salutations

First off, I have to say this is a great color scheme. Perhaps orange and green will work for the wedding?

Thanks to everyone for the congratulations, especially the thoughtful cards. We are so grateful to have so many people be happy for us. We are truly lucky.

We want to get married this Fall 2008, more specifically, in October. So we've jumped right in to wedding planning but man it's so overwhelming! We'll need all the help we can get so your advice and suggestions are very welcome.

First item on the to-do list is find a wedding venue. We are looking anywhere between Long Island and Philadelphia - If you have any recommendations please pass them along!

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This past weekend, we did something I never thought I would do: attend a Bridal Expo. It was in scenic Bethlehem, PA and after some miscalculated routes and a death-defying drive over wooden bridges we arrived at Lehigh University (where the Eagles practice) for this bridal show. There were lots of booths featuring everything from bouncy balloon sculptures to silk floral arrangements to party buses, glowing girls wearing "BRIDE" stickers bustling about with their grooms lagging behind wishing they were watching football instead. We signed up for a few free honeymoon sweepstakes and won a jacuzzi suite in a local motel.

It was not as helpful as I expected, since all of the vendors were local and a bit too "country" for our taste, but we indulged in many cake tastings and chocolate fountain samples and left feeling excited but more overwhelmed and a little nauseous.

I don't think we'll go to another one of these, but it was a fun day.