Great Friends are Great no Matter Where They Live

So after a stressful week at work I am finally getting refocused on the wedding and all the planning that goes along with it....I am enjoying looking at Save-The-Date templates...signing contracts....picking out favors...and communicating with all of my bridesmaids.

However, what has been odd to me is that I have had numerous people (some of my closest family members and girlfriends) say to me..."I am sorry that I haven't been there for you...I know this is the most important time in your life....what can I do to help you plan...." Well the reality is that "It's all good". The planning is coming along fine...just because I haven't talked to you about the wedding doesn't mean that you are failing me as a friend.

The wedding is one day out of my life that yes is VERY important...but there is no reason to put unnecessary strain on friendship because of lack of communication about the wedding....

So with that said I encourage all of those individuals who believe that they are letting me down to let go of that thought...send me ideas...view my wedding website....contribute to the reception play list....that's the help I need....

To all of you GREAT GIRLS...I love you all and will touch base with you again real soon....

Kisses ~The Bride

Don't Sweat the Small Stuff

Success with wedding planning is all about NOT sweating the small stuff. Over the past few days I have been worrying a lot about the "details" the little things that I believe will make a difference in our special day being looked at as amazing or just average....what a joke...what a waste of time....

*Over the past week I have stressed about having chair covers for the reception, how should we decorate the church, wedding favors what should we give...and is it even going to matter....are people going to remember any of it??? -what I have been told is NO...the chairs won't feel "that" different with covers....decorating the church is not a requirement...and let's see favors...some people won't even take them home...

*The second thing that I have experienced is dealing with a bride to be (not me) that said to me in an e-mail that she has not had any fun in planning her wedding....with this I think about what she will be thinking in regards to the wedding planning 30 years from now...my guess is that she will be able to laugh and be amused at how brides always sweat the small stuff when they should just sit back and enjoy the craziness...because with soul mates you only get to experience crazy wedding planning blunders once....

So just to update...there will be no chair covers at my wedding reception...the church will not be decorated with tons of flowers...and the wedding favors well that is yet to be determined.

I'm out -the bride-