Moving right along... *whistles*

Well, although I haven't received all the addresses yet (and for good reason, considering everyone is unbelievably busy right now), that hasn't stopped me from being productive. I spent most of the day today (including during class time while my students were doing group work) on the computer answering e-mails.

I contacted our photographer to get the details for the photograph, which, as I mentioned earlier, caused a little snag in our magnet plans, sort of. She's charging a $50/item copyright release fee, which means that the photograph we've selected will actually cost us $50 (instead of $11). Of course, I balked. Mom was still supportive of it, and Robert basically left it up to us (although he was with me for a while with the whole balking thing). If my mom is okay with paying $50 for a photo to use on the save-the-date magnets, then that's fine with me. Still makes me a little uneasy in my core, but she's okay with it...so.... I can't wait until we get the photo from our photographer so I can send it along to the magnet people to get our proof.

I also contacted our event coordinator at the hotel regarding quite a few details for the reception. She's so absolutely sweet. I'm sure she says this to all her clients, but she closed the e-mail with, "I can't wait until the beginning of the year when we start the detailed plans for your wedding! I feel like one of my friends is getting married!!!" Yes, I know she probably says that to a lot of her clients...but that doesn't stop it from giving me the warm fuzzies! :) Robert and I are so happy we're going with the Marriott because this woman has been such a great help. The other hotel we looked at for the reception had an event coordinator who really couldn't be bothered with us. My belief is that if a family is coming to look at a potential venue in order to spend a large sum of money, then that family should be treated with the respect that comes with spending money (and really in any quantity!). We just didn't receive that attention from this other hotel. As soon as we finished our meeting, Robert and I looked at our parents and just shook our heads. My sister did end up going through this hotel for the bridal shower, and it turned out that our instinct about this event coordinator was right on the mark--she doesn't answer e-mails, she doesn't want to meet in person, she doesn't want to talk on the phone, she gets confused by her own contract, and she's disrespectful of her clients even though they're attempting to give her money. Even though this hotel was a little cheaper than the Marriott (and not by much, really), my mom told me that she thinks we made the right choice. She said, "Well, it's that age-old adage: you get what you pay for."

Well, anyway, got side-tracked by my own thoughts....

So I spent the whole day on the computer. I also just spent the past couple of hours working on our wedding website, which included adding all the hotel accommodations that my sister had researched a couple weeks ago. I think there are about thirteen different hotels so far, and I put them order from closest to the church to furthest. Later, I'll add a map from the reception back to the hotels listed. Hopefully that'll help the out-of-town guests.

We haven't gotten the rest of the wedding website up and running yet, so hang tight for the release of the web address. It will definitely be ready by the time we send out the save-the-dates because we'll put the address on the magnets as well.

Despite my having to spend the whole day on the computer, I'm still enjoying this part of the wedding planning process! :)