Fighting over Flowers

So on Sunday, I was talking to my mom about whats on the wedding budget and what I want...which doesnt matter much to her! My plan is to have the ceremony at the San Luis along with the reception. Its about $1500 cheaper to have it there than a church. Mom is not loving this idea. She feels it is just "wrong" to not get married in a church. So we are arguing and she then suggests I hang a curcifix in the San Luis ceremony room to make it look like a church....Ummm. And then she was yelling that I have no idea how much flowers cost and I was yelling back that I don't care to spend $300 per table on flowers and I'd rather have my Chavari Chairs!!! So on Wednesday, BM, Courtney, and MOH, Stacy, went with me to my florist to discuss pricing. She did a quick rough estimate and the flowers came in about $500 under what I anticipated...I must admit though, that was the adjusted budget with me giving up my chairs. I can live with gold FITTED chair covers. Hopefully I can find them! Who puts all this crap together? Usually I do it for other people, whos gonna do it for me??

Also during the Sunday Night Showdown, my mom changed the dresses of the bridal party. They are pretty groovy though. And all my girls get to show thier individuality instead of looking like badly attired clones. Jill (SOB) will be in Royal Blue, Stacy (MOH) will be in gold, JoJo (BM) will be in red, Courtney (BM) will be in bright purple, and Brittany (BM) will be in teal, the teal. The flowers Mrs. Crowder came up with will be amazing with these dresses!

We (B, MOB, MOG) are going to the Bridal Show in Galveston on March 14 and I have made a list of questions for potential vendors. My current focus is on how to decorate the ceremony room by making it not look like a hotel meeting room...sans crucifix that is!