Sooooo apparently FH and I know way too many people! We finally sat down last weekend and tried to hash out a preliminary guest list so we could get a round about number for logistics planning moving forward. In doing so we realized that our initial estimates were way undershot. Granted, I had a feeling this might happen. Both of us have large families that we see fairly regularly (holidays etc) and big groups of friends. I guess I just assumed the "narrowing down" process would be easier than it is. At this point we're still trying to decide if we're just gonna go for it and invite more then we planned or how to make more cuts. We're trying to avoid hurt feelings and at the same time not limiting ourselves to just family because our friends are a huge part of our lives too. I think most brides go through this process at some point, the narrowing down of the guest list and figuring out who you REALLY want there is a difficult one. We have this vision for our wedding of a giant party with all our friends and family having a good time and cutting some of those people out seems like a contradiction to our overall vibe. I've read lots of suggestions and posts about how to cut your guest list and "making the hard choices" but at this point I guess I'm just not ready to make those decisions. I'm sure we'll revisit the list again soon as it is a necessary part of the planning process but for now its on the shelf.
I have my first appointment to try on dresses next weekend so we'll see how that goes. Its a store in SF so I'm not sure if they'll even have dresses in my size to try on but I guess I'll find out next weekend. I know you're not supposed to go shopping by yourself but I don't have my close girlies up here and I don't wanna invite my coworkers (who have offered to go shopping with me) if the store isn't gonna have anything that fits anyway. I'm not planning on buying my dress yet but it would be nice to get an idea of what style I might look best in and all that jazz. Besides.. playing dress up is fun right!? haha
Well I'm off. I'll try to update again soon!
