Oh My Gaudi!

Sooo since I really didn't want to listen to my mother for the next 30 years drone on about how her atheist daughter didn't get married in the Catholic Church she got married in and how the church won't recognize my marriage, blah, blah, blah...I went to look at a freaking church. It is technically isn't a church anymore but it used to be. So my dear friend Lisa and I went to check out this church. The first thing I notice is that we are in the ghetto. Next thing, there are several shutters missing from the outside of this church. THEN we actually get inside...Oh. My. Gaudi. It is actually a pretty strange gaudi church. There was a large bar that split the pews in half..strike one. Then out of the ten statues, four were Marys...strike two. Then there was little Joseph. He was significantly smaller than the his fellow statues. He reminded me of the priest at True Cross...strike three. After I showed this to mommy dearest, she decided that a good minister could make the ceremony memorable despite the location. I still don't think I've heard the last of the great church debate...but we shall see.




On Sunday at about 11:30 I remembered I was supposed to meet with the ceremony music people at noon in Houston! So I jumped out of bed (yes, I was still in bed at 11:30!) and threw on clothes and some makeup. I would have been on time BUT there was some location confusion. Anywho, I got there and the girls were super sweet. They were starting their business while in college and it brought me back to my younger days (like 2 years ago). Great pricing...felt a little bad because I knew they weren't charging enough but it's what you gotta do when you are just starting out. So I'm thinking we will book them :)

Last night, Brian and I met with a dj. I've heard good things about them and they had a good website. He seemed a little...off..for lack of a better word. His price was double what we budgeted for but it seemed worth it if our guests were gonna have a good time. We told him where the wedding would be and said how much he like the pool at the San Luis and how he's had some good Spring Break times there, hmmm....Not too much longer after that he says since the wedding ends late, he will be needing a hotel room and casually mentions how he could hit the beach the next day. Umm...what? But I'm thinking fine, its October, off-season in Galveston, we can just get him a cheapy hotel room somewhere nearby. I emailed him later that night just to be sure that would work...nope. He wants to stay at the San Luis (which is $200 a night!). And hang out by the pool and hit the beach! Basically it seemed like he wanted us to pay for his mini vacation! The dj price wasn't too bad but a little over budget, $200 extra for his fun time?! No. So I emailed someone else and got a better price. Hopefully he's not nuts or anything!