Weddingbee Blog

I don’t know if I have mentioned this to you guys or not, but I am a very stubborn and independent person. I like to do things for myself, even if it takes twice as long. I refuse to ask for directions anywhere, and if I’m in a store and can’t find something, I’ll keep wandering around like a crazy person for forever before I finally give in and ask someone where it is.

I do not like asking for help.

Look, it’s me! (Source)

So, when I saw all these posts from bloggers saying that everyone “needs” a day of coordinator, I was skeptical, to say the least. I mean, why? I don’t need help!

I can do this on my own! Plus, they cost about $500 minimum, and I wasn’t about to pay for a service that I didn’t even think I needed.

I had many, many people ask me if we were hiring a coordinator or a DOC, but I proudly said “Nope! We’re doing it ourselves! That’s a silly extra service that we just don’t need.” (Of course, if I could have hired John John, my attitude would have been veeeeery different!) My mind was made up, and there was no way that anyone was talking me into hiring a stupid DOC.

Buuuut then, one day I was browsing the Weddingbee Classifieds and I ran across an ad for free DOC services in the Austin area. Not bad, right? I did a bit of research on the coordinator, and it turns out that she’s an interior designer/caterer in Austin, and she’s just now trying to break into the wedding industry. I was less than confident that it would work out but I figured, what the hell, I’ll send her an email.

From the first email I received from Christina, I could tell that she was 100% passionate about weddings and wedding coordination. She seemed so sweet and personable, and Mr. Cardigan and I decided that we wanted to meet her. We set up a meeting and made a special trip to Austin to meet with her, and let me be honest here: I did not think it was going to work out. I mean, she was offering FREE services, so how good can she be, right? Mr. Cardy kept encouraging me to be more optimistic, but I think that he was just as skeptical as I was.

Y’all. Within minutes of meeting her we knew that we wanted her to be our DOC. She is so fun and easy to talk to, and even though we’ve only talked to her a few times, we have complete and utter confidence in her ability to take care of us on the day of the wedding.

As much as I thought I would never want a DOC, I am so excited that we found someone. It gives me complete peace of mind to know that she will be there solely for the purpose of helping us out and keeping things organized and on track.

We’re meeting with her again this weekend to visit our venue and start discussing details – I am SO excited, and I can’t wait to come back and share everything with y’all!

Did you hire a DOC? Were you glad you did? Or, if you didn’t—did you regret it?