My Wedding Plan Put on Cruise Control

Now that I'm engaged and Jordan has granted me the ultimate Romantic Redemption I've thrown myself into a wedding planning frenzy. First thing I've notice --- WEDDINGS ARE EXPENSIVE!!! Yikes! At this point, I think everyone who isn't in the wedding industry is in the WRONG business. WOW! So much money thrown around.


I've been going around Dallas trying to find the best venue for my, I mean OUR, big day (NO BRIDEZILLA HERE) and the costs are incredible. The average price for a particular venue is right at $8,000 and that's if you plan on a Sunday. Saturday weddings are upwards of $11 - $15,000 and that's not including the DJ, cake, lighting, flowers and all the other extras. Whew!

So, my momma comes into town (Dallas) to tour a couple of venues that I just LOVE - the Warwick off Oak Lawn, the Mansion on Turtle Creek, Hotel ZaZa and the Fairmount Hotel. I totally fell for the Fairmount - absolutely loved it. Rooftop pool area where I could have my ceremony and fabulous reception room. That was the place, that was it!

After we toured the Fairmount and settled on that venue, mom, dad, me and jordan went to have a couple drinks at Humperdinks in Arlington. And that's where it happened ....

Mom turns to me and says, "Let's scrap the whole wedding thing and I'll pay for your entire wedding party to go on a cruise and we'll have a ceremony on the ship."

Now, if you're reading this I'm guessing your giving your best, "Wow" or "What!" face, right?? Probably the same exact face I gave me mother when she said that. So now I"m faced with the decision to either do the traditional wedding day complete with ceremony and reception OR go on a 7-day Mexican Riveira cruise with all my best friends. WHAT WOULD YOU DO???


RoMANce is in the air, SO TAKE IT IN!!!