by jax » Wed Feb 16, 2005 11:50 am
You can do what my sister did - ELOPE!! Go off, get married, then come back and have a party/dance to celebrate with your family and friends. Roll out a snack buffet and Bob's your uncle.
As far as a Marquis tent at your house, you can get those Mosquito vacuums - they actually really work. If you let people know that it is a "casual" reception, they won't have to wear their best clothes, and using a port-o-potty won't be as big an issue.
However, having a tent makes you stress too much about the weather. Oh Lord, what if it rains?? And there's Lix, glued to her TV for the whole week before her wedding, watching the Weather Network. <IMG src="smileys/smiley4.gif" border="0">
You mentioned a barn on your property before - is there a way to make that all "pretty" - mini-lights, straw bales, wagon wheels, lattice, etc., and have the ceremony AND dinner in there? Phone a caterer, or one of those guys with the big BBQ that can do pigs or beef or whatever, and see how much they charge. Then after dinner you can go to a hall for the reception. Or dance in the barn - my friends held their reception in an old barn, and it was the best wedding I've ever been to.
I don't know, just throwing out ideas.