So we are getting married because we wish to be married and the day is about us, a couple, celebrating our love for each other, but, we do want a little knee's up as it were afterwards and so we have decided to hire the tap room at a local pub! This means all the people invited, 90% of whom live locally and do not drive, can get there and get home without too much trouble or exepnse as a few of them have young children anyway.
The room itself is a £50 deposit which is now paid, and we get that back if there are no damages so the venue if free LOL They have said we can bring our own food in and so my best friend H is doing the buffet (we will pay her for the food stuffs but her time is free lol) Not priced this up yet as not sure on how many are attending but will do once we know.
In the other room at our venue there is a live band the same night and so that will be extra entertainment for if some people want to move around or have a change, though we are thinking of hiring a DJ, the pub can get us one for £100 which is the cheapest I've heard and so that's the cost of that if we get a DJ. We may even get some champers so all the adults have 1 free drink to toast the happy couple heehee
The room isn't HUGE so I'm a little conscious of my wedding dress skirt size, I am hoping it will be fine, I may take up the whole of the tiny dance floor with it LOL
OK so we have ummed and ahhhd about this for our reception but we have to be realistic and understand we have about 25 guests and so it's hardly a reception by normal standards and we don't want to shell out extra money for a 'room' for all intents and purposes. We would have loved to have it at 'our local' but as we never go out drinking that's not an option, and so this will be 'our local' :D
ReplyDeleteWe are going to arrange for the adult guests to have a glass of champers to toast us ... GET US! hehe ... and we will be putting on a homemade buffet.