Posted in ceremony, reception, wedding, tagged altneratives to bouquets, black white and green wedding, changing ceremony words, david's bridal clover, dj backed out, florist not returning calls, green bridal shoes, LP guest book, record guest book, stressed out bride, wedding planning, wedding planning is hard on May 2, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Wedding planning has been one of the most complicated things I’ve ever done. It has its elated moments when you feel special and its “WTF!” moments when you feel like ripping out throats, or at least breaking down in tears. Since my last post we’ve had several “WTF!” moments happen.
WTF!
My DJ, an old high school [...]
Posted in ceremony, wedding, tagged bride's dream, church ceremony, compromising, groom's dream, indoor wedding, manor at gunpowder, manor catering, manor tavern, our lady of grace church, outdoor wedding, wedding ceremony, wedding planning, wedding times on January 14, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Despite my abhorrence to the idea of holding our wedding ceremony in a church, Mike may have won out.
When ever we discuss the ceremony itself, there is a discomfort in Mike’s body language and vocal response. It means a lot to him that we get married in a church, even though he is not a [...]
Posted in ceremony, wedding, tagged friendship, martial arts, tae kwon do, wedding ceremony, wedding officiant, wedding planning on August 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
A very dear old friend has agreed to marry us. For months I’ve been emailing officiants recommended on The Knot to no avail. Most live in the DC area and are not willing to come to Monkton unless I pay a heft fee. I didn’t really want someone unfamiliar anyway and it had to be [...]
Posted in wedding, tagged ceremony, engagement party, Family, guest list, invitations, ordained minister, wedding details, wedding planning on August 5, 2008 | 2 Comments »
It’s unfortunate, but I had to limit the number of people invited to the engagement party. This weekend we sat down and made the cuts. Those people cut will still be invited to the wedding, but because of limited space at the hostess’ home, some very dear family members will not be getting invites in [...]
Posted in wedding, wedding attire, tagged black and white, bridesmaids dresses, david's bridal, wedding planning on July 1, 2008 | 4 Comments »
After some encouragment from Amanda to look at David’s Bridal separates, and Jenni’s advice to just go with what makes me happy and stop worrying so much about everyone else, I stumbled across these and think they’re exactly what I want in bridesmaid attire. I think it would be fun to have the girls in [...]
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