Wedding Blog

We’re a month out from the wedding… I still can’t believe it. We’ve been planning for close to a year and a half and suddenly, it’s just weeks away. I’m glad we started early and really don’t have much left do except for the seating chart, programs, menus, and placecards. All things we couldn’t do ahead of time. Our vendors seem to be all set. I am having my finalization meeting with our fabulous DOC, Christine next week… but still there is this bubble of anxiety in the pit of my stomach.

I keep writing up list after list thinking I’ve missed something big. I even second-guessed my dress last week… regretting that I didn’t buy a beautiful couture gown and gone all out on that aspect of the wedding. I totally freaked and emailed a bridesmaid who responded with the following calming words:

Please don’t subscribe to the view that thinks you have to be stressed out in order to accomplish something. Relaxing is okay.

She was totally right. I had purchased my gown because it was perfectly suited for me and the occasion in every way. I reminded myself that I’d be in it for a max of three hours and that’s why I didn’t buy a designer gown. I had also started planning everything early knowing that I would have a lot going on in life at this time and in hindsight I was right, not only did we purchase our first home, we also dealt with a lot of unexpected family issues that no one could have planned.

And yet, I still can’t relax. I tend to be a stress eater. I can work my butt off at the gym three times a week, but the minute I am feeling anxious or worried I go for a big candy bar or even worse, that jar of Nutella. I doubt this will change, so when I saw these candy bars from The Brooklyn Brothers (via NicBlog) this morning, I just had to laugh. They are a perfect reminder of the simple joys in life and maybe if I had a few of these on hand, I’d be less likely to tear through them because the packaging is just too darn cute.

Fat Pig Milk Chocolate Bars, $5.95
Image from here.

They’re not available for sale online yet, but you can call them and place an order (minimum order is 12 bars) and they will ship them to you. These would also make great attendant gifts… just think of all the funny photo ops they’ll inspire!

Mr. Canary is away this weekend and I get the whole apartment to myself. I plan to pop in a few episodes of SATC, stay away from the chocolate, and leisurely work on and print out my table numbers… and really try to relax and soak in the amazement that I get to marry my best friend in a few weeks.

Have you noticed more or less anxiety in the upcoming weeks/days to the big day? What do you do to relax?