Five Things They Don’t Tell You About Planning A Wedding
Happy Monday babes! I hope you all are having the best start to the week and had a great weekend. We were in Michigan over the weekend, and I’ve gotta tell y’all I do not miss all that crazy cold weather! Minus the freezing rain, it was so nice being back and spending some laid back time with everyone there. With our wedding officially 116 days away I wanted to share, Five Things They Don’t Tell You About Planning A Wedding. I could probably make a longer list, but I’ll spare you and only list five.
I was told by so many people that our engagement period would fly by. I honestly rolled my eyes and did not believe anything they were saying. The total length of our engagement when it’s all said and done will be 10 months. Not crazy short or long, it’s that nice sweet spot of just under a year. Well fast forward to today and I can not believe that my bachelorette weekend is in a month, or that we will be saying “I do” in such a short amount of time!
One thing I wish I would have done better through this process: documenting all of the small blissful moments.
I hate to break it to you, but if you think you won’t cry throughout your engagement you’re nuts. Let me break it down for you on why crying is completely unavoidable.
Your emotions are out of control. Take your everyday stressful life, add everything that goes into wedding planning, throw a diet in there (we all know it happens, don’t pretend) and then your monthly visit. Yeah, you’re done for.
If that wasn’t enough to make you cry, try throwing in your parents emotions, friends opinions and the fact that every vendor is suddenly 10% more expensive now that you’re planning a wedding, I promise there will be some ugly crying.
I remember last month looking at Aaron and saying, “this is supposed to be such a happy time and I feel like we’re missing out on it.” Don’t get me wrong, there have been so many happy and exciting times throughout our engagement. I just wish I would have prepared better for all the emotions that come along with it!
When they say, you know it’s the one once you put it on they’re completely right. I walked into the second bridal store, put on the third dress and automatically knew it was the one. No questions asked. It was the easiest decision to make, minus saying yes of course! Also, only bring 2-3 people with you when you’re picking out your dress. How you feel in the dress is really all that matters at the end of the day!
It must be the hormones or the fact that there is a set in stone deadline, but for the first couple of months EVERYONE stressed me out. EVERYONE. I’m pretty sure the mailman even caused stress in my life during that time. PSYCHO STATUS.
Find out right now what helps you to relax and remember that for once you get engaged. It’ll help save you so much headache and arguments in the future.
Once we got engaged I was running around like a crazy person. Every venue seemed to be booking up the day before I saw it, and there truly were not enough hours in the day. So when life gets busy, something has to give. Unfortunately my diet and workout schedule disappeared first. It wasn’t until about 2 months ago that I finally started making it a priority again. It’s easy to grab fast food, or really any type of takeout when making a meal requires about double the amount of time. But trust me when I say, you do not want to let your health fall to the side. You’ll only start to feel rushed and panicked once the days to the wedding start trickling down.
Married ladies! I would love to hear about somethings you wish you would have known before your wedding day. Let’s all share the knowledge and maybe one day this whole process will become less hectic!
XOXO
Emily