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“Always have a backup plan” - Mila Kunis

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SOOOOO, we had our flower consultation call with our florist and wedding coordinator the other day.

…and this is what happened:

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yep, dahlias are not in season (I knew this, but thought in the magical wedding world my wedding fairy would find some way for dahlias to bloom early enough for our wedding). Neither are cherry blossoms, which we wanted for Mr. O’s boutonniere.

Aaaaaand, we can’t throw confetti during our recessional, because it will make the ocean sad and kill the birds.

After hearing this news, I sat on the phone, mouth hanging open and eyes THIS BIG, frantically thinking of Ostrich Wedding Plan B.

My fellow bee brides, I highly recommend having a plan B…and sometimes a plan C, for your big wedding visions. Because as much as we wish and hope to get everything we dream of, sometimes lady luck hands you some lemons.

So I reached into my little “PLAN B” files and pulled out my just as fantastic alternates to see if these would work for our wedding.

Our florist and wedding planner checked, said YES, and I fist-pumped victoriously on the other end of the phone. YEA!!!!

So, do you wanna see what our Plan Bs are?

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Wedding blooms: Instead of my magnificent dahlias, we’ll have oversized garden roses. The florist had all our other flowers available for my bouquet, which I was so freakin’ thrilled about: pink ice protea, ranunculus, hypericum berry, freesia, wax flowers and rosemary. Yaaaaay!

Confetti = NO.

Pretty fringe flags in different colors? HELL YES.

So, I will not mourn my dahlias or flurry of confetti. Instead, I will happily embrace my garden roses and fringe flags…because they’re just as awesome.

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Now it’s your time to share: have you had to opt for Plan B for some of your wedding items? Or did everything go smoothly and perfectly?