What Now?

What Now?

April 21st, 2010 @ 1:05 pm by Mrs. Taco
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As much as I adore and stuff the wedding binder, I spend a lot of time in the binary, intertubes world of wedding planning. To that end, I have a lot of fun being Miss Taco in the hive, as it’s always nice when people read what you write. It’s less fun, but I’m also Google Documents Worry Bride, armed with my Gmail account, a laptop, and my BlackBerry to either confirm or negate the crap that pops into my head on the bus. These E-xperiences (I just came up with that) are very important right now. (Note, they’re not “always important,” like, say, at dinner. They’re just generally important until August.) I need that spreadsheet because it says when our fees are due. I need that day-of schedule. I need the music list. Etc.

But on August 15, I won’t need any of it.

Having never planned or spent this much on any such event or item, it makes me wonder how I’ll feel about all those spreadsheets and email folders once the day-after hits. My guess is that the inbox will get cleaned out, but my anal-retentive spreadsheets will live on in the Documents tab. Hard-copy business will likely get recycled or trimmed to fit in the scrapbook, if it’s lucky. Laughter hopefully ensues throughout.

Are you a digital bride or are you a hard-copy kinda gal with this kind of stuff? Where are you putting all our mega-important-for-now documents, and are you holding on to them post-wedding?

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16 Responses to “What Now?”

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alivoo01 (message) 2,622 posts, Sugar bee

I’m both. I started out with an awesome binder to put in contracts and info, but I also have a bunch of stuff on the computer. I think I’ll keep everything in a box designated as Wedding Junk so I can rummage through it years down the road and reminisce about wedding planning and the wedding we ended up having!

4/21/10 @ 1:19 pm (reply)

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krissybee (message) 3,921 posts, Honey bee

i’m definitely both. i have a huge wedding binder with print outs and papers of things, then i have huge digital folders with all inspiration pics! i plan on keeping everything thats digital and tossing most of the paper. ahem, recycling that is!

4/21/10 @ 1:21 pm (reply)

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Curlysue (message) 1,703 posts, Bumble bee

I was given a bridal binder by a friend, while it’s a nice gesture, I haven’t used it at all. I’m very much a digital gal and I have it all backed up on a thumb drive if something happens. Except for the contracts everything is online.

4/21/10 @ 1:25 pm (reply)

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Miss Seashell (message) 1,713 posts, Bumble bee

Being a digital bride, there will be no dusty binder on the shelf, or ceremonial trashing of the “stuff”. Maybe it will be anti-climatic? Dragging an excel file to the recycle bin doesn’t sound half as empowering as a real clean-out!

4/21/10 @ 1:30 pm (reply)

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tea (message) 7,288 posts, Bee Keeper

i love amassing all my spreadsheets but i also love tossing them at the end of the event. well, not immediately after. but eventually.

4/21/10 @ 1:38 pm (reply)

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winter (message) 1,333 posts, Bumble bee

I am both. I have the important emails that I need in a folder in my inbox and then I have hard copies of everything else in folders that I still have after the move from NY to TN. So I am going to make sure that I get everything I paid for.

4/21/10 @ 1:44 pm (reply)

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Miss Hamster (message) 4,046 posts, Honey bee

Both! I have a folio for the hard copy documents as well as an Excel spreadsheet for everything else! I would love to have a google doc (for access anywhere), but unfortunately Google Docs is blocked at work.

4/21/10 @ 1:46 pm (reply)

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ktisthatbees (message) 2,742 posts, Sugar bee

Both for me too. I need the tactile satisfaction of hard copies and inspiration pics, but my spreadsheets for budgeting and guest list organization are invaluable too.

4/21/10 @ 1:50 pm (reply)

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Mrs. Pug (message) 3,753 posts, Honey bee

i’m totally digital. if i have hard copy stuff (like contracts), i scan them. when i see them, it’s kind of nostalgic. a little weird, but nostalgic.

4/21/10 @ 1:56 pm (reply)

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Miss Taco (message) 950 posts, Busy bee

@Mrs. Pug: I think I’ll feel the same way! Nostalgic, but feeling a little silly for feeling nostalgic over contracts

4/21/10 @ 3:11 pm (reply)

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jordynrose (message) 6,351 posts, Bee Keeper

I do both. Luckily, I can keep them straight. I don’t think I am going to keep this stuff post-wedding though. There are a few worksheets I have created that I will pass on to my sister, but I don’t think I need to keep our venue contract from here to eternity.

4/21/10 @ 3:35 pm (reply)

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Miss Taco (message) 950 posts, Busy bee

@jordynrose: I like the idea of passing it down. Mine came from bridesmaid A and I planned on passing it down to the other BM/friend in our trio when her time comes.

4/21/10 @ 3:36 pm (reply)

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tweds (message) 448 posts, Helper bee

I’m in the Ms. Seashell camp - 100% digital! Save the trees Plus I update too much to have anything hardcopy…my “Wedding” folder is my playground!

4/21/10 @ 4:43 pm (reply)

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ktbrady (message) 1,054 posts, Bumble bee

I’m a disorganized bride right now! Too many systems and nothing is getting anywhere. I think I need to buckle down and get one or two organizational schemes and just go with it.

4/21/10 @ 5:54 pm (reply)

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OctPumpkin (message) 593 posts, Busy bee

Total digital. I would be a mess without my computer files!

4/22/10 @ 2:31 pm (reply)

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cnuptain (message) 330 posts, Helper bee

I’ve wondered about that day after feeling too…as long as we are married, I think I’ll get through it happily, but there will still be massive digital deleting going on.

4/23/10 @ 11:16 am (reply)