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Mrs. Balloons, Aspen, CO Age and Occupation: 24, Mass Communications graduate, Web Design student, & winery worker Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Engineer Engagement Date: July 10, 2009 Wedding Date: August 2011 Venue: The Sundeck at The Little Nell About Me: I'm a small-town Midwest girl planning an intimate mountaintop destination wedding complete with a huge DIY at-home reception. As an honors graduate fallen victim to the worst job market in history in my area, we're doing everything we can to still have the wedding of our dreams on a tighter budget. I currently enjoy working at a winery, but I'm lonnng overdue for a day job! I am: a big-time daydreamer, one of the pickiest eaters you'll ever meet, and a lover of pretty paper and awesome fonts. I'm a girly girl who loves to get dolled up, but also a country girl who loves to get muddy and go 4-wheeler riding. I also enjoy singing in the car, boating, going to concerts, the History Channel, carnival food, and going to watch St. Louis Cardinals baseball with my handsome engineer.
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Two Month Mayhem

June 17th, 2011 @ 5:21 pm by Mrs. Balloons

I’ll be honest with you hive—I’ve been having some major writer’s block lately. The two month mark snuck up FAST and my mind has been a jumbled mess lately.

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There are so many small details to finalize and I’ve been crazy busy with work and getting everything in place to start school again. If you remember, I work at a winery…we’ve had non-stop weddings and other events taking place lately so the majority of my time is dedicated there right now.

When I do have time off, Mr. B and I mainly work towards finishing DIY projects and finishing constructing our reception building, which is taking longer than expected. I’m also slightly starting to freak out because I’ve had four dress fittings with my alterations lady, and my dress is still not fitting right. There’s a good chance I might have a breakdown if I show up this weekend and it still doesn’t fit.

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I’ve done so well during the whole planning process at staying calm and stress free, that I’m slightly disappointed in myself for letting anxiety in now. I’m not sure exactly what happened, but it’s like a switch went off in me and all the sudden I started stressing about all the final details. I had to buy Proactive because my face is breaking out like crazy; My skin has never been this bad! I feel like this should be the time when I start getting really excited at how close the wedding is getting and have fun finishing up the planning, but instead I’m doing all I can to avoid panic attacks.

Did any of you go through this phase? if so, what mechanisms did you use to get through it?

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Miss Pony (message)  4,171 posts, Honey bee

I hope you start feeling less stressed soon and can enjoy your final two months Balloons!

 
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Carolyn72 (message)  886 posts, Busy bee

I have 2 months left also. At first I was like oh this is easy…… but the little details start creeping up and time seems to be creeping and it gets to be too much. I do what I can for that day and then do anything but wedding stuff. I’ve been dieting and exercising like crazy and am not losing the weight, my back is broken out and i tried a spray tan hoping that I would look “bronzed”, only to be of course orange. I am pale as a ghost and don’t want to be that way with my dress on at the beach. UGHHHHH! Yeah I am with you.

 
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#1. Make lists. I’m also at a little under two months now, and I’ve made weekly lists of tasks to accomplish leading up to wedding day. You’d be surprised how much more digestable a long list of tasks is when it’s broken up into smaller, manageable increments!

#2. Ask for help. I’m betting there are some ladies in your corner waiting and willing to help with some of these tasks. If the desire for ultimate creative control is standing in the way of soliciting help, well sister, you’ll have to push that aside at some point in the interest of getting stuff done.

#3. Forgive yourself. There’s no avoiding the two-month crunch no matter how prepared you are for it. A lot of things have to wait until guests RSVP and the date gets closer and there’s nothing you can do about it. The best thing at this point is to forgive yourself for anything that may fall short of your expectations - if that means the way your dress fits, or not completing some inconsequential DIY details, etc. you owe it to yourself to be a beautiful, blushing, blame-free bride who doesn’t beat herself up for what she couldn’t accomplish.

You’re gonna be fine, because regardless of how everything turns out, in two months you’ll be married to someone you adore. No lifetime of happiness hinges on design details like escort cards and bunting, I assure you. You’ll be okay! We’ll ALL be okay, sister!

Hang in there!

 
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mrsmdub2b (message)  71 posts, Worker bee

YES!!!! My skin is awful right now!! Is the Proactive working for you? I was actually thinking about buying it. We have a vending machine for it in our mall. I was going to see a dermatologist but then I was thinking, maybe I should just buy some Proactive. I have less than 3 months left (almost to the 2 month mark!) and I actually still have VENDORS to book! AND I’m waiting for the quote on my food so we can figure out how much we need to scrape up or borrow and I’m REALLY freaking out about that! I told myself at the beginning of wedding planning that there was no reason to get stressed or freak out about anything, but it’s really setting in now. I hope you can find your sanity (and let me know if you find mine!)

 

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Mrs. Balloons, Aspen, CO Age and Occupation: 24, Mass Communications graduate, Web Design student, & winery worker Fiance's Age and Occupation: 26, Engineer Engagement Date: July 10, 2009 Wedding Date: August 2011 Venue: The Sundeck at The Little Nell About Me: I'm a small-town Midwest girl planning an intimate mountaintop destination wedding complete with a huge DIY at-home reception. As an honors graduate fallen victim to the worst job market in history in my area, we're doing everything we can to still have the wedding of our dreams on a tighter budget. I currently enjoy working at a winery, but I'm lonnng overdue for a day job! I am: a big-time daydreamer, one of the pickiest eaters you'll ever meet, and a lover of pretty paper and awesome fonts. I'm a girly girl who loves to get dolled up, but also a country girl who loves to get muddy and go 4-wheeler riding. I also enjoy singing in the car, boating, going to concerts, the History Channel, carnival food, and going to watch St. Louis Cardinals baseball with my handsome engineer.

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