I have the best coworkers!!

It recently dawned on me that I do in fact have the greatest coworkers in the world! This correlates with the fact that I have one of the greatest jobs ever.

Working in property management comes with a lot of benefits of its own. People give us tickets to various events trying top help us like them, and I always get Stars tickets from people. I also have a great connection that gets me tickets at a fantastic deal. I know a lot of the heads of companies and talk with them like they're just another person, this leads to a lot of great networking opportunities. I meet a lot of people in the building, people know that if they have an issue, I'll do my best to get it resolved.

Then there are the wedding related perks.

First, I would like to say that there are some huge perks to working for the management company for the building that I'm getting married in. Like price. There are also some drawbacks, like knowing information about the (now former) catering company that I can't tell anyone and I can't act on. That can be a bit rough.

One thing I've noticed is that since all of my coworkers (all ten of them) know that I'm getting married here, they don't mind talking wedding details with me. The women (all three of them) here have even asked me about how things are coming, if I plan on doing certain things, how the planning is, etc. Even my boss is starting to get excited and will occasionally ask me about the details of the wedding.

I've also noticed that people seem to expect me to be on edge for the next couple months. As of today, I hit the four month countdown and I've heard a couple comments along the lines of, "We know you're going to be stressed because of the wedding. If you ever need to take a break, come into my office if you want and I'll try to help you with any wedding things you're worried about." So far, I haven't been too stressed while at work, but there's no telling if I can keep this up as the big day gets closer. Even the guys at work seem to be pretty understanding.

The women are also always excited whenever I get a package. Since we do have our registries up, everyone is expecting to see gifts arriving anytime now. They also know that I do like to try to do a little wedding planning when work gets slow, and part of this includes shopping for accessories for the wedding. A couple days ago, I ordered several pairs of shoes to see which ones I liked best for the wedding. As soon as I signed for it, they all wanted me to open it. With the help of two women here, I was able to pick out my wedding shoes!!

Not only are my coworkers excited for the wedding, they're also helping me plan!! How many other places let you do that?!

We're going to have food!

Austin and I have already selected our venue for the wedding, we're going to have both the ceremony and the reception at the Infomart in Dallas. Even though I work here and spend most of my time at the Infomart, we both love the fact that its close to DFW, Love Field, lots of hotels, and its close to down town Dallas. Since I do work in the building, I've seen the events staff set up for events many, many times so I feel very comfortable with having them handle such an important event for us. I also know that the Head Cheaf is absolutely amazing! Did I mention I'm going to be getting an incredible discount? Yeah, that was a big plus for us too.

In the past couple of weeks, I've been talking with our Event Coordinator and she's been helping me to build the menu. Austin and I decided to have  a meal heavy on hor d'oeuvres and a couple of stations set up in the atrium of the lobby. The only question, what did we want? We know that we are going to be having people that have different dietary restrictions, vegans, vegetarians, kosher, etc. so I (and the head chef) was tasked with finding options that would be able to suit even the strictest diet. Nobody wants to go to a wedding that they can't eat at, am I right? Well, I wont go into exactly what the Coordinator and Chef and I were all able to come up with, but it is going to be a delicious selection! We have a Bruschetta Bar, a Brie station, fruit and cheese montage, and a hummus station, but I wont tell you what else. Something has to be a surprise. One other benefit of choosing to have the wedding at the Infomart is that I know, without a doubt, that the food is going to be amazing!