My Fiance & I Finally Set a Date

My fiance and I went out with our former boss (let's call her S) for breakfast on Sunday. We took the time to catch up and spill some workplace tea.

As we were talking, S asked if we had set a date for our wedding. We hadn't but we know we want it in the summer. As S was asking questions, trying to help us figure out a date, I was looking in my Google calendar to find a date.

Originally, I wanted it to be in June but that didn't work. S tried to suggest May but 1) that's still spring and 2) the dates she was looking at were too close to my fiance's son's birthday. We then looked at July and chose July 13th for our wedding day.

After we set a date for the wedding, S helped me set a date to go wedding dress shopping. Since I don't want a big, fancy, froufrou wedding dress we decided it would be best to go to a store like JCPenney or Macy's for a nice prom gown that can be used as a wedding dress. Since we will be looking for a prom dress we decided the best time to go would be in either January or February. I felt like January was too soon and besides S would be out of town most of the month. So we decided our best bet would be February. We looked through the calendar (again) and decided February 10th would be our shopping our day. We extended an invite to one of my old coworkers so she will be going. We've also started a group chat with the three of us. Of course, I will be extending invites to my fiance's mother and sister, as well as, my new coworker at work that I've gotten to be great friends with.

Another thing we got settled during our breakfast together was the cake. My fiance and I never knew that S made wedding cakes. She offered to bake our wedding cake as our wedding gift from her and we accepted. We looked through photos of past cakes she had made and selected we liked and made changes that would fit our wedding. The cake is a 2 tier white cake with flowers and ribbon. Since I wanted the wedding colors to be pink and red to represent mine and my fiance's favorite colors (red for me and pink for him) we are changing the flowers to red roses and some sort of small pink flowers and the ribbon is being changed to pink. I chose roses for a very specific reason. My grandmother, who raised me, had a beautiful small rose garden in the front of the house I grew up in. Not only that but my older brother, who passed at a young age, was born in April and the April flower is the rose. I chose roses so that I can feel like my grandmother and brother are there with me for mine and my fiance's special day.

Well, that's that. Date: set.  Shopping date: set. Cake: being taken care of. I will make more posts updating the plans for our wedding as they happen. Yay!