How postponing my wedding saved my marriage
“It’s just one day,” I said to myself nervously. “It’s the marriage after that matters.”
I repeated that like a mantra while I continued with the plans for a day I didn’t want to have, not at that time or in that way. I had made promises, printed invitations, spent the money I was given for the “big day.”
Wouldn’t I be letting everyone down if I cancelled or postponed? I kept my mouth shut while guilt and nerves churned in my stomach.
How do I STOP planning the wedding?
Most of my wedding planning is done. There’s not much left really, except the minor things that will get wrapped up right before… but I feel like there is so much left to do and keep getting the urge to add more, and more! I try to remind myself that we are on a budget and what we got already is fine… but then why do I want to add, for instance, photos/or/drawings of us around the venue? I am stuck in bridal over-planning mode! How do I STOP organizing and planning and take a step back? Is this just feeling that will linger until the final days where I can actually SEE things come together?
Hotel insider info: How to book a block of hotel rooms for your wedding guests
I have worked in hospitality — at hotel front desks, bars, and even housekeeping — for years. Over those years I’ve picked up a few tips to make the wedding-and-hotel experience go a little smoother. Here are my tips on booking a block of hotel rooms for your wedding guests.
If I could start all over: things I’d do differently to avoid wedding day trainwrecks
So my wedding came and went. I went into it feeling pretty good and prepared, I had all my vendors confirmed, floor plans, decor inventory, decorations, vendor contact spreadsheets submitted to my day-of-coordinators three days before, and I was able to relax and not take care of anything major. The wedding day started out well enough… Then, slowly, it fell apart. Here are the things that, if I could start all over again, I would have done differently…
How do you fight wedding decision fatigue?
While trying to organize everything for our wedding, I feel so overwhelmed with options that I have become very indecisive about things.
How did you come to a decision on anything from theme, color-way, dress, guest gifts, etc.? Was it hard after to not compare it to other options? How often did you change your mind before coming to final decision?
Snip the stamen and 12 other tiny, unexpected ways to minimize chaos on your wedding day
Do you know what to do if your best man is giving a totally inappropriate speech? Or how a shoe organizer can keep your wedding day stress levels down? Or what kind of easy-to-encounter wedding day stain is 100% permanent? Probably not. Luckily as a professional wedding photographer, Angie Gaul has been privy to hundreds of weddings. Here are her suggestions for small, surprising ways to reduce your wedding day havoc .