Wedding Wednesday: Appointment roundup

Some wedding decisions are easy to make from afar.

A few weeks into our engagement, my co-worker/friends shared their brilliant wedding planning tactic: Wedding Wednesday. The concept is as simple as planning together on *one* night every week and eating and/or drinking something delicious. In their case, the bride-to-be was happy to be making progress with her future husband, and the groom-to-be was happy to have a designated time period to smush all things Wedding into. It works pretty similarly for Ben and I. Everyone wins.

I'll admit that our first Wedding Wednesday was our best: we made white russians and watched The Big Lebowski (well, Ben did). We've had a lot less to decide upon since then, so our drinking has tapered off a bit. However, I did spend some time rounding up our appointments for next week when we are in St. Louis for a friend's wedding. Squeezing it all into one day will be hectic! Here's the tactical plan:

8 am. Get an E-check on Ben's car. Get some Dunkin' for me.
10 am. Meet our officiant Ruth Ellen Hasser in person for the first time at Panera (more coffee). We have Skyped with her, which helped make our decision really easy, but it's just not the same as meeting face-to-face.
11:30 ish. Meet our photographers, Amanda and Dustin at For the Moment Photography, for the first time. We also Skyped with them during the decision process and found out that they are basically the coolest people ever and that it would definitely be alright if they hung out with us on our wedding day and took some pictures. We will be discussing the logistics of doing our engagement session in Cleveland this May!
1 or 2 pm. Meet with a potential florist. Gahhhh I planned to DIY flowers, but something about this small business owner just clicked with me, and her prices and environmental philosophy are pretty awesome as well. I'll dedicate a post to DIY vs. florist another time.
3 pm ish. Check out a potential bakery that can make a Hungarian Dobos Torte (cake) and lots of pies and brownies, although I was totally planning to crowd-source homemade wedding desserts from our in-town guests. Ben initiated the dismissal of that pipe dream, but I can't say I blame him.
After. Go to Tower Grove Park to decide upon a pavilion for our cookout rehearsal dinner. It's fair to say I'm insanely excited about this idea.
6 pm. Ben attends friend's rehearsal. I power nap.

It'll definitely be a busy day, but I can't wait to meet all of these wonderful people. Although planning an out-of-town wedding takes a lot of organization, plenty of people before me have done it and we can too! What tips do you have for planning a wedding in a different state?