Blogged But Unspoken
Day 14 of 31
Tonight my daughters and I watched Say Yes to the Dress. Two of my girls are home from college and when we realized one of our favorite shows was on we decided to watch it live. We have watched this show for years and I am not sure why, but it is a show that we can all agree to watch. Even my husband will sometimes watch with us. As the young women on the show were “saying yes to the dress” tonight, I was reminiscing about my own dress and wedding and one of my daughters asked what I would do differently.
- Do NOT get married in December. When you don’t have kids you think it is a good month but trust me, you will regret it.
- December is not only a horrible month to get married, it is also a horrible month to celebrate your anniversary. It is way too close to the holidays and the inevitable holiday parties that you will be going to in the future.
- If you do get married in December don’t get married the last shopping Saturday before Christmas. Just don’t.
- Think about how your dress will look in pictures. It was 1991 and my dress definitely reflected that. It was essentially a turtle neck with long sleeves. Also the poofy sleeves were literally larger than my head.
- Choose a dress that shows off how young and fit you are. Again-refrain from long sleeves and turtle necks.
- Make sure you take someone with you so that they will talk you out of a turtle neck dress. Yes, I went alone wedding dress shopping-mistake but I was independent.
- Do not schedule your wedding for the morning. It hurts me to even think about that now.
- Do not leave a long gap in time between the end of the ceremony and the start of the reception. It is super annoying to the guests.
- Do not listen to your father when he says it is ok to not invite certain extended family members. He will be wrong. Also, err on the side of inviting said extended family members, otherwise you will be uncomfortable at every subsequent wedding and funeral when you see those who were not invited.
- Don’t assume you know everything about planning a wedding. Ask for help.
- When you look back remember that you had an amazing day, even in your long sleeve turtle neck dress.
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