Planning a traditional wedding:Set date, announce to family, announce to friends, update Facebook relationship status, take engagement pictures, send save-the-dates.
Buy a dozen wedding planning books, book church, book reception hall, draw up budget, throw up in your mouth at how much a wedding costs, re-draw budget, create guest list, slash guest list.
Pick a maid of honor, pick a best man, pick a flower girl, pick a ring bearer, pick your nose.
Meet with DJs, barter with DJs, book DJ, taste cakes, taste cupcakes, taste fake cakes, book baker, find limos, think about music, hum music, book musician, buy custom-made wedding bands.
Look for dress, try on dress with friends, buy dress, wait for dress to be delivered, make final payment on dress, try on dress once weekly for months.
Have tux custom-made on a whim while traveling overseas, hang tux in closet, never try tux on and hope it fits on the Big Day.
Think about flowers, send guy pictures of flowers at work, dream about flowers, create an assortment of flowers, re-create flowers idea after scrapping for a better one, think about flowers some more, book florist, redesign flower ideas once more.
Book pastor, begin 8-week marriage counseling, drive two hours each Sunday so you can attend church and counseling sessions, confirm that you really were meant for each other after all.
Learn how to dance, how to mix a cocktail, how to build a wedding website, how to throw a bouquet, how to spell distant cousins' names, how to not invite people, how to disinvite people, that "full figure garter belts" exist, that everything is obscenely expensive.
Plan ceremony, plan reception, plan honeymoon, plan backup plans.
Day of - wake up, say "I do," party hearty, ooh-la-la.
Eloping:
Book plane tickets. Get married. Tell mom via postcard.
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6 comments:
hahhaha! Oh Mikey!!! It's funny you are having those thoughts before! Matt and I talk about it once a month...The pictures and memories you and your friends & fam will have is worth all the $$$$ - plus its FUNNNNN and magical and lovely and YOUR WEDDING!!
now you know why i did what i did :-P
This is dead-on. So good, in fact, that I cant stop chuckling. Yes, I said chucking. Just got married in Oct. Best of luck from now until your Big Day!
This is dead-on. So good, in fact, that I cant stop chuckling. Yes, I said chucking. Just got married in Oct. Best of luck from now until your Big Day!
Marsandle - Oh, we bring it up at least once a week. But the invitations just went out, so we're probably stuck.
lindabeth - I think you may have gotten it right.
Lucas - Thanks... and congratulations yourself! Glad to see you made it...
This made me laugh! You are a wonderful writer!
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