Once we came to terms with our budget and ran more numbers on my ridiculous budget spreadsheet, we had some more long discussions about what we wanted to do with our wedding.
I was surprised that my fiance had fallen for the Outdoor Garden at Phipps. I always loved the idea of getting married outside, but weather in Pittsburgh is pretty unpredictable, and I didn't want to stress about the weather, so I didn't think getting married outside was a realistic option for me. Though it is beautiful.
I was surprised that my fiance had fallen for the Outdoor Garden at Phipps. I always loved the idea of getting married outside, but weather in Pittsburgh is pretty unpredictable, and I didn't want to stress about the weather, so I didn't think getting married outside was a realistic option for me. Though it is beautiful.
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And after the ceremony, the new Mr. and Mrs. can take a love walk through the garden...
The more I thought about the wedding, though, I realized it really doesn't matter to me whether the wedding is inside or outside - I'm going to stress about the weather regardless. I might as well take my chances on a beautiful garden wedding, and potentially have to get married on a sidewalk under a tent as a plan B. Obviously that option is less than ideal, but at the end of the day, I'll be married to the love of my life, and I'm trying to keep the whole thing in perspective as I stress about the details that don't really matter. :-P
My ideal place at Phipps to get married was the Broderie room. It's beautiful, cozy, and perfect for a dreamy, romantic, intimate wedding. However, it only holds 50 people standing, and that's just not enough for our wedding, so my dreams got shattered by reality pretty early on in the process.
But all hope is not lost! You can pay an exorbitant rental fee to take pictures in any room of the Conservatory, and so we are paying an extra fee to rent the Broderie room for 45 minutes to take photos, which satisfies my dream of having our wedding in that room, as well as having a great place (indoors) for photos, which will help in case of rain!
And in case that didn't give it away, our decision is...
to get married in an Outdoor Garden ceremony at Phipps, and have our reception at the Mayernik Center.
Even though I will probably stress about the weather forecast, we opted to take a risk with the weather. I hope it works out! But even if we have to get married under a tent, at least we can have gorgeous pictures inside the Broderie room, and inside our lovely reception facility. Remember when I said I don't like banquet halls? Well, the Mayernik Center is kind of a banquet hall. It definitely has the stereotypical banquet chairs.
But oh well. I've sort of thrown out my opinions on a lot of things (including typical weddings, because in the beginning I didn't want a dinner reception, I didn't want dancing, and I didn't want a DJ) throughout this process thus far, and I'm sure I'll have to compromise on a lot of other stuff too. That's okay though. What really matters is that we get married, and we have a good time doing it. Hopefully we'll have good weather and it'll be beautiful too!
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