Weddingbee

I have a confession…I am a horrible wedding guest! You would be amazed considering the detail and effort I put into my own wedding. I am about the most bubbly person when it comes to being excited for someone else’s engagement, baby or wedding. But when it comes to attending the actual wedding event, I am just like every other guest that every bride including myself has complained about.

I mail in the RVSP late. I don’t buy a gift until the last minute when there’s nothing but hand towels and a pizza cutter left. I don’t remember the date and continue to ask the bride-to-be when the wedding is because I have her STD shoved in my kitchen junk drawer. Mr. Snow Pea and I are like a scene from Four Weddings and a Funeral where we wake up late, hurry to get ready, throw any old dress on, buy a wedding card from CVS and cuss the whole time!

I love weddings! I dreamed of my own since I was a little girl, but why is the thought of attending other weddings and showers so daunting? Do you feel this way? Are you a wedding lover but a “bad” wedding guest like me?

Let’s face it! Many married couples aren’t doin jack for Valentine’s Day! So I am hosting a “Decorate a Cookie or Cupcake” gathering for friends and some of the neighborhood kids. This is a great activity for a bridal shower, the kids’ table or even in place of the candy buffet at your wedding reception.

Photo from Martha Stewart

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A friend of mine only recently had all her negatives printed (after being married 2 years) and made parent albums.  She did not have digital photos but real film photos (wow). After getting them back from the lab, she noticed large scratches (as well as dust particles) on her photos. It’s unknown yet as to whose fault it was but, there are large scratches going across her photos like when she’s walking down the aisle. Eeeks!!!

Just a warning, have a set of all your photos printed at a decent time. Even if you have a dvd of your photos, it’s a good idea to back them up somewhere as well as making prints. CDs and DVDs can get corrupt. External hard drives can go bad. Who knows, you may also lose web access to them someday.

I was trying to think of a funny acronym, but I couldn’t come up with one that sounded good. It is what it is. Wedding crap. With classes starting back up next week, it was finally time to tidy up all my wedding DIY materials, Christmas scrapbook and make room for textbooks and more wedding albums. Take a look.

BEFORE: Hurricane Post Wedding

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Last Thursday, Mrs. Poppy, Mrs. Violet, Bridesmaid Lambchop and I got together for dinner and coffee. After seeing their new bobs, I was inspired to take the dive as well. I kept my hair on the long side for the last 2 years for the wedding.  It was so refreshing when the hair stylist took 6-7 inches and began chopping away.

My new do:

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I need some help deciding on the cover of my blog book. Since it’s my wedding PLANNING book, I am undecided about whether I should use engagement or wedding pictures for the cover. I love them both, but it seems like the engagement picture would be more appropriate since it’s my planning book. On the other hand, I love our wedding photo and perhaps I should use the wedding photo since that’s the ultimate goal.

Option #1: Engagement picture cover

Option #2: Wedding picture cover

A while back, I mentioned converting your wedding blog into a book. I have been working on mine since September and it has certainly been a labor of love. Using Blurb BookSmart here, you can turn your blog into a bookstore quality book. Compatible with Blogger, Livejournal, TypePad and WordPress. All you have to do is sign into your blog account through BookSmart and it will automatically upload your blog into the software. From there, you can remove certain blog entries and move the pictures around. It also works with Flickr, Picassa and SmugMug!

Here’s a sneak peak at what it looks like.

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I am proud to say I have met my goal and have now lost a total of 20 lbs! I was afraid I gained it back with the holidays and late night cram sessions, so I finally sucked it up (or in) and stepped on the scale. At first I thought the scale was wrong. I yelled out to my Matron of Honor, “Is your scale freakin’ broken?!!” To which she replied, “I hope not because I think I am 145 and I am sticking with that!” 

What’s been working for me:

1. Like last time, I finally learned portion control and stopping when I know I am clearly full. This is the most important step in my opinion. Even when I pig out now, it’s not nearly as much in quantity of food as before.
2. I treat the holidays and holiday parties like any other day. I eat if I am hungry during the day. I eat before I go to a party. I avoid creamy dips and unnecessary calories like wine coolers.
3. We’ve stopped eating out. At first it was simply because we were saving for the wedding, but then we realized how much crap we were eating out and how much we were spending on it.
4. Also, the portions were way too big. I used to order soup, salad, appetizer and an entree. If we go out now, I just pick 1 or 2 of those things and I am full! I knew I was full back then, but would feel obligated to keep eating because it’s such a large portion. So I just order less now and eat slowly.

What are your fitness goals for next year? How do you manage the multiple holiday family dinners?

4 months later and with too much time on my hands, I have been “doubting” my wedding choices.  Ridiculous, right?  It’s not as though I can go back in time and redo it or change it.  After looking at my own photos for weeks now and then seeing all these new brides with their GORGEOUS weddings, I began to doubt my own choices.  Don’t get me wrong. I love our wedding and appreciate every bit. But we had a very different wedding from what we originally intended, which was an outdoor garden ceremony and tented reception.  I can’t help but feel a slight pang everytime I see a lovely natural outdoor reception.

Did you have the post-wedding blues? Did you see something that made you wish you had done something differently?

After 3 long months, I finally got my wedding band.  The first time around wasn’t the band I asked for, so we returned it to the jeweler for something else. He was still having a hard timing making what I wanted, so finally I opted for a simple eternity band and it’s perfect. I was getting quite annoyed and antsy not having a wedding band on. People kept asking if I was married yet and why I didn’t have my band on. With holiday parties coming up, I just wanted a ring already!

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