wedding cheesiness.
so i might make some people sick right now, but i don't really care.
through this whole wedding planning process, there have been times of laughter, fun, excitement, but also stress, arguments (mainly with my mother), and compromise. if i had to do it all over again, well, i would probably still do this typical wedding hoopla, maybe trim the guest list about 100 or so people. if i had the money, i would hire a coordinator for EVERYTHING. if i didn't have such a big family that i love, yes, we could have just gone to mexico with 50 of our closest friends/family - but that's not really me. i can be simple and low maintainance, but i can also be spoiled and high maintainance, it comes with being an only child. there is nothing that i regret about this wedding planning process, except that i have gotten frustrated and let little things get to me sometimes, or get so stressed out i lose 3lbs for no reason, seriously? for example, it doesn't matter who walks who down the aisle, how long the mass is (shawna has an iphone, i'm sure you will all be entertained ;) ), or the fact that we somehow managed to get a 4 tier cake with a 6 inch topper after not wanting cake at all. yes, mom, i understand you are paying for the cake among other things. you know what? that's fine, we have an alternate dessert as well, which is what we'll be feeding each other. like lesli advised me, to pick and choose my battles. i did just that. i chose the right battles for me, i compromised with my mom on certain things, because lets be honest, she's my MOM and i'm her only daughter, the things that were important to me, i fought for. i asked chris for ideas and when i did he had great ones and even had some input in the wedding even from 3000 miles away ;) in the end, i'm not going to care that anything went wrong or didn't turn out right and neither is anyone else.
in the end, i'm going to focus on the main goal: that i am going to marry the love of my life, the man that i have waited my entire life for, who makes me want to be a better person, who GETS me, who loves me for ME, who makes me laugh and who makes me smile when i'm getting upset over stupid things...like when he sends me emails like this, first thing in the morning, that REMIND ME it is not about this big party and flowers and a cake topper, but it is about US.
SUBJECT: just a reminder
"i love you. and i can't wait to marry you.
just remember that when you're getting stressed over little things
and big things
and nothing at all
and when you're not getting stressed
just always remember"
:)
i will admit, when i logged onto theknot.com this morning and it said "welcome sirena and chris. 39 days until your wedding" i might have inhaled sharply thinking of all the things left to do, but then i smiled because you know what? in 39 days (actually less), i won't ever have to be apart from my chris again :)
happy tuesday. who wore a scarf today? because i did.
through this whole wedding planning process, there have been times of laughter, fun, excitement, but also stress, arguments (mainly with my mother), and compromise. if i had to do it all over again, well, i would probably still do this typical wedding hoopla, maybe trim the guest list about 100 or so people. if i had the money, i would hire a coordinator for EVERYTHING. if i didn't have such a big family that i love, yes, we could have just gone to mexico with 50 of our closest friends/family - but that's not really me. i can be simple and low maintainance, but i can also be spoiled and high maintainance, it comes with being an only child. there is nothing that i regret about this wedding planning process, except that i have gotten frustrated and let little things get to me sometimes, or get so stressed out i lose 3lbs for no reason, seriously? for example, it doesn't matter who walks who down the aisle, how long the mass is (shawna has an iphone, i'm sure you will all be entertained ;) ), or the fact that we somehow managed to get a 4 tier cake with a 6 inch topper after not wanting cake at all. yes, mom, i understand you are paying for the cake among other things. you know what? that's fine, we have an alternate dessert as well, which is what we'll be feeding each other. like lesli advised me, to pick and choose my battles. i did just that. i chose the right battles for me, i compromised with my mom on certain things, because lets be honest, she's my MOM and i'm her only daughter, the things that were important to me, i fought for. i asked chris for ideas and when i did he had great ones and even had some input in the wedding even from 3000 miles away ;) in the end, i'm not going to care that anything went wrong or didn't turn out right and neither is anyone else.
in the end, i'm going to focus on the main goal: that i am going to marry the love of my life, the man that i have waited my entire life for, who makes me want to be a better person, who GETS me, who loves me for ME, who makes me laugh and who makes me smile when i'm getting upset over stupid things...like when he sends me emails like this, first thing in the morning, that REMIND ME it is not about this big party and flowers and a cake topper, but it is about US.
SUBJECT: just a reminder
"i love you. and i can't wait to marry you.
just remember that when you're getting stressed over little things
and big things
and nothing at all
and when you're not getting stressed
just always remember"
:)
i will admit, when i logged onto theknot.com this morning and it said "welcome sirena and chris. 39 days until your wedding" i might have inhaled sharply thinking of all the things left to do, but then i smiled because you know what? in 39 days (actually less), i won't ever have to be apart from my chris again :)
happy tuesday. who wore a scarf today? because i did.
