I had a phone planning session with Celeste yesterday. Everything went really well.

I'm starting to feel like everything's coming together!
I was concerned about the tables of 6 at the LSS... I've been having a hell of a time with my seating chart because i have a group of 4 friends (and their dates) who wont know anyone else but the four of them. I hated the thought of splitting them up, so my first question to Celeste was if there was ANY WAY I could have a table of 8 with the existing seating. To my surprise she said she was just working on our room diagram and since we're having a sweetheart table she'd turned the other two squares into a table for 8
Then we updated the guest count to 69... more than 30 less than we'd originally thought. This allows us to get rid of the extra tables which i'm excited about. I was worried about being packed like sardines in the LSS.
I also changed my cake filling to add fresh strawberries. Has anyone done this?? I love strawberries, but i'm worried that they wont be so "fresh" and more like a gel. Do they over power the cake and filling?
About an hour after our phone convo I got an updated budget, BEO and venue diagram from Celeste. Everything looked great, so its already signed and sent back!!

I'm so relieved!!
I'm going up to Disney this weekend (gotta meet with my outside florist and do some other wedding related errands) so I'll drop off my sandcastle centerpieces to Rose. I'm excited to get those things out of my house!
After this weekend I dont have too much left to do... gotta make the place cards and finalize the table name cards and seating chart, then DF and the guys are going to get measured for tuxes on Monday. Also, I'm having second thoughts on the welcome bags. I think I may make them after all... so thats an added project, but the end is in site!!