#81 Yay Caterer

FINALLY! We have a caterer. Jonathan deserves all of the credit. I totally handed him this job and he was fabulous and amazing. He did it without one hesitation and I'm so so thankful. :D

He name is Merrilee Jacobs. She, her sister, and her mother all own this vegan frozen food business called the "3 Hot Tamales."

She has catered many weddings, including Miss Little Debbie herself, and Little Debbie's brother. Anyway I'm really thrilled. She is so on top of things. She even called Nancy, the lady who runs the Fillauer Lake House and met with her to see the venue and set up. The fact that she did that just makes me even more confident that she will do a great job.

Yummy food here we come!

#79 Caterer update

Ugh. Catering. I think it's never-ending.

I may just be feeling lazy, but we talking to someone who we think would do a really fabulous job. She is more expensive that our original lady, but then again the original lady was giving us a steal of a deal.

Jonathan and I feel like just going with this new lady and not looking around anymore. She knows what she is doing and is really nice to work with.

Time is of essence and school is taking over my life. Jonathan can work on catering, but there are also lots of other wedding things to be doing. Should we just go with our gut feeling or look around more, or is that being lazy? Does anyone know what the going rate of a dinner wedding, buffet style meal?

#75 Caterer canceled

I've been trying for weeks to get a hold of my caterer. Remember, the yummy food one that was going to work with my budget? Well...apperently she had been avoiding my calls and avoiding calling me back because she was afraid I was going to be upset — she has to cancel because she can't dedicate enough time to it right now.

Goodness.

Why couldn't she of told me this MONTHS ago?! Now I feel like I need to scramble. Finding a caterer 3 months before a May wedding in TN! (It's the best months for weddings in TN. I guess my only advantage is that we are having a Sunday wedding). Thankfully Jonathan is wonderful and is going to take care of the catering/food for me because school this semester is insane. I had NO idea it would be this much work/take up so much time. All I really want to do it look at pretty wedding pictures. :)

Hopefully the food will look like this...

If it doesn't it's ok, but isn't it pretty?

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#33 Caterer booked

Yahooooo!

I just got off the phone with Tamara, the original lady that I talked with months ago. She runs The Bee's Knee's Catering company. It took a while to get back in touch, but I've only heard positive things about her - and I hear the food is fantastic! Plus, she is willing to work with our budget which really makes me happy.

Now just to finalize that menu...and find shoes for the girls....and figure out what kind of invitations I'd like...ask someone to coordinate the wedding...pick out the reception music....and ceremony music...

#29 The weekend

The boy has been practicing his bike riding skills for our wedding ride-off. Pretty nice eh? I think he is excited. 

In an effort to clean out the garage before our wedding (I believe that was part of the deal? haha) the boy picked up this pretty sweet tool box half off from Sears. Check out this organization?! I didn't know it was in him! See more here.

The boy got called off work today so we did some yard sale shopping. We found 5 beautiful glass vases today! It's been great. I think we might almost have enough for all of our centerpieces. So cheap too. Love it. I also love this image. Such nice design for a welcome table. I think I may steal it. Sorry, I got it so long ago I can't remember where I found it. Beautiful though!

Also, I sent off for a quote from a new caterer today. I haven't been able to get in touch with the lady I was hoping to use, so I had to start looking for someone else. This looks yummy...

and...I also touched base with the lady who is probably going to do my hair and make up. We'll do a run through here pretty soon I think. :) Yay! Things are moving along...