My wedding is over and I'm very happy with the way everything went. Everyone had a great time and my groom and I loved everything about it! I did my best to think of everything in my planning, but that is impossible. I had a wedding coordinator who asked me to make assignments for after the party, which I think is really smart. I asked certain people to take care of tasks after the wedding (gather my bags from the dressing room, drive my car back with them, load the boxes of personal decor into my car, distribute the flowers and takes vases back to florist next day, etc). So even with that plan, there are things missing. I take full responsibility for forgetting these things and I just wish I had asked someone not let me leave without taking a look around first. I was a little tipsy and so delirious in my bliss that I left right after our private dance and farewell. I thought I'd list the things here to get it out of my thoughts and maybe it will help others plan their day.
1) my bouquet - it was breathtakingly beautiful. I added a charm with my late grandparents' photos and a hand-dyed purple velvet ribbon. No where to be found. No one saw it. It was in a vase on the sweetheart table. I really hoped to preserve it and keep the charm/ribbon.
2) my ceremony shoes - I had them with me at the sweetheart table. 3) the groom's liquor - he had a nice bourbon at the sweetheart table that he only poured a few glasses from. 4) my veil and dress sleeves - I took them off during the reception. 5) cake! - I even said many times to please send us out with cake in our hands. I had a bunch of to-go boxes for leftover cake and cookies. We left empty-handed. And after all my fuss over the grooms cake, he didn't even get a piece of cake at all - too busy socializing all night.
I'm still sorting through boxes but I think I have everything else. I'm mostly disappointed about my bouquet. I do have pictures to admire it. I know the flowers would die anyway, but still a little hurt that no one thought to grab it if they saw it. I can't fathom someone throwing it in the trash.