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Ok, so we had the big thing out of the way:  venue and a wedding date.  But, our next priority was the photographer.  John is a hobby photographer and considers photography to be one of his passions...below XBOX , but above coal-fired pizza.  That's big.  John loves coal-fired pizza.

I foolishly thought that it would be as easy as snapping my fingers...poof!  We would find the perfect photographer that we could afford in no time.  Wrong.  Granted, we have only been engaged for about six weeks and that's not too long of a time to look for a photographer.  Logically, that's true.  In my world, it's something else to cross of the To-Do list.  Pronto.

48 hours ago, we had met with 4 photographers and were, well, disappointed.  One of those four had two packages to offer:  "The Main Event" and "Bride on a Budget."  I was somewhere in between, but more toward the latter than the former.  If I WAS a bride on a budget, did that mean our wedding wasn't the main event to us?  To boot, I complimented him on the fact that a photo he took was on the very first page of our venue's brochure.  He commented that although he loves our venue, he's thinking of pulling out of there because he is "looking to work with a higher end clientele."  Say what?  Next.

John and I talked about how great it would be if our biggest problem was that we had two photographers who were reasonably priced and who we "clicked" with.  Pun very much intended.  But, now, you see, we did have a problem.  The problem we thought would be so great to have. Two photographers and zero idea who to hire. 

After careful consideration, I am pleased (and relieved) to be able to say that we hired one.  And we love him.  His work is great and his personality is even better.  One major decision off the list...and we think we made a good one.