Checking things off.

We've accomplished a few things, that's for sure. Many of these things beg more questions, which require answering, but that's OK. We're checking things off the list and that's a good feeling. Here's some details (maybe spoilers even) about the tasks we've completed.

• Save the Dates - These are on the way, or nearly on the way. We bought and procured some random postcards, which we're writing to all our friends and family to remind them of wedding details. We bought a cool stamp of our wedding date to make the postcards look like more than just plain postcards. The stamps are actually in our wedding font! Huzzah!
• Bridesmaid Dresses - Cindy, Julie and I headed to JCrew last week and actually found dresses that everyone agreed upon. And they're not black (I was pretty sure we could all agree on black, at the very least). They're silk chiffon and in a beautiful color called dusty shale, which is a gray-ish, turquoise-ish, neutral-ish color. The dresses are beautiful and look smashing on both Cindy and Julie. Next step is finding the flowers to go alongside as well as the clothes for the gentlemen which should match the dusty shale/flower combo in some way.
• Hotel - This is highly tricky. My dad is on top of finding hotels, but there truly aren't a lot of good deals at Chicago hotels in the summer on a weekend. So we've found a decent deal, but there's a whole silly contract about guaranteeing that the rooms will be booked or paying the difference. I don't know if most hotels do this when you reserve a block, but it's a lot of money to promise, especially if people make different plans (you know, booking hotels with miles/points, staying at a friend's place). So we're figuring this all out.
• Parties - Showers and parties are planned, or at least the dates are reserved. So we just need to register and pick out fancy outfits to wear!
• Pre-Nuptial Dinner - Planning in the works!
• Invitations - Our amazing friend is working on this - once we have an icon or logo, to go with our font, we'll just need to pick colors, exact wording and print 'em up!

103 days to go.