Found an inspiring new blog today, a $10,000 wedding. Despite one’s best intentions it really is so easy to get wrapped up in the whole machine so it’ll be good for a change to get a different perspective! Keeping our wedding under 10K was the original goal, but I got really discouraged the more I ventured into the actual planning.
On the topic of keeping it real, the blog Stupid Wedding Crap rocks and reading it is a breath of fresh air! This about sums up exactly how I’ve been feeling:
Lately a lot of people have been asking me if I’m excited to get married when they actually mean ‘Are you excited to have a wedding?’ You see, I’m completely psyched about getting married. I’m looking forward to making a public commitment to the man that I’ve loved for the past 5 years and will love for the rest of my life. I am not excited about the following:
- Finding a location
- Picking a date that doesn’t interfere with everyone else’s lives
- Choosing flowers
- Finding a dress
Asking my friend Lily to be my maid of honor
Done! I totally cried. It was great.- Other wedding stuff I can’t bear to imagine
From the post Tractor & Cow Wedding Cake Topper
Amen! In fact during my very painful venue search which I conducted while dragging my feet and accompanied with copious amounts of whining to any of my friends who would listen one of them actually said to me “You don’t actually want to have a wedding, do you?” A very insightful friend that one is. But thanks to the mom who took matters into her own hands by booking a flight out here to kick my butt in gear and get the deal sealed, a venue was secured for next summer. So now there is no turning back. And I need to re-focus and re-visit how to make this work on a modest budget.
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