A Unique Approach...

The last ten days have been pretty uneventful. I read two more books (the Rosie Winter mysteries by Kathryn Miller Haines), finally saw Twilight, cooked some food, washed a lot of dishes, and actually thought out a pretty fantastic solution to my wedding woes.

We're getting married backwards.

I guess the normal sequence of events goes something like this: ceremony, reception, honeymoon. Well, we're going to do it in the opposite order. The honeymoon part is still pretty up in the air, but if it works out, we could be taking a little trip to Paris before having our reception at an agritourism farm in Italy. We've decided to do it at a farm (instead of a castle) because we want something very relaxed and cozy. My family won't be there, but this will be our opportunity to celebrate our marriage with his family and friends. We spent a little bit of time this morning Googling agritourism farms in Piedmont, and so far our favorite is La Cascina Rosengana. After the reception, we'll come back to the US and get married at the courthouse, with my parents (and hopefully his) as witnesses.

It's a unique approach, but it seems to be the best fit for our situation. This way we both get what we want: he gets a traditional reception in Italy with all of his family and friends, and I get a no-fuss ceremony with my parents (and hopefully a honeymoon in Europe). Now, obviously this solution doesn't lend itself well to wedding photography. But I've come up with a solution to that problem too! And it's so much cheaper than traditional wedding photography. I'm thinking that after we get married, maybe we can hire Gingeroot Studios for a portrait session. They do some really beautiful work, and a portrait session is *so much* cheaper than traditional wedding photography.