traciwells

Thanks for welcome messages and advice. Your profiles are so elaborate; I guess I really do have a lot to do still! We are getting married in Chicago because my fiance's family lives there and my family is in Michigan. We didn't want to make a lot of people come to Los Angeles, where weddings tend to be very expensive. So far, it looks like they are expensive everywhere though!

My name is Traci and I live in Los Angeles. My fiance Michael and I will be getting married in Chicago on Friday, October 26, 2007. (Yes, it's getting to be the last minute at this point!) We already have an amazing venue (Maxim's), but we're struggling with the caterer. We want something nice, but it doesn't have to be super fancy. We've been getting price quotes for a buffet-style dinner for 100 people between $7000 and $9000 (without alcohol or cake!). Can we negotiate? We'd really like to get this down to $3500-$4000 and are wondering if this is realistic.