My favorite BAMs in my planning days included advice and budgets, so I thought I'd give y'all a transparent look at how we did our wedding, including taking some amazing WW advice, and also breaking some of the WW "laws". Here goes!
The Good:
The day went so smoothly and so, so quickly. I didn’t pick up my phone the whole day, and my bridesmaid ran interference on the handful of things that might’ve caused me stress. Honestly though, it would’ve been hard to stress me out because I made a mental decision after our rehearsal on Friday to channel my inner Elsa and let. it. go. I had a great team, fantastic family who were so eager to make it a perfect day, and a man I would marry in the middle of a sewer if I had to.
My vendors were perfect. I would’ve been hard pressed to find a better team. A few small hiccups were handled by my DOC. My mom, who usually can’t relax unless she has her hand in every detail, was able to sit back and enjoy the day. A miracle!
Our bridal party was zero drama. I think part of this is that Kevin and I were a really low maintenance couple, but we were also just blessed with friends and family who genuinely only wanted to be there to support us.
The first look was the best decision we made. I am very anxiety-prone, and it was so good to spend some time with him before the ceremony. And it didn’t take away at all from walking down the aisle to him! He got “misty” both times.
First Look (Shh!)
Bridal Party
The Bad
We got married in Texas. In August. And the air conditioning quit the morning of the wedding. Our venue coordinator had it up and running by 3pm, but with the wedding at 6pm, it hadn’t cooled off all that much, so it was a bit uncomfortable. It didn’t stop us from dancing our asses off though!
We got to see and hug about half of the people who came. It really felt straight up impossible to see everyone, especially because we had some early departures (probably because of the heat). It was so bittersweet to have everyone we loved in one room and not be able to spend quality time with any of them. I was surprised by how difficult that was for me.
I had a nightmare the night before that our venue burned down, and then it nearly came true. Apparently my dress kept floating over the enclosed candles on the aisle and everyone was terrified I was going to go up in flames. Then several candles got knocked over as guests came up for Holy Communion. Then, Kevin and I couldn’t even walk out side by side because of the candles so I tried to walk ahead of him but then he tripped on my train and ended up falling onto some guests. Thankfully we laughed it off, but it was a little stressful!
I didn’t get to any of my cake (besides the bit that Kevin fed me). And none of it got saved. So I’ll have to wait until our first anniversary and reorder some so I can taste it! I wish I’d asked someone to save us a few slices (we never planned on saving the top tier).
Walking Down the Aisle
The Ceremony
Cutting the Cake
