Good news on the wedding
Denny and I went out to the reception site the other day with reps from the tent-and-other-stuff-rental company. We figured out that we really only need 1 40×40 tent, because there are only two possible situations:
1. The weather is good. People spend some time dancing and hanging out under the tent, but they also roam around the grounds and by the river.
OR
2. The weather is bad. People hang out under the tent or in the Atrium, and the combination of those two areas is plenty of space.
So, there’s really no reason we need more than one tent. Today I called the rental place to confirm the reservation and put down a deposit. We had included three different tents in the quote, because that was back when we were going to have the reception on the patio, which meant no Atrium access during the reception. Now that we’ve moved everything, we have both spaces available to us. When he gave me the quote, I was very pleasantly surprised. Cutting from three tents to one tent makes a HUGE price difference–it cut off about 1/3 of the price, and that’s still including all the stuff like tables, chairs, linens, etc.
Yay! More room in the budget for food and wine!
Wohoo!! Bring on the vino!!