I started this post with the intent of making announcements. But then I realized, that I have nearly announcements. Not exactly finalized things, but nearly so. Regardless, here’s where we stand.

Venue – Emily and I took a tour of our preferred venue with her parents a few weekends ago. They seemed to like it. We’ve chatted about what facilities of the venue we’ll be using, what caterers, etc. We also discussed venue availability on our chosen wedding date. So far, everything thing looks to be getting a green light.

I have been informed that our initial payment for the venue is imminent. Once that is done, our date will be locked in, and we can continue on to things like save the date cards, invitations and other fun things like that.

Invitations – A few weeks ago, we were thinking about our invitations, and thought, “Hey, we can make our own!” Last weekend, we made some mockups of ideas we had, thought about how many we’d need to make, and decided that perhaps making our own wasn’t our best idea. I think we will go the traditional route of wedding invitations and have someone else do the printing.

Colors – This is something that is actually 100% (99%) decided: True Blue, Light Sage Green, Silver. Those are our wedding colors. Unless we can’t find invitations, flowers, centerpieces or anything else that matches them, in which case they may change. But as of now and for the foreseeable future, the colors are True Blue, Light Sage Green and Silver.

I wonder if I can rent a sage green tux with a true blue vest and tie. I also wonder if I’ll be killed on sight if I get one.

Registries – We’ve begun adding things to registries. I won’t tell you where we’re registered yet, because it is my personal belief that 10 months out is a bit early. But it’s happening.

Registries are weird. It’s like browsing through stores thinking “wouldn’t it be nice to have this or that” and knowing that you can’t get it, because you want someone else to get it for you. So many things that we see and think, “This will be perfect for this thing we want to do,” and then realize that we won’t be able to do it for nearly a year while the item sits on a registry, taunting us.

On a completely different topic, Emily and I both want to express our interests in geeky and nerdy things with our wedding, because it’s so much a part of who we are and why we are together. At the same time, we want to remain fairly conservative. It’s a fine line, and we think we know how to accomplish this, but now that we (very nearly) have a venue and set date, we need to begin incorporating these things in earnest.

The next ten months are going to be fun!