Engaged and 24 hours later at a reception hall!

So Allan and I got engaged Monday night after an amazing weekend. Tuesday morning comes and we are both at work talking online. I asked him if he wanted to look at places for the wedding or if he wanted to wait. He asked which places I wanted to see and I told him a few, including the Lily Lake Inn in Wolcott, CT. He said he would look at their website, along with a few other locations he found. Not even 5 mins later he tells me he is on the phone with the Lily Lake Inn and they have a food tasting going on that night. Slightly surprised, I told him I was interested. He told me the larger of the two rooms was booked for our date but the smaller one was still open. It so happens that the smaller room was the one I was in love with from the pictures. It was too perfect!

So we arrived at the Lily Lake Inn and walked around the property. The food tasting was in the room we were looking to book so we were able to see how the traffic of people was handled in the room and how the tables and chairs would most likely be set up for a wedding.

We sat down for dinner and before it even started we were sold. We spoke to the manager, Tricia, and she was insistent that we eat dinner, then we would talk.

After dinner, we met with Tricia and she told us what she would need for a deposit. Considering we had gone up on a whim, we didn't have a deposit together yet. We let her know and she said she could hold the room for a week so we could get the deposit together.

The entire ride home I was so worried that we wouldn't get the deposit together in time or someone else would come in a get the room. The next morning (Wednesday) Allan went into work and told his boss about it and he offered to advance us the money out of Allan's Christmas bonus so we could put the deposit down.

Allan told me about his boss's offer and I was ECSTATIC! I was so happy that I could actually get the place I loved and the date we both wanted. We contacted the venue right away to let Tricia know that we had the deposit and we would bring it to her on Thursday.

On Thursday we went to the hall, gave the deposit and signed the contracts. So it's official! We have a venue for the ceremony and reception!!!

The Place
The Lily Lake Inn (Website)
Wolcott, CT

The Date
10/10/2010

Ceremony Time
4:00pm

Reception Time
4:30pm