I feel like just yesterday I posted our engagement story, and now there are 16 days until the wedding. 16 days! I cannot express how excited I am for this day to be here, and for our post-wedding life to begin. I've had two wonderful wedding showers, a fabulous bachelorette party, and now I'm hunkering down for the final supposed pre-wedding craziness. Everyone says I'll get bogged down with details and have SO MUCH TO DO. So...if I really don't have that much to do, am I doing something wrong?
I do have a nice little to-do list, but it's totally nothing I can't handle. Paint some vases, tie a few ribbons, get some stuff printed, plan day-of schedule, make lists of things to bring. No big deal. It seems like everyone makes wedding planning out to be this big, stressful, time-consuming thing. Is it really? Wedding planning advice newsletters continuously give suggestions like, "Manage your stress - take time to meditate," or "Designate one non-wedding night per week where you and your fiance hang out without talking about wedding stuff." Part of me feels as if I've missed something. I haven't felt stressed, I haven't been freaking out...I just want the day to be here.
The only thing I can honestly say I've gotten stressed about is the overall cost of things. For example...
Unity Candle Set: $30-50 (It's a flipping candle holder and three candles)
Guestbook: $25 and up (It's a notebook with lined pages)
Cake cutting set: $30-$60 (You don't see the handle or personalization in pictures, and you'll never use it again!)
Isn't the point of the wedding day to legally join two lives into one new family unit? At the end of the day, regardless of the guestbook, candles, flowers, cutting set.....Chris and I will be married. 10 years from now, we wont care or remember what any of it looked like. Okay, so you might ask why are we actually having a wedding, and I'll be completely honest. I really really do want to wear a beautiful white dress, get all done up, and party with all of my family and friends. So...bring it on! Let's get married already!!!!!!
Enjoy a very select few pictures from my extremely awesome bachelorette party - a girl's weekend at the lake. It was relaxing, laid back, and fun......my kind of party.
