Well this is my first post! I've never done anything like this before so I'm excited to share the wedding planning decisions. OH wait and his decisions too! The wedding date is 9-26-09.
Back up... We got engaged on December 21, 2007 by the Riverfront in St. Charles. Very cold, romantic and cute. We are both recent college graduates from SEMO. I have a job and he didn't at the time. I told him I wouldn't look at anything wedding "ish" until he found a job. Well, 11 months later by some sweet stroke of luck he found the job he's been wanting for a long time. Ok, you're up to speed. We have found the reception which is at a hotel and the ceremony is at church just like he wanted. Needless to say, I did ALL of the research calling around to find the perfect chuch. It was quite the experience....I have been told by pastor's "to look elswhere" because we don't do non-member weddings. Eventually, I found one. Then I called around to find reception locations. It was more like what's your price and how many people can you hold. We are having between 150-200 people. So now those two things were done. On to find the perfect wedding dress. I actually found one on my birthday a couple of days ago. What a memorable moment! I found a dress on my 23rd birthday. My fiance keeps kidding around that I'm going to have this thing planned in a few more months. Maybe wedding planning is my calling?

I think this is great that you guys are allowing REAL brides to be to share their planning experience with the rest of us. I know I could just read a lot of bride magazine for ideas but to be able to interact with the real deals is awesome!