Bridezilla on the loose!
So far, the most fun part of wedding planning has been anything that makes it seem real. Seeing Nate in his suit… getting my hair and makeup done… seeing our venue in all its summer beauty. Those last two happened this past weekend when I went back to Massachusetts for what I’m deeming Wedding Whirlwind Weekend with my mom. Nate had to stay back in Salt Lake and my dad was out of town, so the two of us had a few marathon days of wedding planning mayhem. Hair and makeup trials, cake tasting, stationery selection – we tackled pretty much the whole of the remaining wedding to-do list. It was almost more than we could handle – my head hit the pillow pretty hard on Saturday night! – but we got so much done. And after meeting with the florist at our venue on Saturday, I had (for the first time) a completely stress-free wedding dream: that it was our wedding day, the weather was perfect, and I was so unbelievably happy I could barely contain myself.
I guess that’s the feeling that comes with getting stuff done. Quite the contrast with the first wedding dream I had, in which I walked up the aisle and Nate wasn’t there. Hah!
Guess which one I hope becomes reality in September?
Saturday we did hair trials. I loved mine, though it took a few tries. The final style used only 6 bobby pins (SIX!) and looked great all day. Now if I can just order dry, sunny weather for my wedding, that will be perfect. All the couples that got married in New England this past weekend totally lucked out!
Sunday was makeup trials. The makeup artist came to our house and we sat out on the porch in a lovely breeze while she made me up. I kept telling her to go darker – our wedding is in the evening – but I felt kind of like a drag queen after wearing it all day. Gonna have to go a liiiiittle more natural on the day of… especially on the brows. YIKES did I have some brows on me.
Is this boring? I feel like it must be, but at the same time I can’t stop myself from just spewing it. I’m also trying to tell you stuff without actually telling you anything, because I feel pretty strongly that I want a lot of the wedding to be a surprise. Sorry about that – I promise pictures after the fact! If there were an internet-wide Snapchat, I would send you one right now. Wait, no, that’s super creepy.
We also ate our weight in sugar this weekend. I can’t even believe how many different kinds of cake there were to taste… but you can see the irrefutable photo evidence above. And then there was the box of pastries they handed us on our way out of the tasting:
Aaaand we ate every bite.
OK, so the cake: It’s going to have four layers, and we chose two different flavors. Again… can’t tell you what. I’m trying to have a little something for everyone, while not having it taste too typically “wedding.” No raspberry filling for this bride! Easier said than done, but I’m pretty happy with what we chose. Fingers crossed that I actually get to eat some. If nothing else, I’m sure to get at least one bite from the slice Nate will probably smash all over my face at the first opportunity.
Good thing I have a trusting groom who lets me pick all this stuff out. That probably says something about the way we balance each other, huh?
The wedding to-do list is still long, including some pretty important items… like getting the invitations out. (Yeah, that’s gonna be necessary.) But at this point it’s clear that everything will get done, and rain or shine, we’re really getting married in just about two months. Woo hoo!
I also feel compelled to mention that despite all the wedding talk, it’s the marriage that really matters to me. You know, the part where I get to spend the rest of my life with the man I love? I must admit I like getting caught up in the silly wedding details, but if I wake up on September 21st married to Nate, everything will have gone as planned.
I say that… aaaand then I find myself in the stationery store for three hours, flipping out to my mom over papaya vs. persimmon and letterpress vs. thermography. WHY does this stuff apparently matter to me so much? Crazy talk, I tell ya.
P.S. My mom’s the best.
Have you planned or helped to plan a wedding? What were your favorite and least favorite parts?
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Cake tasting was totally my favorite part! We ended up with chocolate and vanilla layers with chocolate ganache on the inside and vanilla on the outside — easy, simple, universally appealing (mostly). I have to say, though, the lemon and carrot cakes were both very tempting :)
Hair was the WORST. I’m so happy your trial went well! Not only did my trial not go well and my hair person (not my normal hair person) seemed to resent the entire experience, but once we did settle on something I liked, she was unable to replicate it the day of the wedding. It turned out okay, and I ended up with just a simple style that was more “me,” but getting there was an experience.
Oh, and buying shapewear. That sucked. Should have just bought a more flowing dress, in retrospect. Or perhaps one with a corset built in.
Fingers crossed that I like my hair as much on my wedding day as after the trial! We ended up with half chocolate, half vanilla, too, but now I’m wishing I had a carrot cake option… I would toootally pick that :)
Sending good hair vibes your way! And yeah, the carrot cake was a tough call…though as a silver lining, I now know what kind of cake to get my husband for his birthday. :)
No matter how busy I am at work or with life, I always make time to read wedding posts :) So keep on sharing! I am such a planner and LOVED planning my wedding, but wasn’t really into having it be perfect or into details. I basically told my florist to make things pretty with my budget and all I wanted was to make sure I had light pink roses in my bouquet! Man, looking back I could have been a lot more particular but I really was just going with the flow. Wedding cake tasting was by far the best part! It sounds like yours is going to be incredible :)
I am the exact same way – I’m not super into the details and actually get annoyed when the florist tries to bring me into them! I remember your gorgeous wedding pictures and hope mine turn out half as nice :)
Go natural on the makeup ! Have been married almost 30 years ( this oct = 30)
The one regret looking back is that the makeup person said I needed eye shadow, I never usually wore it. To this day in my picture all I can see is blue eye shadow!! Lol keep it as close to your regular look just dressed up a little!
Enjoy every minute because soon it 30 years later!!
I couldn’t agree more – my goal is to look like myself, just a liiittle better :) Congratulations on 30 years – what a great milestone!
I’ve been to 2 weddings recently, and I didn’t get to try either wedding cake. At least it was because I was busy having tons of fun.
I’d say dancing is more important that cake :)
I’m dying to know what kind of cake you’re having! I want to get married again just for the cake, haha.
It’s insane how many details there are to consider and the overwhelming amount of choices but it sounds like you have the right attitude about it all.
I can’t wait to see the big day unfold for you. What everyone says really is true- your wedding day is the best day of your life!
Wayyy too many choices. I could never do a DIY wedding! If it is half as beautiful as yours, I will be all set :)
Congrats on the fastly approaching day of marital bliss!