I have not done a Wedding Wednesday in a long ass time! I figured maybe a little update. Even if you guys don’t find it interesting which is fine I like to remember these things.
This just got real guys. So last Friday we mailed our wedding invitations. Yesterday people started texting and emailing me that they received them. I had my second dress fitting yesterday morning. We do our final food tasting this week. I have my final walk through of the venue scheduled and final dress fitting scheduled. We just ordered the pictures for our guest book. Basically we are done with the planning. I am convinced the reason people get wedding gifts and cake is to reward them for the craptastic world that is planning a wedding.
My thoughts and feelings on the final months of wedding planning may be different than a lot of girls. I honestly have not loved wedding planning. I love that I get to marry the most wonderful guy I have ever known but the actual planning part not my fav.
There are parts of it I have found fun and enjoyable. I love the times Andrew and I sit together on our couch and we pick out pictures for our video at the rehearsal dinner. Or when my best friend saw me in my dress yesterday and I legit thought she might cry. I love thinking about our honeymoon and our post wedding life. I loved cake tasting because well cakes. I love thinking about all of our family and friends being in one place at the same time.
Let’s just say that with two months to go on this whole wedding thing. I’m ready for October 11th. I’m ready to be his wife.
How did you feel about wedding planning?
Oh girlie! I felt the same way!! I was ready to be Tom’s wife… the rest of it had the ups and downs… and so many of the ones you mentioned… but our marriage? Best day of my life!! It was so stress free because of all the stuff I did on the front end!! Lots of excitement coming your way!
Being a bride is an amazing experience. Soak it up all you can!
ha! well…in a period of 4 months, I met my husband, we got engaged, and got married. I loved every second of it! No stress, no crazy family members, and a quick happily ever after. I had my dress,the flowers, my mom and brother, and of course my man. It’s better than I could have ever dreamed. I think weddings are beautiful but I don’t like being the center of attention and my dad left my life when I was little so that’s always been hard for me when I do attend a wedding. I hope it’s everything you want it to be! It’ll be here before you know it.
You are not alone. The planning is so much work and many parts were not fun at all. BUT it is soooo worth it at the end and it does get better. My experience was not like most because I was trying to plan a wedding while my father fought for his life in the hospital. I was also planning an emergency wedding scenario as well to be done at hospital. Praise God, it all came together and I couldn’t have done it without a few close friends that were amazing!
You’re going to have an amazing wedding and I cant wait to see pictures and video on the blog or fb down the road. Go cake tasting!!
Wow, you’re so close! I can’t wait to live vicariously through your blog and watch your beautiful wedding unfold! I know you’re going to be the most beautiful bride! Hope you’re able to enjoy the last few details of planning…
ps: I thought of you this morning as I loaded books on my Nook to read while I relax in a B&B for the next few days!
I actually didn’t mind the planning because by the time we got married, we knew what we wanted and it seriously all just fell into place. It was a good time to be us!
Enjoy the final few months, they are going to fly by!
I can imagine all that planning is so tiring! 😐 My boyfriend and I have already started talking about planning to make sure we can plan and save within enough time. Congrats though!! Exciting time!!
Enjoy these last few months! It’s so nice to finally be married, but soak up this time of being in the spotlight with your love. <3
Congratulations! How exciting for you. I know the planning can be a drudge, but all worth it when the big day arrives.
Oh my gosh I can’t believe it is so close; right around the corner! That is so exciting, and I’m sure a little nerve wracking with what has left to be done
Wow, it’s coming up so fast! Enjoy the time and make the most of it! It sounds like you are having a lot of fun.
Enjoy your wedding preparations. It’s your time to shine! It’s nice to read all about the excitement.
Oh boy! These last few months will fly by! I am sure you are so excited. Enjoy this time together!
This is so cute. I am so happy for you! What an exciting time. I am still waiting for the proposal, but hopefully I can be more involved in Wedding Wednesdays sometime soon 😉
I really did not enjoy wedding planning at all. My husband and I both agreed that if we ever had to do it over again we would just go to Vegas.
So exciting, the countdown is on! Two months until you say I-Do 🙂
My wedding was such a blurr, there’s a few things I don’t remember, but I do remember shaking uncontrollably (my knees anyway) at the “alter” in my parents living room. I also remember the justice of the peace saynig something and I had to say “pardon?” a few times during the repeat-after-me, because all that was going through my head was “don’t cry. Omg I’m getting married! Don’t cry”
Glad you are enjoying wedding planning and documenting these moments. My husband and I eloped but I have decided to renew our vows next year in a wedding type ceremony. I’m very excited.
We’ve just started and it stresses me like crazy. I think I’ve threatened to call it off at least 4 times. I want to marry him. I just don’t know if a wedding is going to be all it is cracked up to be.
I think that’s best. Wedding planning is such a small period of time compared to actually being married.
Congratulations on your upcoming wedding! I would say that you should definitely enjoy these moments of planning. It’s fun and excited and an amazing time. However, please also know that the times following that wedding day may not always be easy but remember these moments, the times that you were giddy with excited to marry your best friend. These are the moments that will allow you to get through some bad times that happen in all marriages. Wishing you good luck.
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I felt the SAME way – I really disliked planning the wedding and just wanted it to be overwith. That said, when wedding week arrived and the rehearsal day and wedding day were over, I was SO sad. It is such a fun celebration that you’ll never do again. It is truly special. Now that the wedding is over, I am so stress free and happy. Married life is great! It is all worth it in the end 😉
congrats! wish you an amazing journey and beautiful wedding day! =)
Awwwww!!! Enjoy your time right now though. Because you’ll look back on the engagement as such a special memory too.
I personally LOVED wedding planning. It was so fun. But my husband and I also did pre-marital counseling while we were wedding planning which was important to us. It’s easy to get caught up in the wedding planning and forget to plan for the marriage, too!
What I remember about wedding planning is that I will never do it again. Next wedding is on a beach, bare foot with a white slip dress and flowers in my hair. I would never do it again with the whole big wedding family crazy throw away all your money on something that takes an half hour. When your really young you want to impress people and make a huge statement, (you should every girl should do the white dress big venue at least once! ) then you learn afterward when the bills keep rolling in that it was not so great. The planning took months and lots of decisions that make literally zero sense in life. It all seems so pointless after the wedding. All the little junk , the money throw out the window, the paper crap, the food decisions. Never Again! You go on a great honeymoon you cannot afford or enjoy because of the wedding bills looming over your heads.. Then you come home to more bills and the first year of marriage is not a marriage, its a financial disaster trying to cope with the wedding details now which are how to pay for everything without maxing out your credit cards and coping with the thousands left in venue bills without ending the marriage over it. That is what I remember because the details were all up to us as we had zero help paying for our wedding. Details=money. then at the 2nd marriage its just about you two and no one else. No details. I am looking forward to that.
How exciting! I am definitely a few years away from getting married, but I love reading people’s wedding planning posts! Good luck on the rest of your engagement and wedding planning! 🙂
Exciting! It’s coming up so quickly for you! I’m sure that in the end all the headaches of wedding planning will be 150% worth it!
Congrats on the wedding. Weddings are so exciting! Enjoy
Oh how fun! Wedding planning was soooo much fun for me! I hope the rest of your single days go well! Hope your wedding goes beautifully! <3
AHHH so close to the big day!! October 11th is such a nice day to get married… it has a ring to it. I always have said that when I get married I want it to be in October! Did you guys take that picture at the bean? 🙂
Awww! I get really emotional about weddings (yes I am weird bad proud lol). Good luck with it all Hun, Gid bless x
It’s so interesting hearing different people’s perspectives on the wedding planning. I am so excited for you that it’s all so close now. At least you can just sit back and enjoy it all now!
Katie <3
I bet you are ready for these 2 months to fly by and I know they will! This is the time when everything starts moving full speed ahead. Congrats you two!
Awe, so cute! The next two weeks will just FLY by! Just you wait and see!
Yay for sending out wedding invitations 🙂 We didn’t have much time to plan our wedding, it was a short engagement because we planned it around hubby’s grandparents visiting which was probably for the best because I’m awful at making decisions and just didn’t have an option this way!
Good Luck! I should start wedding planning too but I have been avoiding for all the reasons you mention.
Congrats to you both! Just enjoy every minute and don’t get too stressed out over the little details. The day will come faster than you know 😉
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This is precious! How awesome that you are soon to be his wife! And how adorable that you get to spend your nights picking out photos and videos for your wedding!
How exciting for you! Before you know it, your wedding day will be here!
Two more months! You can do it! You are so close.
two months that’s so soon, you’re so close 🙂
aww, congratulations!!! Your wedding is going to be amazing 🙂
Everything sounds like it’s building up and is going to get more exciting so soon!
So excited for you! I’m with you on the not loving all the aspects of wedding planning bit! Some parts are fun, but mostly it’s stress central 24/7. Like you, I’m look forward to actually being married to my BFF (who is also named Andrew haha) and our honeymoon and stuff! Hang in there girl, your day will be here before you know it!
I found myself nodding my noggin all the way thhogur.