Today is the recap for the latter part of the year.

October – At the beginning of the month, I attended The Knot’s Baltimore vendor party held at the Baltimore Museum of Industry and celebrated my wedding anniversary. Mid month we had the wedding of Stephanie and Bobby who hosted their wedding reception at Old South Country Club. At the end of the month the Mr. and I traveled to Dallas, TX to attend a Cowboys football game.

November – Like most Americans, I voted in the historical election. Also, I had brunch with 10 wedding planner colleagues of mine at America Restaurant in DC and celebrated my birthday.

December – I celebrated the birth of Christ with family and friends. I also changed our blog header to reflect our “people person” personality. On New Year’s Eve, The Mr. and I will attend watch night service and bring in 2009 in church.

What are your plans for New Year’s Eve?

Today’s post is part three of our 2008 recap.

July – I had my first photo shoot (for headshots) with Jen Lowe.

August – We celebrated the one year anniversary of our blog. Also, I visited the new BBJ Linens showroom in Lanham, MD and Garnish Dress Boutique in Mt. Washington.

September – We had the wedding of Joe & Kerry who hosted their reception at Bulle Rock Golf Course in Havre de Grace, MD. Also, our blog was listed on Martha Stewart’s Wedding Blog “The Bride’s Guide by Darcy Miller”.

Come back tomorrow for the last of the 2008 recap.

Today’s post is part two of our 2008 recap.

April – I attended my first Baltimore NACE meeting at the Radisson Lord Baltimore Hotel in downtown Baltimore.

May – We had our first wedding of the season with Stephanie and Walter who held their ceremony at the historic Mt. Vernon Place United Methodist Church and hosted their reception at The World Trade Center in downtown Baltimore. I also saw the highly anticipated Sex and the City movie.

June – We had 2 weddings this month. Michelle & Lawrence hosted their wedding reception at Florian Hall in PG county and April & Josh hosted theirs at Grey Rock Mansion in Baltimore County. Click here to see their slideshow. Also, we started our new blog feature – AWE Real Bride’s Perspective and our blog was rated by Blogged.com for the first time.

2008 was a really great year for Affairs With Elegance so I thought I’d recap each quarter of this past year…in case you missed something.

January – I attended The Special Event Show in Atlanta, GA where I met new wedding planner friends Isis of Posh Events, Isha of Isha Foss Events, Elizabeth and Christina of Elizabeth Bailey Weddings and Meredith of Elegant Engagements. I also met renowned event planner Preston Bailey and the cake diva herself Sylvia Weinstock at the Engaged Magazine Bridal Show in Washington, DC.

February – I met and had lunch with Janice of The Bridal Wishlist Blog.

March – we moved into our new office/studio space. I also attended the My Day Magazine Bridal Show which was held at the Tremont Grand in Baltimore.

Come back tomorrow to see the recap of the 2nd quarter.