Intro: Planning a wedding

lets take it back maybe 2 years. in 2015, january, i recall hanging out with chariss at shirleys tamuning. I got engaged 6 months before that and it just got real when chariss told me that i should plan my wedding now. that i need to decide on a wedding date asap. off course me being me, i hesitated and said i got this. but i didn't. she pushed that pressure onto me and i felt it. she even took a picture of me. will post later. lol. what makes this even more memorable is what i told her. 'omg that means i will get pregnant!' she laughed at my face. moving forward she agreed to assist in planning the wedding after arguing with her for over 30 minutes about her position at my wedding. she also told me i have to pay her $3000. what? wheres the friendship deal? again me being me i said i would pay her for her services. i went home to consult the fiancé. we both agreed to have the wedding in november. we then made a guest list. that was so hard as we needed to make sure we could accommodate and invite everyone. so we made 3 guest lists. one small and intimate, one fair and giving, and the last list was considered a fiesta! we stuck to number 2. the next few days chariss and i went around to collect quotations for available ballrooms.. first things first, we collected prices and details from every hotel.  We finally decided on a venue that offered more than any other hotel and chose on a florist/decorator that was going to bend his back for me . the big parts completed. we had a date, a venue, and a florist. i thought it was smooth sailing from there but no no no.