Update

• As Mindy commented on my last post, yes I did get a dress. I got it for a SUPER BARGAIN and it is my safety net dress. I love it, but am going to keep my eyes open in case anything else comes along. I wanted to have something lovely to fall back on just in case school and life get so hectic that I lose track of time and don't have anything!
• We've sent out a few save the date cards with our Christmas cards. We've been utterly lazy in getting those in the mail, but now that finals are over, I'm able to devote a bit more time to domestic-y tasks like that!
• Only a few RSVPs are outstanding. We've gotten at least verbal answers from most of the people on our list. We were a little disappointed that some people, including family members, were unable to get the cards back to us. I mean, it's pre-addressed and stamped, folks!
• Christmas is coming, which means busy busy busy. We'll be traveling a lot, as usual, but are looking forward to seeing our families for the holidays!
  

RSVPs

The due date for RSVPs is tomorrow! We're doing pretty good so far, but there are a few stragglers out there. Thanks to those of you who have sent in your cards. For those of you we haven't heard from yet, shoot us an email and/or drop the card in the mail soon, so we can wrap up this part of the planning.

Save the date cards for the "hometown" receptions will go in the mail shortly!

Dates for Home Town Parties Finalized

Lyndon, IL (or thereabouts) - Saturday, July 18
Grand Rapids, MI - Saturday, August 15

Details will be provided as we near the dates.

RSVPs

So far, we've gotten back about 5 or 6 response cards from people. As expected, some of the people we invited won't be able to make it. We've also heard from a number of people that will be there! A few of our friends and family members have given us verbal yes's, which is exciting - we think we'll have a really fun turnout! For those that can't make it, we'll definitely miss you at the wedding, but we hope you'll be able to celebrate with us later on in the summer. :)

Even though there's more than a month until the date, I'm antsy to get the cards back so we can be thinking ahead to the actual guest list and everything that goes along with that. We'll likely send an email reminder out to folks sometime in December after the RSVP date passes.

We are so happy with the decision to do a destination wedding. Even though there was a bit more planning up front, it's so nice to sit back for now and not have to worry about a million little (and big) things. We pretty much just have to find outfits at this point!

Local Parties

We've got the invitations out, and I thought this would be a good time to let visitors know that we'll be having a few open house type receptions (read: casual, laid back) in our hometowns when we return from Mexico. We're still working out the specifics on when those will be, and we'll send out save the date cards as soon as we have it pinned down.

We know that with a destination wedding, not everybody will be able to attend. We still want to celebrate with those friends and family members who won't be able to make it for the actual wedding. So, if you're reading this and are worried about not being able to celebrate with us, don't worry!

Invitations Going Out

As previously posted, we received the invitations late last week. They look great. Last night, we put them together while watching Heroes, and got them pretty much done. I have to hunt down another address or two, but the remainder are going in the mail today! Hopefully we get lots of replies fairly quickly!

Invitations are Here!

We'll try to get them out in the next week or so. Things are quite busy, but all we really have to do is address them. We found a designer through etsy.com and she did a lovely job. She was very communicative and flexible. She did the work quickly and beautifully and we'd certainly recommend her highly!

Her website is here: www.thestylishscribe.blogspot.com
Her etsy site is here: chprfan.etsy.com

Wedding Attire

I'm doing some preliminary dress shopping this weekend, so we'll see how that goes. I also updated the wedding details page with some thoughts on attire, which are also posted here:

Attire is beach dressy (a term I made up). We want people to be cool and comfortable, but not totally beach bummy. Ladies, a cute sundress or something like that is fine with sandals or flipflops (the bride and groom may both be barefoot). Guys, we'd like some form of sleeves (short is fine), so a polo or button down with khakis would probably be your best bet.

Quiz!

I added a quiz off to the right hand side. I know we don't have a ton of readers, but I thought it might be fun to give it a try.

I'm trying to think ahead to what kind of dress I'll want. I'm torn between having a tea length one, which would be fine for a summer beach wedding..or a longer more elegant one, particularly since it's an evening event. I've got to keep things like temperature (so, no long sleeves or heavy layers :) !) and packability (not too poofy to fit in my bag, not so delicate to not get wrecked/wrinkled in transit) in mind as I begin my search.

Suggestions welcome!

Thanks!