hotels have reception halls, so maybe I should look there first" and sure enough they have ballrooms but waaaay too expensive for our needs. I went to a ballroom not to far from St. Cecilia and what are the odds that just the exact same day I went to get info, there's a person already there talking about renting the hall for May 30th!!! horror!!! I'm getting a little freaked out that we won't have a place for the reception. So I look online and find a hall North of I-10, I go over and it is excellent! just what we needed, they give me a good price, I take Dave over to take a look at it and decide we'll take the place.

We signed the contract on Oct 24. We got a church, we got a reception hall.
Now the planning can begin!