The First Dance

We will be incorporating quite a bit of Ryan's favorite band, The Smashing Pumpkins, into our wedding as an acknowledgement of Ryan's favorite things. I wanted something sweet and vintage for our first song, and dear Ryan was able to find this wonderful cover of "My Blue Heaven" by S.P.

So dreamy and beautiful... and the perfect tempo for a waltz around the dance floor. We haven't quite figured out how we're going to go about that yet (I'm the dancer, Ryan is... er... not) - but it will still be perfect - just very sweet.

Here's a super cute film that uses the song as it's soundtrack. Love it!

Guest List. Or How I Happened Upon the Gates of Hell.

No one told me it would be so hard.

Maybe I just care too much for people's feelings? I keep telling myself that I'm one of the only people left in this world who still has feelings of some sort, and that I'm just too sensitive. It isn't helpin!

Ryan and I both have HUGE. GIGANTIC. ENORMOUS. families. And there's the rub.

We want to limit our not-so-small wedding reception to 200 guests. No kiddies allowed - this ain't the circus - and that helps free up some seats. But the problem is that out of my allotted 100 guests, 85 of my spots are taken by family and Mom's invites. 85!! I do actually have more than 15 friends and guests that I'd like to invite, ya know?

So basically, people are getting chopped left and right. I don't want to hurt any of my intentioned guests' feelings - especially friends who aren't super close to me but close enough that I'd like them to be at our wedding. However. I just don't think there's room! I'm NOT paying for the catering in the end (but just about everything else), so if there's a larger guest list than intended, then so be it.

My mom and I combined have too many friends. We're people-people. That's what this really boils down to. We're too friendly!

Guest list making sucks.