Yesterday turned out to be a pretty long, but very exciting day!
We had meeting with three different venues spread out throughout the day and THEN after all that, Kevin and I went to the Palladium in Dallas to see one of our favorite bands, Coheed&Cambria.
For our venue, Kevin and I really wanted to have our ceremony and reception in the same venue to avoid having to require our guests to travel and felt that it would just break up the flow of the whole event. We also really wanted it either in a hotel, or within walking distance of a hotel, in order to accommodate our out-of-town guests and anyone else that may decide to stay at the venue overnight.
It proved to be a pretty hectic task, as I'm sure any of you who have planned a wedding know. This is obviously the biggest part of our decisions because without a venue (and the right one) we have nothing else. I am a huge component of The Knot. They have such valuable information and tips and offer so many convenient things like a budgeting tool, checklist (hello!), guest list manager, you can set up your wedding website, even send Save-the-Dates through your website. With our criteria, we weren't really able to utilize most of the local venues that were on their lists, but I emailed a few. Knowing we really wanted a hotel, it pretty much just came down to me searching Yahoo! Local and individually emailing every hotel asking some of our specifics.
We had it narrowed down to our top 4 venues and we set out Saturday morning with high hopes. The first two were "ok" but when we walked out of the third meeting, Kevin and I, along with both of my parents all looked at eachother and pretty much simultaneously said "No Question!!"
I'm so thankful that we had no hesitation (I even called to cancel our 4th appt) and now are feeling the "real-ness" of the fact that we are really getting married!!
So, it's official, Kevin and I will be getting married on 11/11/11 in Downtown Fort Worth <3
Next, on to the Photographer and DJ!
Happy Sunday everyone :)
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