Ian and I knew pretty much as soon as we started dating that we were each other's biggest fans. We made it officially forever last summer and our wedding is in June, about 10 months after the proposal. I've been back and forth a lot thinking about a wedding - from a big day with everyone there to eloping and keeping it to the most important people in our lives. I swore up and down that I wanted it super small and so we compromised in the beginning and aimed for a 50 person guest list. But once we started writing just family down it became clear that we were going to have to cut some to make that number and everyone wasn't thrilled about that... understandably. So we had a choice - either really elope with the two of us or have a bigger wedding than 50 people.
And so here we are, 120 invited guests and a really expensive dress later :) Oops, I'm that bride. The one that got caught up in all the pretty and has to stop herself before ordering $1,200 in table runners.
(They are amazing, can you blame me?)
The last couple of months I've kind of slacked off. And not because I'm not excited because I AM. I cannot wait to marry Ian! But it seems funny to be doing all this when we already feel married. We live together, we parent together, we're a family together. We want to buy a bigger house to grow into together (and please Lord let it shorten our commutes) but we're spending all this money on one day when it could be a down payment on that house. It almost feels like we're going backwards a bit, just to get that fairytale moment...
But hey, if you're going to do it, make it real nice y'all! Somehow we're only four months away and I couldn't feel more behind. I still need shoes, a veil, programs, ceremony decor, escort cards, favors, out of town guest bags and flowers. Yup, no florist yet, which seems semi-important. Y-i-k-e-s.
I totally understand where you're coming from with spending the money on a wedding when it could be a house and all that. Christian and I started living together in August, engaged in Oct and we're getting married this Oct. and we have house fever. I've always been obsessed with weddings but now that it's mine for some reason I'm more stressed than excited. I just want it to be "official" because at this point all we're missing is the signed piece of paper! And judging by those pictures, you're wedding is going to be beautiful!!
ReplyDeleteIt is stressful, so much pressure! Thanks for the comment :) xo, Megan
DeleteI love the sneak peek! The first "literature" I ever started reading was bridal magazines and I've been planning weddings since I was...4? 5? Right down to the littlest details that almost inevitably end up getting forgotten in the whirlwind of wedding planning. If you ever, everrrrr need any help at all, have a question, need an extra hand with some DIY things, anything at all, I'd absolutely love to help out in any way I can! You're going to be the most beautiful bride ever, no matter what. :) xoxo
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