My fiance and I have been engaged since December and we have set our date for 5 years in the future on May 19, 2012.  However, we have been thinking that 5 years is way too long to wait.  We're getting impatient after 6 years of dating. So, we've decided that we are going to get married about 3 years sooner.  The catch is that the only people we are telling is our parents, everyone else will think that they are coming to an engagement party.  About an hour into the party we'll let everyone in on the surprise and get married right there.

Someone on theknot.com suggested a place for us and that we do a cocktail reception rather then a sit down dinner to save money. I think that's a great idea. We'll have appitizers then wedding then cake/dessert and have an open bar the whole time.  Here's the place we are home to do it

 I'm so excited!!