Food and fun

I've been keeping busy the rest of the week...waiting for furniture to arrive, doing a lot of research on food for our reception or places to go for our honeymoon. And I must say that I've made a boatload of progress on all fronts! We just have to get our carpet delivered (hopefully it will arrive next week) and then I'll have the fun of putting together flatpack furniture (time to get out the drill). But it's getting there. As for the wedding planning...we have come up with a menu for the evening...I'm hoping that it works for everyone. Here's the idea:

- Wedding ceremony at 6:15pm
- 7:00pm Reception begins (ceremony is at the same place)...we will have an open bar with 2 beers, a few wines and some hard alcohol plus all mixers, juices and soda for the whole 4 hours of the evening. We'll have butler-passed appetizers (Thai chili chicken, samosas, shrimp cocktail) plus have a fruit table and a cheese table.
Somewhere in here we'll have speeches and the first dance (music will be played throughout).
- 8:00pm The meal is served via buffet/stations. There won't be any set tables, so people can mingle as they like or sit where and when they want (and I won't have to be at a head table which is my idea of HELL). We'll be serving: Garden Salad Station with Rolls & Whipped Butter, Manned Sautéed Pasta Stations (2 pastas and marinara & vodka sauces), Manned Roast Beef Carving Station with miniature baguettes and appropriate sauces andChicken Curry with rice.
- 9:00pm Desert - we'll have cupcakes (love them) and a viennese desert table. At which point we'll have the cutting of the 'cake'.
- 10:00pm Snacks - we'll have baked brie and assorted crudités.

The evening ends at 11:00pm. I think 4 hours of being on display and smiling at people for pictures will be enough for me! And there's a jazz club across the street or a bar in the hotel we'll have for people if they want to continue the party...

We're going to have a DJ so that we can have all sorts of music - light jazz to start things out, the first dances, blues, 80s, 90s, etc. Anything that makes it fun to dance! And I plan to do quite a bit of it!

Now, for the honeymoon. I'm so excited. We're going to do 9 nights in St Lucia (would have done 10 but the flights won't work out). We're flying Virgin so that we can use our flying miles to upgrade ourselves. And we've found a great place which is all-inclusive but also not the typical sort of place. Looks totally romantic, with great food and a lovely bit of privacy. We'll have the time to explore the island, check out different places and most of all, get a nice bit of tan on the beach! Can't wait!!!

So now...no more planning for a bit...hoping that our save the date cards arrive soon so I can start sending them out. But relaxation is in order today...and a party tonight!