Wedding Planning Reality

Just like the majority of women out there I have been planning my wedding since I was old enough to understand what a wedding was! (and I have to say that was very young!) Now that I am engaged and starting to plan my actual wedding (OMG!!!) I realize that there are a million more aspects to a wedding then I had planned for growing up! I think that some of it I had in my head but didn’t understand that I actually had to pick all that stuff out, who knows maybe I thought that they were just standard wedding stuff that everyone already had…

A few things that I know will be a part of my wedding…

1. My dad will be walking me down the aisle of a church
2. I will have on a big ball gown style dress and a veil
3. We will have traditional wedding vows
4. I will be married with the bible that my parents got married with
5. I will ride from the church to the reception in a white limo
6. My husband and I will have the most perfect first dance of all time!
7. Everyone I love and care about will be there!
8. Then my husband and I will go on a honeymoon to remember

So far all of those will be true! But who would have thought of all the little things! What silverware to use, what color should the napkins be, and don’t get me started on flowers!!! The first thing I did after getting engaged is go to the book store and buy a huge wedding planner, this thing is in a 3 inch (ok maybe bigger) notebook and has just about everything you could ever need and think about in it! I hope it will keep me organized along the way, or at least help keep all the important papers together!

I am glad that we only have 9 months to plan the wedding; sometimes I wish it was only a few months! With a long engagement you have lots of time to change plans, add things that aren’t all that important or needed, and spend more money! Let me tell you the sticker price on some wedding stuff is just crazy! When you are short on time you make decisions off the top of your head, which is what you love and want, and go with it, you don’t have time to second guess yourself and change your colors 10 times! I think my wedding will be better because of it, it will include everything Brad and I find important and it will be all of our first choices! I can’t wait until the big day!