Hey All! I’m Kayleigh from over at Down at Fraggle Rock. You can normally find me there ranting and raving about wedding planning, annoying people I work with, a bug that flew up my nose… ya know… whatever strikes my fancy.
And while Megan sits and basks in the glory of being a
newlywed, she has asked me to guest post. She gave me the option of talking
about whatever I want (which is a
dangerous statement given the fact I ramble about nonsense for days) but I
thought that since I “met” her through wedding planning, then I should of
course… talk about wedding planning!
Isn’t he handsome? Love that face! Big A and I got engaged on May 12th, 2011. Our 4 year anniversary. The happiest day of my life. Seriously. It was amazing. You can read all about it HERE.
There’s a part 2 and 3 as well. It was a long story! Ha! We are getting married on September 8th, 2012. Which is steadily approaching much to my bank account’s dismay.
Now… onto wedding planning…
Big A was adamant about the fact that we needed to take
things slow. He had a huge car show coming up in the beginning of July and he
knew that he wouldn’t be able to give me 100% of his attention until after it.
I knew he was right. I was just the mistress… his car was his real one true
love! Haha!
So… I waited. And waited. And FINALLY the day came. And I
jumped in head first. And then the drama started:
Our venue fell through.
People were being jerks.
Budget became an issue.
And just like that… the fun was gone. BUT… I had promised myself that I wasn't going to lose my
mind over this wedding. I didn't want to become a Bridezilla. I didn’t want to
devote my entire life to it. AND I didn't want to be one of those people who
has a mental breakdown when their wedding is over because they put all of their
blood, sweat, and tears into it for 18 months and then it was over. That’s when I developed my standard list of things that I
need to do when the craziness of wedding planning gets to be a little too much.
I like to affectionately call it:
Sure Fire Ways to Make Sure You Don’t Get Committed to a Mental
Institution While Planning your Wedding
1. It may be the most important day of your life so far, but
just remember… it is just one day. The marriage will last
a lifetime. That is what you should be focusing on.
2. No one is going to remember that your centerpieces aren’t
perfect. Or that your napkins didn’t match exactly to the bridesmaids dresses.
They will remember if you have a scowl on your face the entire night though.
3. When everything gets to be too much. Walk away. Take a
break. Take a breather. Whatever. Losing your ish over it isn’t going to help
anyone.
4. Remember to have FUN. This is a gigantic party all.about.you (well, a little about your fiancé too). ENJOY!
Aaaand… if you are anything like me…
5. Have a drink when you need to.
6. Have an awesome set of friends that you can scream to if
need be.
And that’s that. There is no use losing your face over the
small stuff. At the end of the day. If the caterer drops all the food on the
floor before serving it, the flowers don’t show up, one of the groomsmen is too
hungover to function, and one of your bridesmaids missed the memo that this was
your wedding, not hers… you will
still marry your best friend. And that’s all that matters.
Oh… and as a back-up plan I informed our JP and our
photographer that if an emergency is to come up, that they need to follow us to
the hospital so we can still get married. Ya know… just in case.
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