We're getting married in three months.
Easiest decision I've ever made. She is my soul mate & best friend.
Neither of us expected the wedding to be a big deal. Just a big party. She plans far more complicated events for work, on a daily basis.
We got a great deal on a great venue and the best live band around. I thought we were done.
However there are many miles to go before we sleep. Churches and priests and organists and limos and centerpieces and gifts for the wedding party and all sorts of little frills we both consider Extra but that our Wedding Checklist insists is Mandatory.
A lot of it disgusts me. The Wedding Factory. The cold blooded money grab.
I REFUSE TO SPEND THOUSANDS OF DOLLARS ON FLOWERS.
Refuse. No. Absolutely not.
What the Wedding Factory doesn't know that I've witnessed two weddings (Pierce & Maria and Dan & Beth) and they were both very chill and beautiful. without the Factory.
and more importantly, no one died. At either wedding.
And if no one is going to die, then it's not worth getting stressed about.
I think some have mistaken my extra cucumber coolness as apathy, which could not be further from the truth. I simply refuse to be overwhelmed by one gig. The wedding is not more important than the marriage.
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Stick to your guns, man! It can (and will) be done. The day before James and I were married I drove into Boston with a few friends and bought flowers from all of the street vendors we had frequented during our courtship. We threw them all in a cooler in the back of the car. That night we put together all of the bouquets for the bridesmaids and all of the corsages. I had ordered my bouquet. It worked wonderfully.
ReplyDeleteAnd if you need a ride, I will totally drive you.
That's beautiful and truly Inspiring...
ReplyDeleteShe has some brilliant ideas that must remain TOP SECRET, at this particular moment & venue, but may slip out after coffee & banana cake post piano lesson...