My bridesmades bouquets, groom and groomsman bouteniers, and mothers and grandmothers corsages came out lovely.

But the bridal bouquet was disastrous! I ordered 10 medium-sized burgundy calla lillies, one that's supposed to be cradled, accented with ferns, and off-white tulle that was supposed to hang 2-3 feet. What I got: 5 SMALL purple calla lillies that were less than a foot long, hand-held, not cradled, with no tulle at all. My bridesmades boutquets were literally longer than my bouquet. The woman said burgundy lillies had to be special ordered and take two weeks to come in so I was stuck with them. They didn't even offer a discount for their mistake.

The complimentary bouquet that was supposed to be thrown at the reception was literally two lillies wrapped in ribbon.

I only had my dress altered there, but it was a fantastic experience! The lady who helped me was very nice and very knowledgable. She was able to make my dress shorter (because of the lacework on the bottom, a simple hemming was almost impossible), and put in my bustle OVERNIGHT and it only cost $45. I wish I had bought my dress there too! They had a small but very classy selection of dresses ranging from $300 to a couple thousand. Something for everyone!

I was able to find a good dress at a great price. Accessories like the veil and headpiece are just as expensive as any boutique but at least they're in one convenient location. I do not recommend doing alterations there at all. They're pretty slow and charge an outrageous amount. I also do not recommend going on a Saturday or Sunday because they're very crowded and sales people are outnumbered 5 to one, so you'll be waiting quite a bit if you have multiple dresses you want to try on.

Another nightmare! Unless you're part of this church don't even bother having a wedding there. They say you only have to attend mass once, but if you do you're still an outsider and they let you know in many ways. It was impossible to meet with the officiant, we called and he would only tell us to call the coordinator. We called many times to try to meet with the bishop and she kept making us go to mass and he still wouldn't talk to us. We went three times in hopes of meeting him and he disappeared. We asked for a copy of the ceremony order and she kept "forgetting it" so we'd need to come again next week. It was irritating.

The bishop didn't even come to the rehearsal! We had only the coordinator. My parents for some reason were 20 minutes late (yes, they were rude, I understand) and they were bringing the money; which by the way, it was demanded that we bring the money in cash (not shadey at all). But the whole time the coordinator refused to do anything with us and stood still figiting about the money. Needed the money, wanted to make certain someone was bringing the money.

When they finally showed up (and immediately paid, because nothing would start otherwise) we actually started the rehearing. Now I understand it's hard being a senior, but the coordinator kept pausing in the middle of sentences and acting like she was having a heart-attack. Apparently she has hip arthritis. Not very professional. But we got through it. Everyone knew where they needed to go and what to do.

The morning of the wedding, the bishop rearranged what everyone was supposed to do AS GUESTS WERE SHOWING UP! The groom was supposed to wait outside and the bishop was having him seat people. The two groomsmen apparently stood around like idiots because the groom was doing what they thought they had to do.

The bishop took the groom outside and started a conversation with him and they were still out there when I started walking down the aisle. The ceremony itself felt half-hearted and he never even looked us in the face, it was awkward. We had two readers and their names were written on a sticky note in his book but he still asked us for their names DURING THE CEREMONY. I wish we had gone somewhere else.

They had a great selection and were were able to find the perfect dress in no time. I was with my bridesmade, but my maid-of-honor lives in a different state. The saleslady told us no problem they keep a database of all their customers and if my maid of honor went to the store and gave my name, they'd find her a dress no problem.

Well naturally, I wouldn't feel the need to double check anything, and even if I did it wouldn't matter because the maid of honor dress was altered in her home state before she arrived (and she arrived only 2 days before the wedding).

Well the morning if the wedding the two bridesmades went in separate rooms to change and came out AND THE DRESSES WEREN'T THE SAME!!! I was furious!

Men's Warehouse did a fantastic job with my men! My now husband, two groomsmen and my now father-in-law all went in at the same time. We picked out their design (which was a huge variety, but they still managed to get the perfect tuxes) and they were measured and we were out again in an hour. My father was in a completely different state and they were still able to match him up by using their database. Because I bought my dress at David's Bridal they offered "Rent 4 tuxes and the groom is free" we were able to save even more money.

The tuxes were all here on time and perfectly tailored. My step father was even able to drop off the tux here instead of bringing it all the way back home.

This was a terrible experience! We first met with Laurie 7 months before the wedding to do our save a dates. She told us to come back for invitations 3 months before because she can get them done in 2-2.5 weeks. We did exactly that. We chose what we wanted and she gave a price estimation of $390. So far so good.

Well after 3 weeks I hadn't heard from her so I called to find out the status. She then decided to tell me one of the colors I asked for are out of stock and SHE went ahead decided to order another color she thought was close enough. Then she said it would only take another week. (Up to 4 weeks) After another week I had to YET AGAIN call and ask where they were. This time she told me her printer BROKE and it was going to take even LONGER. She didn't give me a time frame yet. So after another week (Up to 5 weeks) she told me the printer was fixed and she had to actually MAKE them now, it'll take another 2 weeks. (7 weeks)

When the two weeks were up (I can't remember who called who) we talked on the phone again to discuss cost. (Remember at this point the invitations should have been in the mail a week ago) She drops the bomb that because of the economy the price of paper went up and the $390 invitations are now $650!!! I told her she was insane and I refuse to pay that so she got really scared, dropped the price to $575 and offered to stamp the inner envelopes (which she used flag stamps instead of the wedding design) and threw in free envelope sealers (which she didn't even print what I wanted on them). Terrible experience, I wouldn't recommend Laurie to my worst enemy.

We ordered a beautiful 3-tiered hexagonal cake from Asa and we're still getting compliments on how delicious it was. Asa offered a large variety of flavors and could make it any color you wanted. Couldn't ask her for more, expecially with her prices!

The only thing I can say he did well was show up on time. I got back my pictures and they looked amateur, and I was most offended when I noticed there were EQUAL numbers of pictures of my husbands drunk aunt's boobs at the reception as my ENTIRE family combined. He practically followed her around at the reception. My mother did most of the communications with him leading up to the wedding and she said he was short and kind of rude.

Loveta is a woman you want to run your whole life. You tell her what you want and she makes it happen. She has over 30 years of wedding experience and it shows with everything she does. The staff was very professional and the food was delicious. She took care of the external vendors so I didn't even need to worry about it. The restaurant has a homey decor that needs little additional work for your tables.

The only problem I had was the time. You have only two options, afternoon and evening. If you have an afternoon reception be prepared to get kicked out promptly at 4:30. No matter how full swing your party is, if they have an evening reception, you gotta leave!