NYE Wedding!

I heard from my caterer that it's their busiest day of the year!

We don't do anything special on NYE, usually hit up a local restaurant for whatever deal they've got going on. But we're total homebodies, so we're usually back on the couch before midnight

Hi Courtney! I love the idea of a New Year's Eve wedding! So fun! A perfect way to ring in the New Year and get the party started, with your closest friends & family!

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I'm just really hopeful that there isn't a huge snowstorm before people fly in - we have family coming in from Boston / New England, so my fingers are crossed!! I think leaving the snow and spending some time in the sun is part of the reason we have so many coming from out of town!

View Quoted Comment You are definitely doing things right, leaving the snow behind. Flying out of Boston is rarely bad, if they get to Logan. Because the airport is on a peninsula surrounded by warmer than air water. So that and central Boston, usually not snow when 3-4 inches ten miles away, so flights go out for the first many hours of a storm before it accumulates. Have a great time, the trouble may be getting some people to leave!

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I think our guests will be happy with our offerings, which include a full open bar:

PASSED APPETIZERS

--Beef Carpaccio w/ polenta cake, shaved provolone OR Glass Noodle Spring Roll w/ sweet chili jam (This will take the place of the beef if it is served raw.)

--Mini Crab Cakes w/ avocado creme

--Chicken Satay w/ toasted almond chimichurri

--Crispy Mac n’ Cheese w/ smoked tomato

--Black Truffle Arancini in slow roasted tomato sauce

PLATED APPETIZERS

--Seared Shrimp w/ creamy polenta, slow roasted tomato, arugula salad, corn, lemon caper butter

--Crispy Pork Belly w/compressed melons, feta cheese, cucumber, black olive balsamic reduction

SALADS
--House : farm greens, soft egg, heirloom tomato, cucumber, citrus mustard vinaigrette

--Caesar : garlic brioche croutons, black garlic anchovy puree, parmesan tuile

ENTREES

--Beef Sirloin w/ fingerling roasted potatoes, seasonal vegetables and a bourbon shallot butter

--Chicken Breast w/ creamy polenta, tomato, arugula, and crispy prosciutto salad

--Vegetables and Grains w/ herbs, seasonal vegetables

We will offer monogrammed iced sugar cookies, chocolate/vanilla cupcakes and a 3 tiered wedding cake.

Additionally we have a photobooth and a pretty amazing DJ booked -- Our guests will be well taken care of

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Perfect!! I will be able to offer suggestions if they like!

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I'm pretty hopeful that I'm going to love mine! I'll keep you posted after with a BAM!

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Sounds like a good reason, how did you like getting married right after? Is it nice having your anniversary near-but-not-on a holiday?

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It makes sense, especially if you think about all of the people holding parties in their homes and ordering food!! I am glad the hotel is taking care of all of that -- less for me to deal with!

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I just LOVE it!

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Hahahah!! I'll make sure to invite a real estate agent so they can find a place down here! LOL

View Quoted Comment I think this is a very unfair expectation. As I do when posters say the same thing about Saturday nights. What you could have been doing instead on that night has nothing to do with anything. Guests should choose whether or not to attend, if they are not committed to anything else, based on their feelings for the couple. Go or don't go. Anyone who makes a decision based on whether the spread meets their standards for food and drink and venue, thinks more if themself than the couple marrying. This self centered view is really not appropriate for someone else's life changing occasions. Couples need to plan the wedding they want and can afford, not up the costs because of what guests could possibly be doing elsewhere.

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Haha self centered? okay...

New Years Eve is a big holiday for a lot of people. Not only do people have standing plans every year, it is also an expensive time to travel/stay in a hotel. It is my OPINION that one should over host on such a prominent holiday to make up for those facts. OP is doing just that, so she's set. If someone wants to cheap out and not do that, they shouldn't pick a holiday IMO.

But I've never been to a wedding that wasn't hosted amazingly well. Because the brides and grooms were gracious enough to host their guests at that level, not because the guests were self centered (one of the most ridiculous things I've ever heard on here by the way, and I've been here a while. LOL).

View Quoted Comment This is perfect OP. You obviously thought of your guests while planning

I'm so hungry now lol

View Quoted Comment Ah, I should have clarified - first dating anniversary. Neither of us had had relationships last to a year before though so it was a big deal for both of us.

We're actually looking forward to having a new anniversary. Our dating anniversary right now is the day before my mom's birthday and also the weather is almost always terrible and ruins plans we make.