Thoughts on the wedding

Sometimes when I think about it, I get really excited. I can’t believe it is so close (only 87 days away). I am looking forward to sharing such a special moment with my family and friends. I can’t even begin to imagine what the actual day is going to feel like. I know that I will be stressed and excited and forgetful…really forgetful. I have already put Kate in charge of my brain for the day, because I know I won’t be able to remember my right hand from my left. I am excited to see everyone’s reactions to certain things. I love that there is such a surprise element to weddings.

Other times when I think about it the stress overwhelms me. How are we really going to pay for all this? It seems like every time Andy and I turn around some decoration or fee that we hadn’t budgeted for pops up. I wonder if the caterer is going to like setting up where we want her to set up? Will I look good in the pictures? Does it make sense to put my dress on first and then get my make-up done, or the other way around? What shoes am I going to wear? Where are we going to put the pies? Where is everyone that is helping us decorate and set up going to get ready? Will my family and Andy’s family get along…at least well enough for a couple hours? Is the ceremony too short? I mean we don’t like the idea of a long ceremony, but this is our one shot, so we better get the most bang for out buck. I think that is the big thing…this is going to be my only wedding. It is not like I have had a trial run to know what I did and didn’t like. How do I make sure this is representative of Andy and I? Which brings me to…

My wedding is going to look nothing like how the magazines and TV make them look! How am I supposed to be satisfied with my wedding, when I am being bombarded with images of what a “real” wedding should look like? It is enough to make a woman want to give up!

In other news, the Ladies Luau invites will be going out this week and Andy and Jeremy will be suit shopping this weekend. On Monday I bought 72 votive holders for the tables so hopefully those will come in the mail soon.

Invite Pictures

Again, thank you everyone for helping with the invites.

Today = 3 months until I get married. WTF!?

In other news, I had to buy more ribbon last night for the remaining invites and happened to walk past the fake flower sections of the fabric store. After a few minutes of being frustrated with how fake the flowers were looking, I decided that I am going to at least talk to a florist about my wedding bouquet.

We are at the part of the wedding where it is starting to cost money. Well, it has always cost money, but now we are actually have to pay that money. I can't help but feel foolish about some of the things we have put money into. In the end as long as everyone enjoys themselves...it will all be worth it.

It is also getting to be the time where I have to make a final decision what my name should be. The question isn't whether or not I will take Andy's last name, but whether not I will keep my middle name the same. I am thinking of putting a poll up on the our wedding website to see what other people think. My main worry is that if I keep my current name and just slap Andy's on the end, then I will have this huge long name that won't fit on any documentation.

Invites...you suck!

The invites are going to drive me to an early grave! The tape guns gave us trouble and Lindsay had to make an emergency run to Paperzone to buy more, which meant sinking more money into the invites. We ran out of ribbon and rhinestones, so even though I had thought I had enough of everything to make 110 invites, I only ended up making 72. Which means instead of being done with them, I have to make about 30 more. AAA!!!

For my next wedding, I am going to invite everyone by email and word of mouth.

But...THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU to everyone who has helped with them. I know that I couldn't have done any of this on my own. And without the invite making party this Sunday, I doubt I would have even made 72. So THANK YOU!

It's a good thing

So Martha Stewart is awesome. It has been difficult for me to try and visualize what I wanted my bouquet to look like, and viola! Martha Stewart has done it for me. This is prefect. I will definitly do some tweaking, but this is basically exactly what I was looking for.

Thanks to our good friend Stephanie C, Andy and I will be honeymooning in Victoria BC. at the wonderful Fairmont Empress Hotel (pictured above). Isn't it beautiful? I love Victoria. It has been a while since I was last there, but I love the charm and quaintness of the city.

How exciting!

Roll With the Punches

Just under 4 months left until the wedding. Things are still chugging a long. The invites are going to be made in the next couple of weeks (feeling a little nervous about that), plans for the Ladies Luau are in being formulated, and the little odds and ends (take-aways, day of schedule, proper licenses, etc.) are starting to be taken care of.

The hardest thing so for has been, wanting to get my friends and family as involved as they can be while at the same time keeping some of the wedding a secret because I want it to be as much of a surprise for them as it can be. Another difficult thing for me has been learning to voice my opinion and ideas. This is my wedding (well Andy's too) and if I want things to go a certain way, well then it should. I can't say that my family and friends has been bad about this, it is more that I don't want to hurt anyone's feelings or make them feel like I am being too pushy.

I am excited for the wedding. I am excited to be there with everyone I care about, sharing in such a happy moment.