55: Food tasting

55 days to go!

Last week we attended a food tasting at our wedding venue. They only host food tastings a few times a year so all the couples for upcoming weddings come together and they set up their Grand Pavilion room (the room we are using for our reception) like it would be set up if a wedding was taking place and servers walk around offering a wide selections of appetizers and vendors line the walls with booths displaying their products and/or services and then dinner is served buffet style. They also offer wine sampling from their house wines and after dinner there was a cake service and a champagne toast!

It was a lot of fun. The food was great and we made some decisions about what we want to offer our guests for dinner on our wedding day. The appetizers were good also and we made some selections of what we would like to offer if we decide to do appetizers (it all depends on the budget).

We also got to visit with our photographer. She presented us with our slide show of our engagment photo shoot that we did back in November with her and some other great stuff like a matted 8x10 of one of our engagement photos and some really cool "event cards" that have one of our engagement photos on them and the info to view the pictures she takes on our wedding day on her website (we'll be including these in our thank you cards after our wedding).

And we got to take a tour of the deluxe bridal suite that I will be staying in the night before our wedding and that we will be staying in the night of the wedding. It was amazing. It has a dual sided fireplace and a spa jacuzzi tub and a huge king bed! I've never stayed a room that looks this nice before and I'm very excited!

I spent yesterday shopping with my mom for the perfect bridal shower dress for myself and the perfect dress for her to wear to the wedding. I also had my first dress fitting. Details coming soon ... so, check back!