How do people plan a wedding...
...for longer than three months? I have to say, I am glad we are making it snappy. Having the light at the end of the tunnel before the New Year makes things much more palatable. So many things to choose, file, sign, and think about.
I think I am a bit of a lazy bride.
Of course, the fact that I am getting married in a country where I can only function at a toddler-level with the language makes it different, I suppose. I am getting out of doing a lot of the leg work. :) All I have been responsible for so far is to pick a pretty dress...which I have accomplished quite outstandingly, if I do say so myself.
That, and I stated quite emphatically that I want strawberry jam layered with white cake and sugary frosting.
Having jam is important on my wedding day. So is my pretty dress. Almost as important as getting all the papers translated and in on time so we can actually get married, I guess.
Sometimes I have to question my priorities.
posted by Jelly Doughnut @ 12:18 PM
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7 Comments:
I didn't know you were getting married! Where have I been?
P.S. We planned and executed our wedding in six short weeks! I swear that is the way to go!
Sounds like you have your priorities straight to me. Jam is extremely important in blissful times like getting married.
You have now gone full circle... Your blog and your adventures started with a jelly doughnut and now you're ending this phase of your life with jam!
:)
your priorities sound in check to me :) food is the most impotant part of any major event!
We did so much ourselves (everything in 2 languages) - and it took us three months just to find a hall that wasn't booked. That and planning everything for people travelling from outside the country was difficult.
I had to go to oodles of bakeries to get a stacked cake. The priest only wanted 1 reading. And the organist had some interesting ideas about just improvising at the wedding (Which he pretty much did anyway).
A lot of things were a real struggle. Finding a photographer we could afford who would give us our photos digitally so we could share them with the relatives who couldn't come. The food worked out well and quickly. The seating chart was also done in one evening. The flowers were great, and quickly arranged. The dress - settled in 1 day (the slip on the other hand. . .) The invites took weeks - a tale of a soldering iron and sealing wax.
We planned over the course of 6 months and worked pretty much full-time the last two weeks, but we even folded all the napkins ourselves.
We certainly didn't go around to tastings the whole time - it was hard work. But I look back at some of it and I know how much my friends appreciated having everything translated.
That said, I wish it hadn't been so much work, but it improved my telephone German!! If you have lots of folks to help or a limited number of guests - just enjoy it. It sounds like your mom is also pretty comfortable with international travel :)
The cake is vitally important - your priorities are in excellent shape. Congrats again!
Better, leave everything up to the groom and to your mom.
Do consider a good Ehevertrag, btw. It's easier to talk about some things when you're both invested in building a solid partnership.
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