November 4, 2012
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gone slack
Some of my friends figured that I’d up the ante with the wedding preparations but in all honesty, after the caterers and venue was booked. I’ve kinda slacked off completely.
I have kinda looked at the following:
-wedding cakes,
-wedding rings
-wedding music i.e band/dj
-celebrant/church/registry
-invitations
But haven’t really made a commitment to anything and have only been doing that.. Just looking. At the end of the day, when you really look at it, there’s still 18mths to go but time goes by really quickly. I remember this time last year my cousin telling me she was getting married in May 2013. And now there’s literally about 6 or so months to her wedding (and she’s done next to no planning)..
When it really boils down, a wedding – whether great or bad boils down to the bride, only because the bride’s usually the one who’s had to string everything together (including the countless hours of research). If they take a lax attitude(to which I’m starting to do) and it doesn’t pan out the way the wanted it- well they should have done something about it sooner.
But then I guess, there are times when things don’t go to plan (I’ve been to several weddings where crazy things happen like no cake, wrong cake or two many cakes etc).. but then it comes down to the planning and the person.
If you’re one of those “blase” people who doesn’t really care and are able to go with the flow, then it wouldn’t matter if things don’t go as planned because you could just wing it.
but for most (including myself), having a back-up plan and playing the “worst case scenarios” ahead of times allows you to relax, and possibly stress less when things literally go AWOL.
However, for the most part of the day, the guests won’t notice all the intricate details that the brides put in but just the basic things like
-the look of the cake
-the basic look of the venue
-the dress
-the food
but it’s those intricate things that without some prior and proper planning, would go astray and the day not necessarily flowing as well.
so the more i type this, the more i realize i better get cracking…
The one thing I have delegated to the other half is the honeymoon.
If he gets it wrong, he will spend the next Xth amount of his life in the dog house.
