Wedding poop and all things "poopie"

While our wedding date is still tentative (we have some personal life situations at the moment that prevents us from knowing when we can get married next year), I have been trying to do as much research and pre-planning as I can, so once we do have an official date I can just call and *hopefully* book all my favorite vendors. This is, of course, hoping that they are still available for our tentative date.

That being said, the reasoning to our hopeful wedding date and location...
Location. We've decided to get married in Hawaii. There are many reasons for this choice.
1. We are planning on paying for the wedding ourselves and it seemed more affordable (believe it or not) to fly to Hawaii and have a small ceremony and dinner than it was to have a wedding in Pennsylvania with 125+ guests.
2. We want a small wedding with family and close friends. Having a destination wedding eliminates the task of explaining why so and so wasn't invited. Most probably won't be able to afford a trip to Hawaii. Although those people will be missed, we know they are there in spirit.
3. I grew up a military brat. Right before my dad retired from the military and moved the whole family to his home town in PA we lived in Hawaii. I've always considered Hawaii home to me and visit friends there every few years. In 2006, Mr. Mek traveled with me to Hawaii for my bestest's wedding and he absolutely loved the islands. When time came to plan for our wedding our choices were Pennsylvania, Hawaii or Vegas. Hawaii won, hands down.

Wedding Date. We hope to be wed March 05, 2009. There is no significance for this date other than my brother will be in his first year of college and March 5th is during his spring break. hehe. Doesn't late February, early March seem early for spring break?! I thought so. Anyways, it is either get married that week or in the summer. Since it's cooler in March in Hawaii we're aiming for that. I'd hate to have my guests bake in the sun during the hottest season of the island.

So that's it. Oahu, Hawaii. March 05, 2009 (tentatively!). Hope to see you there!