....two part question.
A. that you couldn't do without for your wedding...i.e. your splurge.
B. that you wish you could have had for your wedding but couldn't?
So here are my answers.
* My wedding splurge was probably my location. Everytime I walk in , I get giddy and feel like Cinderalla at the ball! It's gorgeous! The ceilings in the are painted to look amazing so everytime I walk in to meet with my event planner I actually enjoy just sitting there! I cut a few people off my list to make sure I could have my dream wedding at my dream location!
** Part 2 - My 2nd part actually isn't material. A few weeks ago I found out my grandparents arent able to make it to my wedding. My paternal granparents are very close to me and my grandmother has been sick lately and just can't travel the 1200 miles to get here. I never imagined having living grandparents that couldn't be at the wedding. So if I had known that when I planned it, my wedding would have been in Mobile AL with them just so they could be there. I know - sob story but true.
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Re: 7/12 * QOTW - What was the thing
* One thing that you wish you could have had for your wedding but couldn't?..... My dad. He passed away from cancer in 2006. I'll absolutely be missing him.
B. If we could have one thing we would have a live band!
2) There's a GOREGOUS hotel in the city we're getting married in (Hotel Roanoke) that I would have LOVED to have the reception at. The room rental fees weren't extravagant, but you have to use their restaurant for the food, and that was too much. Part of me keeps hoping David Tutera will run in, shred our artificial flowers, and move the reception...and have Michael Buble sing. A girl can dream.
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A. that you couldn't do without for your wedding...i.e. your splurge. We ended up paying more than I ever thought I would pay for photography. But we didn't do a pro video so I felt I could justify the cost and our photographers did a great job.
B. that you wish you could have had for your wedding but couldn't? I wish that we could have hired a limo to bring us from our wedding venue to our hotel (about an hour and a half drive) but we were too practical to spend the money on that.
On a side note, we were incredibly blessed to book our venue when we did. For our reception, it would cost almost double in 2010 what it cost us in 2009!!! I cannot believe that the prices went up that much in one year. If we had to pay the 2010 prices, we would not have gotten married there and IMO it was the best detail of our wedding day (other than marrying the man of my dreams, of course!)
2) I think the only thing I really had my heart set on that I didn't get was a particular DJ - There is one who did a wedding for a freiend last year who was amazing, and I wanted him to do mine, but he was already booked (and out of our price range anyways!) We ended up finding a (MUCH) cheaper one.
2. I wish I could have a videographer. I've seen some amazing ones on other websites, like Style Me Pretty, and I think it would have been so cool to have a 'movie' of my day!
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2) My wish - my mom. Mom's been with the Lord for 10 years now, but even in my 40's I still missed her terribly when dress-shopping, planning details she'd laugh at me for fretting over, and thinking about lighting the unity candle without her there to light the candle on my side of the church, and just sharing the experience. I wouldn't really wish her back--she knew the Lord and is enjoying His presence now--but I do miss her. Kind of wish my dad could be there too, he's been in heaven 40 years now.
Edit: That sounds sort of whiny and sad. I'm marrying a wonderful man whom I believe the Lord has called me to share my life with. I'm enjoying planning, am thrilled my brother is giving me away and I'll be surrounded by loads of people who love and care about me. I just have occasional "sentimental" moments.
Wish: We did not book the venue we wanted because it was above our means. The plates started at approx. $10 more per head then our current venue. Another wish is our flowers. We decided to not go with fresh flowers d/t cost and our wedding is in July, and it is often so humid here that the flowers would have wilted before the reception began.
2) I sort of wish we could have had our friends' dad's 16-piece swing band play at our wedding. But I know everyone had so much fun dancing to music they knew, so it doesn't break my heart. That, and we swing danced for our first dance, and my bustle was too long, causing me to trip, fall on my behind, and destory the bustle, so it wouldn't have been very practical!