Trailing Thoughts

It is now official…. as many people who actually read my site, know, Madhujit and I are getting married…. the question was when! We now have a date set – August 5th, 2006. I am really excited because now I am starting to actually plan! I need to get most things done this next month before Madhujit’s parents leave…. so if you are interested I will talk about my experiences planning a wedding.
Original idea: SMALL wedding with around 30 people… well… we sat down and then wrote out who should be invited… guess what – the guest list grew and is now at 100 people…!!!! Which unfortunately I cannot cut anyone I in the list except like 2….
So go away small wedding idea in the back yard and welcome atleast 10 thousand dollar wedding!
You have to understand this number is a budget that is not including a DJ or a photographer…
Why did I chose this? well we can easily make a CD with all the music we like and play it and have a friend announce the different events at the dinner and it is cheap to buy a disco light… they sell them at target as novelty items!
Between Madhujit and I we own some decent cameras – both digital and film – we will let the wedding guests take the picture! LOL… then get the pictures processed at Sams – 8 x10 is like 3 bucks… very good pricing this way.
Unfortunately we cannot use the backyard idea… if the weather is horrible 100 people will be a tight fit in the house… It was almost done before… we did have around 75 people at our house before when we celebrated busia’s 70th birthday party… but it did not need a dance floor!
Now the challenge was to find a room that could accomadate this many people that would allow dogs AND allow me to get my own caterer and bring my own alcohol! I am not going to jinx myself by saying I have found this place yet but I have my fingers crossed!
I am also considering that Madhujit and his groomsmen have nice black suits instead of a tux… I mean why pay the rental fee when you can spend just a few dollars more and get something that you can use again…
Now the brides maids… well I originally wanted saris.. but then I got to thinking… I think my brides maids will be uncomfortable in a sari.. so now what… I have a variety of shapes, heights and coloring… what do I get? I decided to go with the dress I bought Jessica for prom last year. I have an identical dress that I will have altered to fit Katie, and Felicity can find a black dress that she likes!