My wonderful fiancee and I have been in California since Sunday (today's Friday). It's a vacation we DEFINITELY both needed. After enjoying the free pools (a new one every day), we run errands and hang out with my parents and grandma as much as we can, usually enjoying good food or at least some Girl Scout cookies :D One assignment we do have while we're here is planning the wedding, although even that feels more like a party than an assignment. On Wednesday we went to the Irvine Marriott, where we will be having our reception! We met with one of our wedding coordinators, and tasted 3 different kinds of salads, grilled chicken, stuffed chicken, and filet mignon, as well as some cute little pastry desserts. We got to see how they will set the table, as well as choose our napkin foldings. We decided on stuffed chicken in a white chardonnay sauce, stuffed with a cheese I cannot spell, and spinach. Annnnd filet mignon in a black truffle mushroom sauce :D Truffles! Suprisingly, a very realistic price and EXTREMELY tasty! A special treat for a very special day :D The next day, we went out with Aunt Rosalie, cousin Marissa, and mom, and went to Shinoda's, an interior design warehouse. We were very blessed to find the exact flowers we want, for about 1/8 of the price we would have had to pay for plain, real flowers, and even cheaper than the flowers I wanted. We'll have 3 different centerpieces, all with a tall, dark bamboo as the base middle.
Well my sleepyhead just woke up and came over to say, so I had better go. We're having one of our famous Hamman family parties with *almost* everyone coming over to celebrate any birthdays from the past 2 months, including mine (in May).
