I don't visit message boards, nor have I ever posted anything on one, so this is all new to me! I'm a very private person and never express my frustrations like this, but I'm desperate for some encouragement from anyone else who is going through the same.
Planning a wedding is supposed to be a joyous experience, right? Or have I been fooled? I swear if one more thing goes wrong, I'm calling it all off.
Our ceremony is abroad and we've been trying to book our rooms since the end of July. First, the person booking for our party LOST our paperwork WITH our bank account #. We had to close the account and open a new one. This person is "chronically" on vacation and no one else in that office seems to know what's going on. Because the new account hasn't been open for a certain amount of time, we have an EXTREMELY low daily limit. A limit that prevents us from putting deposits on literally EVERYTHING!
Our reception is in the US. I booked and paid for a wedding planner that works for the venue where our reception is to be held. Last week, she decided to go with a different job. Although they set me up with a new wedding planner, and everything was handled in a very professional manner, I want to (but I won't) throw a hissy fit. I booked the first wedding planner because I liked her style, and now I don't have a choice but to accept the new person as my wedding planner. Due to this transition, the old wedding planner has only set up 3 appointments for me with vendors since we signed the contract in April. Out of those 3 appointments, I've been waiting on quotes from 2 of them going on 3 weeks now. We've tried to figure out the menu options, and my mom and I keep butting heads and fighting over stupid food options. Now, my mom took over the menu planning and doesn't want me attending the menu planning meetings.
There are/were issues with both my ceremony and reception dress as well. I paid a lot of money for my reception dress, and now the store is closing. My dress isn't due to arrive until November, but the store is closing TOMORROW. My ceremony dress is much cheaper and is really a bridesmaid dress. It was supposed to be purchased from the same store, but they told me the designer didn't make it in ivory. I did some of my own digging, and low and behold, on the designers’ website, it DOES come in ivory. I didn't want to give more business to that store, since they didn't really do what I expected them to. I ordered the dress from a different bridal boutique. Honestly, that's the only thing that's been "right" thus far, is the transaction with the second bridal boutique.
I've been waiting to have a second meeting with my DJ/Emcee/Lighting vendor for the past month. We scheduled a meeting for next week, and now he asked to reschedule. UGH!
I'm a realistic person and I know that things happen. Usually, I role with the punches and figure things out, but is this process really supposed to be so complicated?! It seems like every little thing along the way is a second away from a catastrophe. Am I over-reacting? I've been telling everyone things like, "Oh, that's OK, don't worry about it, we'll figure it out," etc. And this isn't even half of the things that have been going wrong. I don't want to be a bridezilla, but I'm really about to snap! Can anyone else relate? I'd love to know I'm not alone in all this uncertainty and craziness.