Anyone heard anything from Lily Sawyer about the wedding?
1. October is the month.
2. My friend Tom, whom I've known since 8th grade, is the officiant.
3. The entourage includes men and women, because it takes a village when people marry.
4. Parents met last month for the first time.
5. Vows are being written.
6. Another high school friend will do the artwork for the Save-the-Date and calligraphy for the invitations.
7. The venue has been nailed down.
8. I heard Publix, a grocery store chain mainly in the U.S. southeast, makes great wedding cakes. I also learned that they will send you home with, well, three whole cakes for your tasting. There was so much left over we gave the rest to a friend with teen-aged sons. Cake tastings are still underway.
9. He wants a purple velvet groom's cake. (!)
10. First dance song has been chosen.
11. Rehearsal dinner will include nods to his South Carolina roots: pickled shrimp, cayenne cheese wafers, benne seed cookies.
12. Colors are: cream, pine, sage, plum, cranberry, aubergine, pale pink, and thistle blue-purple.
13. Entourage has been chosen and dear ones will arrive from Minnesota, Utah, California, North Carolina, Illinois, South Carolina, Washington D.C., England, Bulgaria, and Sweden.
14. If for any reason his best man can't make it, Sundrop has agreed to step in and take over. (Not kidding on this one, boys and girls.)
15. I am seriously considering wearing a hat.
16. One of my theater & mime teachers from high school is the technical director.
17. I am going to have the world's most adorable flower girl. Lilia Claire will be two when we marry.
18. I can't wait. *swoon*