Oh the humanity
So, planning a wedding can be fun. Or not. Depending on your proclivities. And your fiance. I have a list of people to whom I'm sending save the date cards/magnets. Okay, they're magnets on cards. They're very cute. I like them. I liked the first set I ordered that had the wrong date on them. Not because the printers screwed up so much as I was so excited to be getting hitched that the minute we settled on a date and before we had actually FOUND a place, I ordered them.
I'll never make THAT mistake again. Of course, I don't intend to be planning any more weddings any time soon.
Anyway, so I have the cards, and I've put most of them in envelopes and addressed them and put my return address stickers on them and our cute stamps that have our picture on them and whatnot. And I have about 20 more than I thought I needed (this is a yay, since that means 20 fewer invitations to order) and I have about 8 that need addresses still. Needless to say, they are Noah's people for whom I have no address. And for 2 weeks now I've told him "I need these addresses so we can send the save the dates to them." And he's said "okay."
So far? Zip. The only ones I've procured since then are the ones for whom I managed to find a way to get into touch with said card receivers and asked myself. So frustrating. I wanted to send them all at once so no one can say "why didn't I get a save the date card?" but I've figured out that, well, I'm just going to say "the hell with it" and send them at the end of the week so that we can actually send most of them. And the ones who don't get a card and call because they didn't? Noah can get their addresses then.
Or not invite them, I guess.
Deciding on whom to invite and not invite is hard. I mean, I feel like we can invite a lot of people because my dad is paying for the reception and all, but then again, I feel like I don't want to take advantage. Also, it means people will be, essentially giving up a holiday for us, since the wedding will be on New Year's day. So that means coming here on NYE. Since we're cheap and we're having a noon wedding. The reason for that is actually two-fold: 1--most people have the 1st off so it's not as big a deal to ask people to come in the middle of the day to Chapel Hill and watch us get hitched and 2--Ella's nap/bedtime. It's a LOT easier for her to miss a nap and then go to bed early than it is for us to get her to bed after she's been up waaaaaay too late. Plus then we don't have to worry about someone getting her to bed and all that while we're trying to celebrate at the reception. I want her to be as big a part of as much of it as she can.
Although honestly? I'm sure she'll get tired of the whole thing by about 3:30 and be ready for a nap anyway.
So, I'm going down my checklist and I think I'm doing okay given that I'm 6 months out:
Bridal party decided upon? Check
Officiants roped into doing the ceremony? Check
Location for ceremony and reception? Check
Music for both? Check
Save the dates ordered? Check
Wedding dress? Check
Food choices made for reception? Check
Pretty much at this point it's all down to bridesmaid dresses, tuxes, buying wedding bands, flowers, invitations, programs, and the other minor stuff like gifts for the VIPs and all.
Dang, this is exciting. I'm getting hitched.
I'll never make THAT mistake again. Of course, I don't intend to be planning any more weddings any time soon.
Anyway, so I have the cards, and I've put most of them in envelopes and addressed them and put my return address stickers on them and our cute stamps that have our picture on them and whatnot. And I have about 20 more than I thought I needed (this is a yay, since that means 20 fewer invitations to order) and I have about 8 that need addresses still. Needless to say, they are Noah's people for whom I have no address. And for 2 weeks now I've told him "I need these addresses so we can send the save the dates to them." And he's said "okay."
So far? Zip. The only ones I've procured since then are the ones for whom I managed to find a way to get into touch with said card receivers and asked myself. So frustrating. I wanted to send them all at once so no one can say "why didn't I get a save the date card?" but I've figured out that, well, I'm just going to say "the hell with it" and send them at the end of the week so that we can actually send most of them. And the ones who don't get a card and call because they didn't? Noah can get their addresses then.
Or not invite them, I guess.
Deciding on whom to invite and not invite is hard. I mean, I feel like we can invite a lot of people because my dad is paying for the reception and all, but then again, I feel like I don't want to take advantage. Also, it means people will be, essentially giving up a holiday for us, since the wedding will be on New Year's day. So that means coming here on NYE. Since we're cheap and we're having a noon wedding. The reason for that is actually two-fold: 1--most people have the 1st off so it's not as big a deal to ask people to come in the middle of the day to Chapel Hill and watch us get hitched and 2--Ella's nap/bedtime. It's a LOT easier for her to miss a nap and then go to bed early than it is for us to get her to bed after she's been up waaaaaay too late. Plus then we don't have to worry about someone getting her to bed and all that while we're trying to celebrate at the reception. I want her to be as big a part of as much of it as she can.
Although honestly? I'm sure she'll get tired of the whole thing by about 3:30 and be ready for a nap anyway.
So, I'm going down my checklist and I think I'm doing okay given that I'm 6 months out:
Bridal party decided upon? Check
Officiants roped into doing the ceremony? Check
Location for ceremony and reception? Check
Music for both? Check
Save the dates ordered? Check
Wedding dress? Check
Food choices made for reception? Check
Pretty much at this point it's all down to bridesmaid dresses, tuxes, buying wedding bands, flowers, invitations, programs, and the other minor stuff like gifts for the VIPs and all.
Dang, this is exciting. I'm getting hitched.