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I love my FH. However, in this search for a venue that meets all of our criterias I am facing a new thing. Well, I know that all of my married friends, husbands were hands-off when they were planning their wedding. However, my FH is completely different from the swatches that I had to go to the "Fashion District" to secure to prove my color scheme to all the invitation samples that I have looked at to any favor idea that goes thru my head to every venue inspected and rejected.
So, I had a list of possibilities. We discussed the first list (4 hour) conferencing with a magazine and the internet. Then the following six were my finds with my WC.
He doesn't like anything...I mean nothing. So, last night I asked for honest feedback on my top pick. He compared it to a parking lot wedding...AAAAA.
Ok, I love my FH and this is our first time planning something together.
So...even though I almost quit and handed everything to him. But, if I did we will not get married until 2020.
One more time I love my FH. He has excellent taste...he chose me. So, what he wants to be involved...ok he wants to make all the decisions..but, isn't it my day?
Is anyone else trying to plan and you wish he would be more or less involved?
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Well, I am so glad to find this community of bloggers. My FH proposed July 11, 2009. Well, I thought we had a date..(May 9, 2009)but we don't. I didn't realize that was mother's day weekend. Then the bachelorette chose the same date. My family in California requested Memorial Day weekend because it would allow them extra time. However, while pricing I realized that many venues charge more for the holiday weekend. The more we research venues and review the options the blurrier the date becomes.
Then my FH his family is Trinidadian and my family is Jamaican. We have a list of special request. Now, in NJ if we were Indian the venues would be more open to our request but no one expects our request.
In the past my family members have had receptions in church dining halls or fire houses because they want to eat our cultural food. My FH family members that previously got married, live in NY. The ability to find Caribbean caterers is really easy. But, in central/southern jersey we are struggling to find a venue that will accommodate our food request.
Our search started with a magazine with a matrix of venues and we made a list of our top seven.
We started touring:
Grand Marquis in Old Bridge. Central Location, but right off of route 9. They have a Jamaican chef and therefore we would get our Caribbean food & cake at the reception.
Shadowbrook in Shrewsbury. Awesome , beautiful regal what can we say. However, we realized the magazine lied...this is not within our price range, and they would not allow us to include our Caribbean food but, the Caribbean black cake would be allowed.
Mercer Oaks Catering, not as beautiful as Shadowbrook but, it is a county park facility. It is nicely kept with ample dance floor space. However, the golfers are all around. It may lose its luster with them all around.
Battleground Country Club, it is awesome, 2nd in beauty to shadowbrook.
Forsgate Country Club, the ballroom was beautiful. the grounds were nice but the presence of the golfers is still there.
Grounds for Sculpture...beautiful but, very modern. My FH is more traditional than this particular site. I rank this on the same level as Shadowbrook. It is definitely a different style of venue choices.But, the catering list is limited to five star caterers that will not offer Caribbean food or wedding cake.
Last week my mother's friend found the Trenton War Memorial. I love it definitely ranked number one overall. It is a different type of venue that I may have never considered before. But, after touring the facility I can see using it for the ceremony and the reception. Renting the facility is less than $2K. We can bring in any licensed caterer therefore, now I am intensely looking for a Caribbean caterer. My mom continues to offer her services to cook and serve. Why would she think that this would be acceptable? I digress...so My FH is going to view the venue this week. I hope he likes it and agrees to it. Definitely, not as regal but a canvas with a lot of potential. We can do whatever we want, when we want.
If we don't make a decision soon...they we will never have a date.
How is your venue choices going? Do you have a date?
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