So I went to a wedding in Texas this weekend...

Man oh man was it strange.

I have to say the ceremony was LOVELY. but they made some choices that just seemed soo weird.

For instance: there were FOUR passed hors d'oeuvres. Just 4. There were 2 buffet stations and that was the whole meal!!!! For 350 people, it was a buffet with just 2 options. Also, they didnt do assigned tables so it was a free for all to find seating.

The band never announced the cake cutting so we didnt end up seeing it....and the band leader kept getting the groom's last name wrong...so instead of Mr. and Mrs. Cohen (not a hard last name) he kept saying Cowen.

It was still fun once the party got started but the pacing was all off and the food situation was just too strange!!! I guess they just do stuff differently there.

Best part was FH telling me all these things we need (like a cardbox and other stuff) and I was like 'what do you think I've been working on for the last 10 months? all of a sudden you're a wedding expert and I've been hammering out the details this whole time!'

anyways, that's my story, thought I'd share!

I'm glad you had as much fun at your Texas wedding as I did at my Baltimore wedding. Remember how we were discussing what was an appropriate amount of money for a gift I told some of FH's friends that I wanted to give the couple $300 as a gift and their faces all dropped we ended up giving them $200 and people told us that was still too much.

The wedding we went to in Maryland was in a building that had two separate rooms all the 20 somethings in a completely different room. We couldn't hear the band and practically never saw the bride and groom. They had a buffet dinner that here on LI we would have considered a cocktail hour. Get this my favorite part - their favors were dunkin donuts munchkins - they should have saved themselves the trouble and made a donation