Wedding Planning, continued.

Hello all!

My friend Lisa has pointed out that I have not kept you updated on my wedding planning (or summer, either), so I thought I might mention a few things on those topics.

Wedding planning is going quite swimmingly, considering that Mark and I are still a year out. We have officially gotten our church booked (4 pm on Saturday, September 12th! Be there!), and hope to have the reception site (the house at Mynelle Gardens, as I have mentioned) taken care of on December 1st. Of course, I have the dress, as well as an adorable white cocktail dress that will keep me cool while I'm dancing at the party.

We have also reserved our photographer, Adam Hudson (you should Google his work, he and his wife are neat people). The logistics of food will be figured out closer to the date, but my father is (hopefully) already planning some menu ideas that capitalize on in-season, in-state, and hopefully sustainably grown food items. I can tell you that an all-local, all-organic meal and drinks will not be a possibility (after all, the limes for the mojitos will inevitably come from far away), but we will get as damn close as possible. As for a cake, we have an idea: There's a non-profit organization called the Christmas Village which helps abused and battered women, and they provide training in a number of areas. One of those is apparently baking, and so they run a bakery called "Village Confectioners." On top of teach the women these skills, the profits go back to the organization. Granted, it's very difficult to get all organic cake ingredients in Mississippi (especially not at premium prices!), so this aspect will be a struggle. I believe I can ask them to use certain organic products (milk and butter, perhaps sugar, most likely any fillings I would like) so long as I front the extra costs. However, even if none of it turns out to be organic, at the very least I would have a socially conscious cake, if not an environmentally conscious one.