The Big Day

This is all about weddings. Anyone who isn't interested in weddings is quite welcome to skip it all :)

By request of the penguins: No, we haven't set a date yet. But we are heading towards doing so. We've been looking at places, and realised we're going to have to let go of our dream of an indoors, secular ceremony becuase there is nowhere. We also let go of our dream of somewhere utterly gorgeous which would do for both ceremony and reception. Instead we're going for outdoors (grumble!) under cover (a marquee maybe?) ceremony Somewhere Pretty with a small, fairly informal reception at a hotel because nowhere else can get their heads around the idea of a buffet wedding for less than 60 people.

Because we're having such a small reception, almost nobody who reads this is invited(*), at least not to the reception. We still love you! I'm thinking of having a big party at some point for everyone to come to but not sure how to organise it.

Since this is the sort of thing some people might like to see (though half the engaged couples we knew beat us already) the results of our labours:

• I have a second hand dress I'm going to get altered.
• Places with decent buffet (ie not inedibly pretentious, but still fancy) and a reasonable atmosphere: The Hyatt, Caversham house and The Atrium at Burswood.
• The Cottesloe Civic Centre has the prettiest grounds, but is probably a bit far off too get married in. Pity the catering is all food we don't like. Still, pretty.
• Cam is hiring a suit from Ferrari snce they were so helpful at Matt and Kellies wedding.
• We're doing something Cam thought of at their wedding: he set his laptop up so people could download camera memory cards onto it, and set iPhoto up to cycle through them as a slideshow.

Yeah, thats about it. I fell asleep at two the last tow days so am suddenly feeling Very Sleepy. Will be strong! Must prepare for not sleeping though 1-4pm tute tommorrow!

(*)I'm still angsting over precisely who to invite. Man, I hate making this sort of decision.