Mrs. Corn, Newport, RI
Age and Occupation in '07: 31, HR for public accounting firm
Fiance's Age and Occupation: 33, Consultant for public accounting firm
Engagement Date: October 7, 2006
Wedding Date: September, 2007
Blogging Since: June 1, 2007
Venue: North Lawn of Fort Adams State Park
About Me: I am a lazy scrapbooker who loves the instant gratification of making cards and I am very easily distracted by all things shiny. In honor of my childhood nights spent hibachi BBQing on the beach with my family, we are hosting a traditional New England Clambake for our reception.
Looking Back, Continued…
June 18th, 2008 @ 2:30 pm by Mrs. Corn
This FINAL installment of my ‘Looking Back’ series* focuses on one of the details about our wedding that we are both very glad about: we had a day off before leaving for our honeymoon.Mr Corn and I were both super excited about our two week honeymoon in Italy; especially after a year of planning; a week of last minute details; and the most fun, yet incredibly intense, day of our lives.
Thankfully, we booked our honeymoon to leave on Monday which gave us a day to get back from Newport, RI to our home in Boston; pack for the trip; open all of our gifts; and work with US Airways on correcting my ticket as Mr Corn forgot to check that my ticket for our honeymoon flights had arrived as well as his when they were sent to us months before the wedding. 
That extra day was well. worth. it. and I highly, highly suggest giving yourselves that extra time to veg out!
So that’s it. Nine months after our wedding, and I can still only come up with five ridiculously small, only moderately meaningful, things that I would have done differently.
I think the main lesson in all of this looking back is that it is most important to focus on the fact that you are getting married to the person that you have chosen to commit yourself to for the rest of your lives. Even if it isn’t exactly perfect, even if you have to step on toes, even if you accidentally put a hyphen in the wrong place on the delicately cut menus that match your bridesmaids’ sashes that are made from the same fabric as your Mother’s…at the end of the day, the only thing that matters is that you are married.
Best of luck to all of you!!
–Mrs Corn
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*Previously in this series…
I’m so glad I did this:
renting a full length mirror
setting my DIY deadline for a week out from the wedding
making arrangements for my disabled father so he could participate
having an ’open-door policy’ at the site where I got ready
going a little overboard with the theme
I wish I could fix this:
being too proud to start a few minutes late
not testing all of the directions before sending them out
forgetting to pause before rushing down the aisle
handling the cake cutting logistics
14 Responses to “Looking Back, Continued…”
Oh yeah, let me second that great advice! We didn’t give ourselves the extra day and we were sorry…in fact, we just barely missed our honeymoon flight because we couldn’t escape brunch quickly enough, had a lot of stuff to haul back to our apartment, still had to pack for the honeymoon, etc…better to let yourself relax on the day after the wedding.
I’m so sad that this is your final “Looking Back” post! They were all so helpful and fun!
aww good work corn! what a nice wrap up. it has sure been fun looking back with you
Can I third this advice? We gave ourselves a day between and it was very much needed for packing, relaxing, picking up dumb magazines for the flight, etc… plus we were able to hang out some more with a few of our favorite out of town guests before they left.
Wait- does this mean no more blogging from Corn? I don’t think I can bear to see you go…
I’m all done and have nothing much else to say.
I have hoey moon pics to post, but at 9 months and counting since the wedding, I’m not sure anyone would care about them 
Great advice Corn! Also, if you can wait until Tuesday to fly, that is usually the cheapest day of the week, ticket-price-wise.
I, for one, would LOVE to see honeymoon pictures from two weeks in Italy!!
Aw, this was a great little series… thank you
I totally wish we had left a break between the wedding day and the honeymoon. We were so exhausted getting up for our 8am flight (and being at the airport at 6:30!). I second this motion!
Loved this series Miss Corn!
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I just got married a couple of weeks ago and had been actively reading your advice! I just wanted to let you know that it was SO helpful and say THANK YOU!
Based on what you had shared I did an open house while I was getting ready–it totally made the morning of the wedding more fun and my whole family and a lot of my girlfriends had a blast.
As a result of your advice, I didn’t stress when I was running a little bit late to get to the church–and sure enough there were still guests arriving when I got there!
Finally, I did take that long pause at the start of the aisle and totally loved the chance to take it all in. This was especially nice because we got married in a very small church with a very short aisle.
Thank you, thank you, thank you for your great advice! It really helped to make my wedding extra special.
LNH, I am so happy to hear you had such a wonderful, special wedding and I am honored that my little tidbits of advice were able to be some help.
Many congrats on your marriage!!
–Mrs Corn
