{Take a gander at our gaga gorgeous groomal flowers from last weekend. J' adore.}
Well friends, it’s now wedding month, or as I like to call it, March Madness. We sure have a lot to do…moving, packing for the honeymoon, logistics and delegating on the wedding day, blah, blah, blah.
We have never done this before. And, since we plan on never doing it again, we have to make it perfect (ie, low stress/enjoyable/organized) the first time. What advice do you have for us?
Please, let’s let YOU run YOUR little know-it-all mouths around here for once.
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So... I got your bridal shower invite but not the wedding? I would like to try and go if I can.
The best thing I did was pack for our honeymoon two weeks in advance. I put everything in a suitcase and put the suitcase in the trunk of Steve's car. It was ready to go, didn't get lost in the hurricane of last minute wedding plans, and I didn't forget anything because I had plenty of time get everything together.
BTW, the flowers are out of this world gorgeous!
My bit of advice is to let go of the small things. As you go through the day, and later try to remember all the wonderful things that happened, it's really just the big things that you'll remember and at this point, if you stress the small things, you will only end up remembering the stress and not the joy.
Since I have the annoying habit of blasting you with my opinions and thoughts on a daily basis, I'll keep my mouth shut for once on this one.
I can think of a couple of things to share...
1)I LOVED that our reception site had me appoint a delegate (not me, my husband, or our parents) to do business with them on the day of the reception. I didn't have to worry about a thing.
2)If you're having a catered event, make sure someone packs you a box of food for later. I hear that the food at our wedding reception was pretty good. I also thought we had done a good job of planning for time to eat... but I ended up with a few bites of sandwich, a few bites of cake, and a couple of sips of sparkling cider. By 9:00 I was starving!
3)Your flowers are awesome! Ours turned out awful... so you're already up one on us there!
4)Remember that when/if something isn't perfect (like for us the flowers) what IS perfect is that you're marrying the person you love and want to be with forever.
Oh Holly I am over the moon excited for you!! I still can't believe that just over a year ago you were dating this guy and and beginning to get twitterpated and now you are marrying him! Oh it is so wonderful!
My suggestion would also be to get your honeymoon packing done way in advance, try not to leave ANYTHING to the night before because you just want to enjoy the people you have around you and not have any stress of getting ready for the next day. Also, it may be hard but the day after your wedding write down ALL your thoughts. Details, details, details. Write it down when all the memories are fresh.
Good luck with all your final arrangements and planning. It will be here before you know it!
I have to second the advice already given to let go of the small or insignificant things. I received this same advice, and it made a tremendous difference in the overall stress and feeling of the day. And DEFINITELY pack ahead of time for your honeymoon! Congratulations, again!
I think wedding/moving free time is in order. Seriously. If it is one day a week (which was our thing) or only a few hours of each day. There have to be times when you don't invest yourself in those events and enjoy everything the outside has to offer.
Amen to having someone pack a box of food for y'all to consume post-reception. We got back to our hotel and were STARVING!
Can't wait.
if you can, i would recommend having a lot of your photos taken a couple of days before the wedding. obviously, the day of we still did lots of group shots and coming out of the temple and such, but we had the majority of the photos of just the two of us taken at the temple a few days before our wedding (not going to lie, it was a bit annoying to get all made up with my hair, make up and dress and then have to do it again a couple of days later). i really enjoyed it because it made the actual wedding day a little less exhausting.
oh yes, and please for the love of all things holy do not smash the cake in each others face. i have seen a direct correlation between people that do that and divorces (seriously).
HAVE FUN! I know that sounds lame, but I once went to a wedding where the bride complained about the cake, and the speech that the officiant gave, and her parents, and how everyone left too early and completely forgot to have fun. This is your WEDDING DAY. Don't make it about what goes wrong, only about what goes right.
Give your Maid of Honor your cell phone. Seriously. This will help so much.
Put tissues in the groom's pocket. Even if you aren't a crier, you will probably sweat dancing and will need a little blotting. I sent them over with the Best Man when he came to get the ring.
Everyone else said it, but pack for your honeymoon now.
Put your parents in charge of packing up anything the next morning so you don't have to (I'm not sure if this applies, but I stayed at the resort where we got married and then loaded up the stuff the next morning).
Write all the details down and give a copy of the list to someone else (like your parents or a DOC or the catering manager or whoever is in charge of setting things up).
Ok, I'll stop now. I had so much fun my wedding day and it had a lot to do with not sweating the small stuff and delegating tasks.
Have a wonderful day!
I agree about no cake-to-the face and getting some food in yourself at some point. After being married for almost 17 years, my memory of our wedding is like a zoom-lens was just on my and my groom...all the little petty things (can you say "family drama") didn't phase me a bit, and we laugh about it all now. Remember that it's a party--and everyone should be there to toast YOU TWO, so take it all in and enjoy.
Oh, and disposable cameras on the tables for guests to take snap-shots for you is a great way to see things that you would have missed! We got the best shots from the kids at our wedding! :-)
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