bekah301's Red wedding

I simply cannot figure out where to get married. I'm sick of wedding stuff right now because I can't plan anything but invites until we figure this out. Jameson really likes the Empire Room. I do also but I wasn't crazy about the ceremony area. It's also expensive, that's the main thing. His dad had offered to pick up the majority of the reception but we're afraid 1- he'll hold it over our heads or 2-his current business merger will fall through and leave us in major debt. I found a nice, inexpensive alternative but we will have to bring EVERYTHING. That kind of scares me. It's honestly probably our best bet. It has a kind of coutry feel but you can see the Dallas Skyline from outside. The basic costs are very inexpensive and then as we know for sure we have the money we could add things like maragrita machines, fireworks, sky writing (I still LOVE that idea) whatever...

Every place has it's issue, maybe I'm just too picky. I want to see everything. I've always been like that. Afraid the minute I commit to anything less than absolutely perfect, the perfect whatever I was looking for will appear. I found Mr Absolutely Perfect but I think the absolutely perfect venue will be out of our budget.

This place seems pretty great but I wanted a semi-formal affair. Do ya'll think you can do that in a venue on the lake where half the reception area is a screened in patio can be made formal? There's a great pic I got from theknot that shows how another couple decorated it. It's looks great but too spring-y for me. I guess it does show that the place can be dressed up.

Decisions, decisions, decisions.. Thank goodness we're having a long engagement!