Wedding FreakOUT!

amh04 · November 2011

Today marks the 4 month mark! Yay!

But not really - I have so much left to do it's unreal. I'm really really really freaking out, and my month board is so far ahead of the game. I've got the big things done, vendor wise - all booked and deposits paid - except for the limo. It's everything else, all the little things that I am absolutely freaking out over.
Shoes - yeah don't have them yet! I can't even find a pair I like! Undergarments, don't have them yet. My only BM doesn't even have her dress ordered! I'm seriously crying right now because I'm so overwhelmed..

So someone help calm me down? What do I need to get done at the 4-3 month mark? I need shoes this month, I know that since my dress should be here next month. I plan on buying all of my mason jars this month. Our E pictures are the 13th. But what else do I need to do?

Irishcurls · November 2011

Oh my gosh, it's ok!! It's ok to freak out, but you need to write yourself a huge checklist and just keep moving along, no matter how slowly. Shoes don't need to be purchased until your first fitting, so it's ok. Do you have styles/colors in mind? We can always help you online shop for ideas! Where are your BM dresses from? 4 months is tons of time for most places, DB had my girls' dresses to them in 4 weeks I think. If it's really stressing you out, call the store and ask them the last possible day, then tell your BM the date and give it up to the universe. What can you do, you know?

Are you DIYing anything else? Programs, escort cards, menus? Start them now!! Cutting and printing all that crap last minute stressed me out big time. Four months is a long time, seriously. Don't freak!! It will still be beautiful!!

Oh and ETA: Depending on your dress, you can have cups sewn in, so you might not need many undergarments. Cute undies and a corset or strapless bra otherwise, which can be handled in one trip to a department store.

firsttimersluck · November 2011

cheeeeck list baby! It will save your life.
Whenever I had a freak out I would just write out a list with categories such as
RD to do:
WP to do:
Ceremony to do:
Reception to do:

and that would calm me down enough to focus on stuff to do. YOu will calm it when you see it all in front of you, and you will get it done because everyone likes marking stuff off lists

AmandaSC1988 · November 2011

Check out 6pm.com for shoes. They have a great selection at a fantastic price. I bought mine from there and they are great!

Undergarments? Mine are getting sewn in. (well not the undies) but I have a low back so I'm getting the cups sewn in.

I am SO behind it isn't even funny. I made STDs months ago...and have not found the time (or desire) to address them. FI already addressed his half, just waiting on me.

We had planned on FFIL to do our E-pics over thanksgiving. err.. not going to happen because FFIL is going to be out of the state for thanksgiving.

Two of my BMs just had babies and refuse to go look at dresses until they are back to their pre-pregnancy weight.

amh04 · November 2011

I have somewhat of a list, I guess I just need to write down everything I'm freaking out about.
The only thing paper wise that's left is programs, photosharing, and annoncements. And I've got to figure that part out still

I'm thinking vistaprint for them, but we'll see. Seating wise, all of their names will be written on an old window glass pane with the table number. I've been having a hard time finding the window tho. The Menu will be written on the same thing I'm thinking. Or on a chalk board type thing. It's all of the little things that I am freaking out about, and I'm super scared that I'm going to forget something!!

I've checked out 6pm.com and like 4 other sites and I just can't find anything I really like. I wanted a medium coral colored, medium heigh heel (maybe 3 inches) but even at this point I would be okay with ivory to be truthful.

Dumb question - but can you get pushup cups added in? I've got no boobs LOL and I wear pushups, kind of daily (not big ones, just the slight ones - tmi).

BM Dresses - I checked with Davids last week and they said the 3 I have picked out would be here Jan 12 or so... but I do know she has to get the top taken in. She hasn't even gone to pick or try on the 3 dresses I picked out online yet. I really left it up to her and just told her it had to be knee length (short) and pewter.

I guess I just need to calm down and breath and write a list.

crownsuperstar · November 2011

Breathe! Don't freak out. I know that is easier said than done. We were told that the girls needed to get their dresses ordered in Nov but as it turned out they got their dresses at the end of Dec. I think some time bridal places play on our "freaking out" to get us to order things way early.

Agree with FTL just make a list. That is what I did and it helped.

Irishcurls · November 2011

Check Etsy for the pane and or chalkboard! Pushup cups.....hmm. You might need a corset for that, but depending on your style of dress, would you need the "pushup" part, or just padding? I'm really tiny up top too and I think I look semi-busty in my dress, but have no cleavage to speak of, you know? Padded cups are my friend.

SamiJoeB · November 2011

I found my shoes on TK. It was really hard to find flats, but I finally found them! What kind of style are you looking for?

Calm down my dear! We're here to help! Shoot! I'd even be down to do some DIY stuff and mail it to you!! I'm kind of distracted here at work but I'll sit down and actually read through everything in a bit! I hate to see you so upset!!

ETA: Do you have a Habitat for Hummanity restore near you? My mom and I got like 6 old windows for about $30 at ours to build a little window house.

ETA (again!): Here's the list of Habitat Restores in Florida, is there one near you? Clicky

calindi · November 2011

Hang in there!

First, remember to put everything in perspective. Shoes? You can get married in any shoes - sure, we all want to find ones we looooove but at the end of the day, your shoes won't matter so much. They don't have to be perfect, they have to be pretty and comfortable. Also, we're all pretty good e-shoppers - set up a thread that says, "Find me shoes!" and post inspiration pictures and tell us what you like/don't like about those shoes, a budget, and a size, and I have a big suspicion someone will find something you love!

Second, as long as you have the big stuff done, you're set. Four months is fine for the details, though if you're this stressed and have a ton of DIY, set aside a day and get a bunch done. Invite over some friends (who are invited to the wedding, of course) to help you with projects. You'll be amazed how quickly some of the stuff gets done if you just sit down and put aside everything else for a few hours!

Third, undergarments - I highly recommend Spanx - their website has just about everything you could ask for, they're usually comfortable and skin colored. For push-up bras, no one really beats Victoria Secrets in my opinion. They basically invented the push-up bra.

SamiJoeB · November 2011

Oh! and if you can make anything chalkboard with that magical paint! My BFF even used it on a piece of foam poster board and it worked!! Thrift it up baby!!

Irishcurls · November 2011

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[QUOTE]Oh! and if you can make anything chalkboard with that magical paint! My BFF even used it on a piece of foam poster board and it worked!! Thrift it up baby!!
Posted by SamiJoeB[/QUOTE]
GET OUTTA MY HEAD! I actually just looked on Etsy and chalkboards in nifty frames are like $100. No thanks. Totally go to Homegoods or Target even, get a big frame or framed picture (you can always remove it) in the color/size you want and buy that chalkboard paint!! I sorta wish I had somewhere to do this for myself. Hehe

SamiJoeB · November 2011

Dudes! They even have Chalkboard spray paint now!! I haven't used it, but I know that the chalkboard paint in the big can works pretty fantastically!! I just may chalkboard something this weekend!!

amh04 · November 2011

Okay - the chalk board thing - you guys are flipping genius!!! Totally going to try that this weekend. I'm checking out the Habitat thing now as we speak.

Victoria Secret is my best friend. Lol. I think I just need the padding, because it isn't really a clevage dress, at least I wouldn't say. Here is the best picture I have of it, FYI I've lost like 10 lbs since trying it on, so I don't look so cowish. (Not sure if I am going to wear the sleeves, they are detachable!)
Cate- Your right about the shoes, I think it was more or less what started the whole freakout.

I think its just the little details, which I am going to work on this weeknd that are just scaring me and freaking me out. That and knowing we still have to get the okay to do PreCana instead of Engage Encounter counseling and knowing we still have to do our Nat'l Family Planning Classes (teaches you how to get pregnant and not to get pregnant without birth control - its church mandated) I feel like there are thousands of things to be done - and just not enough time.

I'm making a monthly list now, 1 for this month, 1 for December and so forth.

CAB1217 · November 2011

OK, first:
http://www.save-on-crafts.com/chalkboards4.html

Second, seriously don't sweat it! IDK if you saw my DIY to do list in yesterdays chat, but I am 44 DAYS away and still have to do programs and menus and the works! It will get done, you have plenty of time, I swear!

We're here for you girl!

amh04 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]I found my shoes on TK. It was really hard to find flats, but I finally found them! What kind of style are you looking for? Calm down my dear! We're here to help! Shoot! I'd even be down to do some DIY stuff and mail it to you!! I'm kind of distracted here at work but I'll sit down and actually read through everything in a bit! I hate to see you so upset!! ETA: Do you have a Habitat for Hummanity restore near you? My mom and I got like 6 old windows for about $30 at ours to build a little window house. ETA (again!): <strong>Here's the list of Habitat Restores in Florida, is there one near you? Clicky
</strong>Posted by SamiJoeB[/QUOTE]

There is one in Jacksonville! Ahhh your amazing, definitely checking them out ASAP!

Irishcurls · November 2011

Ok, in LOVE lu-uv with your dress. I would just go padded personally, talk to your seamstress! And let us know how the chalkboard works!!!

PreCana includes EE, but do you mean individual meetings with a priest or couple? EE is usually jsut a one and done weekend, but it was pricey for us so we did 4 meetings with a couple in our church--about every three weeks for an hour and a half and we loved it!! And the NFP should (maybe?) be a one time class right? It wasn't required for us though, just discussed as part of our sponsor couple meetings.

amh04 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]Ok, in LOVE lu-uv with your dress. I would just go padded personally, talk to your seamstress! And let us know how the chalkboard works!!! PreCana includes EE, but do you mean individual meetings with a priest or couple? EE is usually jsut a one and done weekend, but it was pricey for us so we did 4 meetings with a couple in our church--about every three weeks for an hour and a half and we loved it!! And the NFP should (maybe?) be a one time class right? It wasn't required for us though, just discussed as part of our sponsor couple meetings.
Posted by Irishcurls[/QUOTE]

Thanks for the advice, I'm so lost with all of this. Ill definitely talk to her when I go for my first fitting, hopefully Jan. And thanks, I'm really excited about it.

The EE here was a very pricey weekend thing, but FI has duty weekends on there so we emailed him, and I'm having FI call him today and ask. From the diocese website, it looks like the PreCana is a 8 hour sunday thing? And according to the 1 NFP person I've talked to, its just as pricey as the EE thing! Ugh! Its 8 classes long too! And everyone else I've emailed from the list hasn't responded. Thats a whole other story, I've learned first hand the church moves at a snails pace.

Beachy730 · November 2011

I know you've already gotten a ton of help, but I figured I could probably reassure you a bit anyways. At 4 months out I can tell you that you still have PLENTY of time and not to stress. We planned our entire wedding for 200 people in 5 months, so you're definitely going to be fine. The best tips I can give you are:

1. When shopping for things, take "wedding" out of it. Searching online and in stores for "bridal shoes" is annoying and near impossible (at least IMO). Just shop as if you were looking for these shoes for any other event. I wanted pink heels for my wedding, and just a random day when I was at the mall I was in Nine West and found a pair I loved. They were $40, plus they were buy 1 get 1 half off, so I got a second awesome pair. I still love my wedding shoes, and am even wearing them to a ship function tonight! My underwear were white lace boy shorts from the Gap, and my strapless bra came from Macy's. Shop like you would for anything else.

2. Ignore the checklists, as well as probably everyone on your month board. I had a pretty good head on my shoulders all through wedding planning, and even when I looked at the TK checklists and my month board i would get overwhelmed. Honestly, nobody does half the things on there. You can use them as a general guideline, but if it's something weird or something you're not ready to do, ignore it. For example, I think it told me to sit down with the DJ like 3 months before to go over music. My DJ wanted to do it like 2 weeks before the wedding, so that's when we did it.

3. Remember that if you forgot something, NOBODY but you will notice. The little things that are soooo important to us are almost always things that your guests wouldn't notice if they were missing. I have never heard a guest say "wow, this wedding would have been a million times better if they had remembered to get their personalized matches." Sure, if you want to do extra touches people will remember them, but if they aren't there people won't miss them. As long as you have a bride, a groom, food, music, and a dance floor, you're all set. Everything else is just "fluff."

CAB1217 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]I know you've already gotten a ton of help, but I figured I could probably reassure you a bit anyways. At 4 months out I can tell you that you still have PLENTY of time and not to stress. We planned our entire wedding for 200 people in 5 months, so you're definitely going to be fine. The best tips I can give you are: 1. When shopping for things, take "wedding" out of it. Searching online and in stores for "bridal shoes" is annoying and near impossible (at least IMO). Just shop as if you were looking for these shoes for any other event. I wanted pink heels for my wedding, and just a random day when I was at the mall I was in Nine West and found a pair I loved. They were $40, plus they were buy 1 get 1 half off, so I got a second awesome pair. I still love my wedding shoes, and am even wearing them to a ship function tonight! My underwear were white lace boy shorts from the Gap, and my strapless bra came from Macy's. Shop like you would for anything else. 2. Ignore the checklists, as well as probably everyone on your month board. I had a pretty good head on my shoulders all through wedding planning, and even when I looked at the TK checklists and my month board i would get overwhelmed. Honestly, nobody does half the things on there. You can use them as a general guideline, but if it's something weird or something you're not ready to do, ignore it. For example, I think it told me to sit down with the DJ like 3 months before to go over music. My DJ wanted to do it like 2 weeks before the wedding, so that's when we did it. 3. Remember that if you forgot something, NOBODY but you will notice. The little things that are soooo important to us are almost always things that your guests wouldn't notice if they were missing. I have never heard a guest say "wow, this wedding would have been a million times better if they had remembered to get their personalized matches." Sure, if you want to do extra touches people will remember them, but if they aren't there people won't miss them. As long as you have a bride, a groom, food, music, and a dance floor, you're all set. Everything else is just "fluff."
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

Beach, this advice is EXCELLENT!

amh04 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]I know you've already gotten a ton of help, but I figured I could probably reassure you a bit anyways. At 4 months out I can tell you that you still have PLENTY of time and not to stress. We planned our entire wedding for 200 people in 5 months, so you're definitely going to be fine. The best tips I can give you are: 1. When shopping for things, take "wedding" out of it. Searching online and in stores for "bridal shoes" is annoying and near impossible (at least IMO). Just shop as if you were looking for these shoes for any other event. I wanted pink heels for my wedding, and just a random day when I was at the mall I was in Nine West and found a pair I loved. They were $40, plus they were buy 1 get 1 half off, so I got a second awesome pair. I still love my wedding shoes, and am even wearing them to a ship function tonight! My underwear were white lace boy shorts from the Gap, and my strapless bra came from Macy's. Shop like you would for anything else. 2. Ignore the checklists, as well as probably everyone on your month board. I had a pretty good head on my shoulders all through wedding planning, and even when I looked at the TK checklists and my month board i would get overwhelmed. Honestly, nobody does half the things on there. You can use them as a general guideline, but if it's something weird or something you're not ready to do, ignore it. For example, I think it told me to sit down with the DJ like 3 months before to go over music. My DJ wanted to do it like 2 weeks before the wedding, so that's when we did it. 3. Remember that if you forgot something, NOBODY but you will notice. The little things that are soooo important to us are almost always things that your guests wouldn't notice if they were missing. I have never heard a guest say "wow, this wedding would have been a million times better if they had remembered to get their personalized matches." Sure, if you want to do extra touches people will remember them, but if they aren't there people won't miss them. As long as you have a bride, a groom, food, music, and a dance floor, you're all set. Everything else is just "fluff."
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

Beach - This was awesome. And really helped my mind calm down a LOT. I think I've put a lot of pressue on me about the wedding because I feel like it'll be a huge giant comparison to FSIL. But your 120% right, no one will no about the small things except for me. Thanks for this!

Irishcurls · November 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding FreakOUT! : Thanks for the advice, I'm so lost with all of this. Ill definitely talk to her when I go for my first fitting, hopefully Jan. And thanks, I'm really excited about it. The EE here was a very pricey weekend thing, but FI has duty weekends on there so we emailed him, and I'm having FI call him today and ask. From the diocese website, it looks like the PreCana is a 8 hour sunday thing? And according to the 1 NFP person I've talked to, its just as pricey as the EE thing! Ugh! Its 8 classes long too! And everyone else I've emailed from the list hasn't responded. Thats a whole other story, I've learned first hand the church moves at a snails pace.
Posted by amh04[/QUOTE]
Oh my WORD. 8 classes for NFP?? That blows, but hopefully your PreCana will be helpful but not painful. We really did enjoy ours, and we talked about a lot of stuff beforehand--we still learned a lot and it sparked conversations. But you're absolutely right, the Chuch ain't hurrying up for anyone. :) Those pieces will come together though, don't worry!

And definitely ditto beach on shopping at regular places--just keep your eyes out for undies and shoes and buy them when you see them!

AmandaSC1988 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]I know you've already gotten a ton of help, but I figured I could probably reassure you a bit anyways. At 4 months out I can tell you that you still have PLENTY of time and not to stress. We planned our entire wedding for 200 people in 5 months, so you're definitely going to be fine. The best tips I can give you are: 1. When shopping for things, take "wedding" out of it. Searching online and in stores for "bridal shoes" is annoying and near impossible (at least IMO). Just shop as if you were looking for these shoes for any other event. I wanted pink heels for my wedding, and just a random day when I was at the mall I was in Nine West and found a pair I loved. They were $40, plus they were buy 1 get 1 half off, so I got a second awesome pair. I still love my wedding shoes, and am even wearing them to a ship function tonight! My underwear were white lace boy shorts from the Gap, and my strapless bra came from Macy's. Shop like you would for anything else. 2. Ignore the checklists, as well as probably everyone on your month board. I had a pretty good head on my shoulders all through wedding planning, and even when I looked at the TK checklists and my month board i would get overwhelmed. Honestly, nobody does half the things on there. You can use them as a general guideline, but if it's something weird or something you're not ready to do, ignore it. For example, I think it told me to sit down with the DJ like 3 months before to go over music. My DJ wanted to do it like 2 weeks before the wedding, so that's when we did it. 3. Remember that if you forgot something, NOBODY but you will notice. The little things that are soooo important to us are almost always things that your guests wouldn't notice if they were missing. I have never heard a guest say "wow, this wedding would have been a million times better if they had remembered to get their personalized matches." Sure, if you want to do extra touches people will remember them, but if they aren't there people won't miss them. As long as you have a bride, a groom, food, music, and a dance floor, you're all set. Everything else is just "fluff."
Posted by dnbeach12[/QUOTE]

Agreed. 200%.

Beachy730 · November 2011

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[QUOTE]In Response to Re: Wedding FreakOUT! : Beach - This was awesome. And really helped my mind calm down a LOT. I think I've put a lot of pressue on me about the wedding because I feel like it'll be a huge giant comparison to FSIL. But your 120% right, no one will no about the small things except for me. Thanks for this!
Posted by amh04[/QUOTE]

<div>You're so welcome! Us old married hags are good for at least a few things.</div>

divinemsbee · November 2011

And I will be hitting up the Pensacola branch of the Habitat ReStore this weekend, thank you.

I will say that the Church stuff freaks me out more because it varies so much from parish to parish. Some you have to take an NFP class, some don't care. Some you just have a few meetings, some you meet a lot. Some you have to go on a weekend, some you don't. I do think if they're going to charge a good bit of money for the day class or the EE weekend, maybe see if you can get on a payment plan. I don't think any priest would not allow you to get married just because money is a little tight to pay for that.

divinemsbee · November 2011

Also, your dress is amazing and I love your centerpieces

crownsuperstar · November 2011

Love your dress and I think it was Cali that mentioned spanx and I say YES YES YES. I love all things spanx. I wear them even with every day type of dresses.

calindi · November 2011

Your dress is GOOOOORGEOUS! I love the straps. Really, really love the straps!

amh04 · November 2011

Thanks ladies! I am so happy with it, it was exactly what I wanted and then some. I love the straps too!! I'm excited because the straps hook in like a bra in the front and back, so it literally can be strapless in seconds. I'm thinking of wearing the straps for the wedding, and removing them for the reception. We'll see

I'm just going to start shopping and if I see things pick it up. I'm definitely doing the chalkboard thing this weekend. I'm hitting up the Habitat ReStore Saturday.

And Irish - Yeah! Not to mention, the NFP classes are $40 each! It adds up. Thank goodness they aren't charging us to use the church! FI just left the priest a VM so hopefully I'll have an answer soon.
Amanda - Ive noticed they vary a lot. The old church we were going to get married at we HAD to do EE but there was no NFP and like 2 meetings. This church we have to do NFP and EE but we have only meet with him once. Then again we see the main priest every tuesday for RCIA and every sunday at mass. LOTS of church time lately.

Does anyone know if you can book a honeymoon 2 months out?! Or the best places to look for a honeymoon? I think we are going to talk with a travel agent because we're lost on how to find one and what not. We want to do an all inclusive but only if its really worth it.

calindi · November 2011

amh - shoot me an email about the honeymoon. I'll help you out. Travel Agents are okay, but let me at least find you some good resorts and you can see if they can beat the deals I can find. That way you don't end up going to a crappy resort just because they give the Travel Agent some sort of kickback (which happens). At least you'll know where you want to go and what the budget will get you.

Also, 2 months out is usually ideal for booking a trip as airfares are typically at their lowest point (except holiday times, which gets more expensive the closer you get) and hotels often offer deals to try to boost their percentage of capacity (which managers often get goals for each month).

Beachy730 · November 2011

Your dress is gorgeous! Spanx are wonderful, but I would say see how your dress fits without them first. I definitely wear them many times in dresses, but all day in my wedding gown was not a day I wanted to wear them. It was also July and 80 degrees out.

As for your honeymoon, to me it's like anything else with the wedding. Pick a place that you and your H want to go to, and don't worry if it's considered a honeymoon destination or not. H and I didn't go on one right away because of moving and deployment. Then after his deployment we went on one to Whistler, B.C.. In the snow, with snowboarding and snow tubing. Super fun but definitely not considered typical "honeymoon" destination.

calindi · November 2011

I totally agree with Beach - your honeymoon is about spending time with your new husband. It's not about impressing anyone or fitting some stereotype. Sit down and figure out what your budget is for the honeymoon and what you want to do. I can help you walk through this step - I have a questionaire that I built (I'm kinda sort starting a honeymoon planning business... slowly).

We're going to wait a few weeks out of necessity, also, and then we're going to Washington & Oregon for hopefully two weeks. We're going to drive around, do lots of hiking, stay in little B&Bs and go camping outdoors for a few nights, go wine tasting, and go to a whole ton of breweries. Not to mention eat delicious food! Not your stereotypical "lay by the beach" honeymoon, but it's just what we want. We may end up pushing it back a few months so it would be a Christmas trip, so like Beach it would be snowy, and we'd be very happy with that, too!

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