Blogging is tedious...
Anyway, I recently got engaged! Now the wedding plans begin; I had no idea that it would be so much work. I've planned events before, I'm a seriously organized person but this.?.this is impossible!
It has always been my plan to reach out to my network and call in favors for the big day. #Major Fail It doesn't matter how many "likes" you get on your relationship update, when people hear wedding they see dollar signs.
I used to model, so I know photographers, make up artists, clothing designers and more. I made the mistake of thinking that these "friends" would give me the homie discount on an engagement makeover or photo shoot...girl please, this is business. Thankfully a friend gave us the patial wedding gift price and we got some beautiful shots done. A client who was promoting her business - dotWED domain names - gave us or wedsite address for free, so that was nice.
We had a plans for an intimate cookout with family and friends for our reception, until we visited his parents, who had 50 guests they wanted to invite. "...well she's know our son since he was a baby" REALLY? in the words of Miss Jackson if you nasty, "What has she done for him lately?" I was warned that parents would cause the most amount of friction.
Apparently, the venue is the thing that needs to be locked down first and foremost. After that everything falls into place, so we are headed out to tour our second choice site on the earliest available date they have which has absolutely no meaning to our lives and will probably end up being the most expensive anniversary date ever! oh well.
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