As a consequence of leaving in May for an internship in Washington, D.C. (and not returning to Columbia until a week before the wedding), most of the wedding stuff is getting squeezed into the next few months. Our officiant offers nonreligious premarital counseling, so we are doing some sessions with him starting on Thursday, which should be interesting.
The major parts (venue, officiant, dress, tuxedos, and cake) are done, but there are some odds and ends that I've been trying to tie up. Our cake baker is a woman that is in my law school class, but who used to provide the desserts for the Governor's Mansion, so she's very talented. I'm 99% that the cake is now finalized--black and white, butter cream, four tier--but we still have no idea what the cake topper will be.
I have to schedule my first (of two or three) dress fittings for May still, but I imagine that I can wait until after Spring Break for that. Both bridesmaids have their dresses, which is relieving, and tuxedo fittings don't have to happen until June or July.
We still have to sit down with the people at Stephens to decide the food, but we have a plan in place (buffet with five choices of entree and sides). Alcohol is still being debated, but beer, wine, and champagne will definitely be there.
The only things left that really haven't been decided yet (from what I can remember): setting up a makeup person, setting up an organist, getting an aisle runner, figuring out the ceremony structure, ordering fortune cookies for the favors, setting up a hair appointment for positioning my feather/veil thing, choosing a cake topper, and buying wedding insurance. The most relieving checked-off task is reserving a block of rooms for guests, which is now done as well. The hotel even set up a website for us so out-of-towners can easily reserve rooms.
All in all, it hasn't been stressful yet, but I (and Scott) will definitely be happy when it's over, due, in part, to the honeymoon we just booked to Ireland. I get the impression that every married couple feels similarly.
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