Houston, we have a wedding date!!

And that wedding date is....

August 21st, 2010!

Last weekend (make that the weekend before last) Casey and I went to the Hill Country in search of the perfect venue. Thank God, we only had to go to 4 different places to find it! Next year on what would have been Nanny's (my grandmother) 89th birthday, we will become husband and wife at Vintage Villas on beautiful Lake Travis. We were so surprised that the place I thought would be the most expensive was actually the most reasonable. They also had the friendliest staff and were the only ones who mentioned that they wanted to work with our budget. If you know Casey and I you know that we basically refuse to pay sticker price for anything and I call myself the "haggling queen" because it seems like everywhere I go I try to get a bargain. We are just so excited that we found exactly what we wanted and that the price was right. So..... find a venue.. CHECK! It feels so good to check one of the biggest things off of my wedding planning list!

After touring three of the four venues we went and had lunch at The Oasis. If you have never been to or heard of the Oasis, you absolutely have to go. It is a huuuuuugge building on the side of a bluff overlooking Lake Travis and they have a restaurant as well as a venue for parties. Casey liked the pictures so we decided to check it out to see if it might be worth having our reception there. Although it was beautiful we kind of already had our hearts set on Vintage Villas so we decided to have a nice lunch there before heading back to Houston. I had seared tuna with black and white sesame seeds and Casey had the fajitas. Let me just tell you that I felt like I was eating a 5 star restaurant because the food was SO good! Casey's fajitas were cooked just right and I have never had a tuna steak that was as good as mine was. And the view... oh man... the view was to die for! You just don't find that many places in Texas like this. Casey and I both agreed that we felt like we were in Los Angeles because the terrain was so similar. Yay for the Hill Country!

Anyway, other than that we've just been trying to figure out little things like invitations, save the dates, etc. and enjoying the planning process. More updates to come!