Upgraded to BIG-ASS wedding

Well we've finally booked our reception site & have now been persuaded to include a 4-course meal for our guests (yep all 250 of em!) It's to be at the Radisson hotel.

How do I feel about this?

HIGHLY OVERWHELMED!

Jordy & I were very much aiming for something way more casual with an evening wedding with reception at Marquis on campus. I liked the idea that hors d'euvres were being served as people could mingle around hence cutting out the formality. Jordan's family much more wanted a full meal served as all of the guests are out of town & I guess it's more polite to provide a meal if they're travelling all the way & contributing presentation ... so forth. They've decided to front up the $$ to allow us to have it at a hotel (which is seriously almost double the cost) so have everything in one spot & less hassle.

It's not that I don't like this idea. It's fab to be able to spoil our guests with a fancy to-do & Jordy & I now get to spend the night in the posh Presidential suite for 2 nights for next to nothing. (there's the HUGEST jacuzzi I've ever seen!!) But now there's a head table....with a drawn out meal...with more ceremony...not Natty. But give & take right? Jordy has been so excited these past few days I have to remember this day is for him & his family too. So creative thinking to try & make it not so pompous huh? Food fight perhaps? *grin*

It's crazy that we're planning this. AT THE RADISSON!! We literally don't have to lift a finger. They do everything. That part will be nice. But I fear we may have to shave this guest list down a tab cuz 250 peeps at $30 a plate...you do the math eh?