May 2008 Brides

[Class n Sass]

So it''s getting closer and the stress of a bug wedding is beginning to hit me. Anyone else going through the same thing??

 

[lucy love]

YES!!!!!!!!

1 month from TOMORROW. when''s your big day??

 

[swimmer]

Hi, so those weird wedding related dreams (you know you have ''em) have now turned into a sort of out of body feeling. No, I don''t take any recreational drugs

I am so excited to be married, but weird wedding stuff keeps cropping up regarding old friends, transportation, etc. The excellent thing is that I''m going to Asia in a few days s and getting back less than a month before the wedding on the 25th. Taking a bunch of students so it won''t be restful, but it will be a change of pace. And I need to get silk shawls and pearls for the BMs, so am excited to get my haggling on again.

But somehow it feels soooooo far away, this wedding thing.
Need to: finish organizing ceremony so that Rabbi can''t start expounding on love or something
find non-bulky and yet substantial enough to control my mane dainty barrette(s)
decide on plans for august honeymoon in Argentina/Brazil
write ty notes (another shower this weekend)
finish dissertation
stop eating candy for meals
find someone to do a hair trial if you are getting married elsewhere and just want to "see"
programs
decide on stuff for out of town bags (glass bottled coke, moon pie, googoo cluster and maps?)
Yeah, that is all, and pray for no rain.

How are you doing May ladies?

 

[blondie23]

YES YES YES!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Mine is also on May 25th and I'm starting to freak out. Most of the things I have left to do are finalize things but needless to say I am stressed out!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

 

[ephemery1]

Just a May 2007 bride popping in to wish you all the best of luck!!

FWIW, I think May was the absolute most perfect time to get married... weather was gorgeous, all of our guests were excited because it was the first wedding of the "season" and everything just felt so fresh and new and exciting, the way it always does in the spring.

Everyone told me that everything goes too quickly, and you really have to fight to stay "in the moment", but I actually didn't think it was all that tough... when you focus on what a beautiful, happy day it is, the moment just sort of finds you.

Have fun!!

ETA -- I was a basketcase in the month or 2 before my wedding... and didn't really settle down until the day before. Then on the day of, I had other future brides coming up and asking me how I stayed so calm and happy! I told them it was because I'd expended ALLLL my stress and worry on the last few months, and there was absolutely none left. So don't feel bad for stressing now... just make lists and get everything done, and on the day of, you'll be fine.

 

[blondie23]

ephemery....thank you!!!!!!!!!!

 

[lucy love]

Date: 4/3/2008 7:12:08 AM
Author: swimmer
decide on plans for august honeymoon in Argentina/Brazil

I''ve been to Argentina and Peru!! They''re both awesome countries. Just a tip - if you go to Peru and visit the city of Cusco, take some alcohol pads with you (the first aid kind). The height altitude really got to me and I got sick and felt nauseous! But someone told me to get the alcohol cloth and smell it. You just have to rip open the top and sniff away. =P That''s a last resort of course. Better to go with some medicine that prevents it completely.

anyway... here''s my list of things I still need to do:

1. figure out what food to serve pre-lunch as appetizers (just going to COSTCO)
2. select my ceremony songs
3. finish our program/story booklet
4. find my shoes - wedding dress & reception dress
5. find housing for some out of town guests who can''t afford hotel
6. write thank you notes (2 showers coming up)
7. decide menu for rehearsal dinner

and there''s a lot more that i don''t want to think about right now.

 

[Class n Sass]

I am getting married May 24th. I have done all the big stuff a long time ago. Now it''s all about tying everything together. I need to organize the day and make sure all of my hostesses know what to do. I might need to first figure out what it is I need them to do...lol. But then there is the music for the band...coming up with all the songs that I want them to play for certain parts of the reception like the cake cutting, garter toss, bouquet toss etc. Then there are the favors. We are doing CDs and my fiance is in charge of that. He was all into it at first but now he has stopped and I am getting nervous. I need to give him a deadline otherwise I am picking a new favor...lol OMG! I know there are a ton of other things but I just can''t think right now...I''m getting freaked out!