Wedding boredom...

clearing_out_my_pockets

To be honest, I'm having a bit of a 'MEH' phase at the moment - I'm hoping that reading the wedding board will kick start my excitement. We've got guests RSVPing at the moment, I have a dress fitting next Wednesday and we're meeting the priest next Sunday, but I'm not feeling excited. I was out with two of my bridesmaids on Sunday just gone and they wanted to talk about hairstyles, shoes, etc but I just had no enthusiasm at all!

vickiv55

I absolutely love the idea of comparing both ideas. When I was all wedding hyper, I would be talking ten to the dozen "AT" my OH and he developed this glazed over look....lol, I love my making lists, so I think i'll suggest this to him, and see what comes from it.

I am loving vintage ideas, and I want something out of the ordinary. Something that makes people go WOW! but what that is, i just dont know.....lol
Thanks for the ideas and kick-starts tho xx

pink_princess

I feel the same,get married Feb 25th and i ve done hardly anything.I really need to get on with it .:eek:

wiggychick

pink_princess wrote: »

I feel the same,get married Feb 25th and i ve done hardly anything.I really need to get on with it .:eek:

Crumbs!

One really good piece of advice I was given is that no-one ever looks back at a wedding and thinks "ooh what lovely chair covers they had"
Work out what is important to you both and start from there, all the rest is window dressing. The best thing people can come away saying is "They looked really happy"

Hope you have a fantastic day!

WiggyChick

7 months happily wed and glad for all the advice

Kittendreich

Some people take to wedding planning like a duck to water and it becomes practically a full-time job for them....others just book what needs to be booked and get the stuff they feel is important done and that's that.

You have to do the legal bits at the right time and it is easier if you can book stuff you really want (e.g. venue) in advance - but it doesn't have to take over - especially if you still have lots of time. Some people 'need' years to plan a wedding, others just a couple of weeks and there will be everything in between - the length of time and stress put into planning a wedding bear no relation to how much you will enjoy the day, or how successful you marriage will be! So relax - get on with your life (and saving!) and as long as you are still excited about being married it doesn't matter whether you get excited about the day or not.

csh_2

wiggychick wrote: »

Hi,
I know the feeling - it came for me in the new year too - about halfway through making all 250 of those darn favours (why oh why did I decide to tie every one with a bit of ribbon :eek:)
!

Oh my I am feeling this pain at the moment!
200 luggage style favour tags have just been completed! Made from vistaprint business cards so:

cut into right shape x200
hole punch the end x200
sticker on the back x200
attach curling ribbon x200
attach elastic band x200
fill bloody bag x200
put lable on x200

:eek:

codemonkey

It kind of ebbs and flows for me. Sometimes I'm so excited I think I could burst. Other times I'm not that bothered. And sometimes I get so confused as to why we're spending so much money on a big party. I found it helped to buy some stuff that was for the wedding, so I have a box of stuff that I can look at when I'm feeling a bit fed up of saving, and know this is what it's all for.

At the moment I'm in the huff but I think I'll post why on the bridezilla thread.

sarah*a

pink_princess wrote: »

I feel the same,get married Feb 25th and i ve done hardly anything.I really need to get on with it .:eek:

Thats my (our ) 5th Anniversary - a good day

I got very MEH! about our wedding too. All the ideas were great in theory but never seemed to be 'just right' in practice. I didn't sort my dress until 6 weeks before and I just didn't care by then as everything else was too much - luckily my mum took me in hand and sorted it

wiggychick wrote: »

One really good piece of advice I was given is that no-one ever looks back at a wedding and thinks "ooh what lovely chair covers they had"

This is great advice and so totally true. I actually had big problems with our venue on the day (wrong food, inconsiderate staff, table plans etc not followed (none of the children were with their parents - just randomly placed :eek:, none of the painstakingly personalised favours were with the matching place cards - it went on and on.....) so I had to go round and fix it all when I should have been stood with my new hubby) But afterwards when I spoke to my family and friends they all said how wonderful it was and how happy we were - and not one had noticed all the (to me!) glaring faults in the day.

My advice? Take a break and let the excitement build up again - you'll be back to sourcing the perfect balloon weight before you know it

Oh! We got a large refund from our venue too - so that was another happy memory :rotfl:

laurarobby

wiggychick wrote: »

Crumbs!

One really good piece of advice I was given is that no-one ever looks back at a wedding and thinks "ooh what lovely chair covers they had"
Work out what is important to you both and start from there, all the rest is window dressing. The best thing people can come away saying is "They looked really happy"

Hope you have a fantastic day!

WiggyChick

7 months happily wed and glad for all the advice

Agreed ive been to a few weddings and cant remember what half the things where like not that they wasnt nice but just not important.

I got engaged in sept last year and was mega into wedding planning until i found out i was pregnant in november its been on hold... today i have decided im going to do simple.. im happy with just a registry office but seen as we have alot of family and friends we are looking for somewhere we can get married and have the breakfast/reception all in one place and hope it saves money seen as we have £0 lol x

Rahven

I know what you mean. We've been engaged a year but because my OH was made redundant we relied on one income for quite a while and there was no way we could afford to get married. So the initial excitement gave way to months of hard work and sacrifices. Now we're in a position where we can afford to get married (yay!) and the excitement has come back but it does ebb and flow. Some days I am really enthusiastic and up for doing as much research as poss and other days I think 'F this!'