Bob's Proposal is Here!

We finally got a proposal from Bob today! He even included our Pike Place veggies idea. :) He kinda took our suggestions as a "Pac Rim Theme" rather than each individual station, and went more for the small plates ideas. We will continue to work out the details but here are some teasers....

Passed satay skewers

Mini Burgers with condiments (Jason's happy!)

Pasta Bar

and other delicious things......

It's that time of year again!

I just signed up for the Self Challenge 2009! I've done it for the past couple years. I like it because you can track all your food and exercise, and it will tell you how many calories you are burning, how many you eat, etc. It's 3 months--and perfect timing for swimsuit/wedding season! Join in and be my friend!

Grey shoes...

I showed Michal & Elissa these shoes from Macy's last weekend. They are pretty DARK grey, not so silvery, but I really like 'em! Just an option out there. They have just a few sizes in stock locally, but all sizes are still available online.

http://www1.macys.com/catalog/product/index.ognc?ID=335616&CategoryID=13614

New Invitation Idea

I know I'm supposed to be working, but the latest brain research says you should take a brain break every few hours...or minutes.

Anyway, I was surfing Etsy and came across these invitations that I really like!

We thought we would go with a Seattle themed something, but haven't found the perfect idea that we really loved. I like these (in blue) because they tie in with our paper flowers. I emailed the designer (she's in Issaquah!), to see about ordering a sample set! We would probably just do the invites, envelopes, and response postcards.

So we met with Bob......

Shaina is right, I've been totally slacking on the updates! Honestly, you won't see much wedding planning between now and March 31st...I should be spending every waking moment on National Boards (I got my video today...whoo hoo! One down, one to go! and lots and lots of writing and analyzing and proving that my labors of love actually result in student learning!). Jason has been awesome and is basically doing all the shopping, cooking and cleaning (though he discreetly picks around my "filing system" aka piles of paper all around the floor of our room). 2 months to go! Oh and I scheduled my exam (the final part of the process) for Friday, June 5th and then I will be officially done!

Anyway, we met with Bob. He is such a funny guy. He basically informed us how our wedding was going to go. He wanted to know what time we wanted to start, and then told us how our schedule would run for the rest of the night. Then he asked what kind of restaurant we would take our guests to if we could take them 4 at a time. He said "Seattle Themed" basically means "the world" because our area is so diverse. He's down with the cocktail atmosphere and pretty much has everything to do it (high and low tables of various sizes, etc), but he was NOT into my Pike Place market stacked veggies idea. Jason told him he really wants sliders (apparently we are now having a UW tailgate "station"), and other than that Bob took our ideas and set off to plan our event. Supposedly he will come up with a proposal and send it to us this week! We might all be surprised by what actually ends up happening on the day of! We just love the space and are so excited about it. Hopefully Bob will pull through for us. And we are feeling like we might need to call on the virtue of Assertiveness in dealing with this guy!

I found this picture of sliders and pigs in a blanket...I think Jason would be totally happy!

In other news, we registered this weekend! We had a really good time. Jason was a total trouper. We went to a Crate and Barrel registry event, which was really fun because they had special events and food everywhere! They were cooking with all the small appliances (we ate waffles, toasties from a toaster oven, and sausages grilled on a sandwich maker), and we got to try out the fancy knives on potatoes and tomatoes. We chatted with the lady from Cuisinart and drank mimosas. We were on a roll so we headed over to Macy's and did that too! We may make some small adjustments but I think we are pretty much set.

Check out this cuuuute school themed wedding! http://ecoindiewedding.wordpress.com/2009/02/09/real-weddings-minhee-park-and-truman-cho/

I'm working on a bouquet of paper flowers but it's taking forever. Hopefully I'll finish soon so I can post pics. More news to come soon!

Catering Meeting with Bob on Wednesday

We are meeting with Bob on Wednesday at the Court in the Square! We are trying to come prepared with as many ideas as possible, so that Bob can then figure out what we can do within our budget. We also need to nail down some scheduling questions, like when we can set up, etc.

We are going to pitch him our "Seattle Themed Food Stations" idea and see how it goes. We've been brainstorming a list of possible options that could be Seattle-themed, cocktailish, and not too much prep ($).

Here's our list so far. Can you see it? If you have any ideas feel free to share them with us before Wednesday!

It's Game Day!!

Happy Superbowl Day everyone! I'm excited...we get a break from football until summer! We even cancelled the NFL network! We are going to watch the big game with Dawn and Derek and Derek's new knee at their new house. I re-created football cupcakes from our flag football season party last year, and we're making my favorite football snack...Taco Ring!

Last night we went to Sara's birthday party. She and Rachel have a class together now! It was great to see her and hear about her Internship in Ireland!