This evening mom and I met to discuss wedding planning and it was good to sit down and lay everything out in front of me. I'm not as bad off as I thought I was when it comes to getting things done. We went through my list and wrote down appointments for me to get things down. In addition, I also made some needed appointments. Unfortunately we didn't hear back from our officiant yet but hopefully tomorrow. I'm also going to send an e-mail to my venue to ask some questions such as when should we be scheduling our time to come in and talk through the day off, when should we decide on the menu, do you know the price of your "in season" items yet, and do you provide regular white linens and chair covers or do we need to rent them? You know, things of that nature.
At the moment the most complicated has been hair and makeup; actually more just hair. Overall Sunday is a far cheaper day of the week to marry than Saturday with the exception of hair. Unfortunately most salons are not open on Sundays and therefore it is far more expensive to have one's hair done by a trained stylist. I've talked with two salons and both of them are looking at approximately $75 for my bridesmaids to have their hair done and honestly that's absurd. There is no question that I will be getting my hair done and my sister said that she was willing to do hers but our hair isn't the easiest to style on our own. I will not be forcing my bridesmaids to get their hair styled because they are all capable of making their hair pretty without having paying $75.00. That said, if any of them don't mind the cost and want it then I won't stop them but it will not be a requirement. I will discuss it with each of them at a later date but at this point I think I've ruled it out.
As of right now, Dave and I are still planning on getting two hotel rooms. One for the guys and one for the girls. Because I will be getting my hair done, the girls and I will probably end up staying in Haverhill and then driving to Bedford to get dressed. Right now, what I'm figuring is that I will wake up for a 7am hair appointment and my sister will have hers done after me. My hair will probably take a solid hour or so and while my sister is getting hers styled, I can go back to the hotel room and help everyone else with their hair and purchase some bagels and coffee(?) for the hotel room. If they decide to have their hair done professionally, that will be alright too as we can just add another hair stylist and bring the bagels, coffee, and donuts to the hair salon.
Luckily the majority of my friends are used to waking up early. A 1pm wedding pushes everything ahead and I think we decided that we wanted do some pictures before the ceremony so we won't be too long after the ceremony during the cocktail hour. One of our large investments was in a photographer so I think we really want to make sure we get lots of photos. The downside is that it just means everything needs to be done so much earlier which I'm sure will be much harder for me than anyone else as I'm the one who can never wake up in the morning.
All and all, it was a good, productive night. I'm satisfied.
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