I, like many other brides on here, am being affected by COVID-19 for my wedding day. Knowing I will probably have some judgments and negativity said against this post, I'm saying it anyways.
I am scheduled to get married 03/29 - in Nine Days from today. Our reception venue cancelled, and while our ceremony venue has not, there is a good chance that she will or that we will have even stronger restrictions on our person count. We were planning on a microwedding regardless...since everything going on has happened, our original 15 person guest count has now dropped to 12. I imagine it will drop even more the next few days. That being said.........
.........At the end of the day, I plan on marrying my fiance on our chosen day. Postponing is just not an option for us, and we went back and forth for several days about it. No matter where the actual vows take place, I still am going to make it happen. We don't want to delay anymore, we already have for a year and a half. Maybe that means getting married under the trees in one of our local parks. Maybe that means our ceremony venue works out. Or maybe that means standing in our cul-de-sac at the end of our driveway. No matter where the actual vows take place, I still am going to make it happen.
We decided to do whatever we will need to do with the ceremony depending, the reception we are moving to our house that we just bought by ordering take out, decorating, and creating a mimosa bar with stuff from the store (we were planning on an AM ceremony with a brunch reception anyways). Our cupcake vendor is delivering the cupcakes to the front door of my house. My florist is dropping off the flowers at our front door the day before the ceremony. 2 of my customers are insistent on photographing and being our officiant if our ceremony venue does not work out. We are also livestreaming everything for everyone invited in our family who is not able to make it. EventlivePro is offering free event livestreaming!! Take advantage of the freebies on the internet....it can make the difference between still involving those who wanted to be there or having them miss out all together.
If you are really not wanting to cancel or postpone, there are always other options. Work with the vendors that you can if they are not cancelling and you are comfortable with it. I bet there are other places like parks or a field that is open and away from all of the chaos you can use (who doesn't love being under the sunshine and fresh air!). Don't be afraid to move away from your original plan if you have your heart set on making it all happen....while I know there is money always involved (we have spent more than our fair share too for everything!), at the end of the day you are marrying the Love of Your Life, not a party.
