Intro (and a rant)

Re: Intro (and a rant)

• LuluP82 member

  

  January 2012

  In Response to <a href="http://forums.theknot.com/Sites/theknot/Pages/Main.aspx/special-topic-wedding-boards_military-brides_intro-rant?plckFindPostKey=Cat:Special Topic Wedding BoardsForum:13Discussion:bc5afa1b-0499-4783-a112-f7efb7b1bbe6Post:2e907358-df3b-4f61-b024-ea06e99b37de">Re: Intro (and a rant)</a>:
  [QUOTE]In Response to Re: Intro (and a rant) : We have a budget, and I've been looking into contacting venues and all that. The venue that I love still has a lot of availability in June, it's a really nice hall but doesn't cater themselves so they don't book up that fast. Plus, when I talked to the guy there, he actually recommended waiting till closer to the date to book it anyway. So, that shouldn't be too much of a problem. Honestly I still feel that, in my case, my FI getting leave secured is my biggest issue right now. 
  Posted by Markey28[/QUOTE]
  
  Sorry I'm late on this, but I agree with the others-- if you have space and no food, drinks, music, officiant, photog, flowers, etc. it won't be much of a wedding, will it? I mean, of course all you need is you, your Fi and a license, but I'm assuming you want other stuff there too or you wouldn't be stressing.
  
  It's do-able to plan within a short timeframe if you have a couple of things going for you--
  - a generous budget (so you don't have to look around for the best deal)
  - an unpopular date (mine was the weekend before Thanksgiving, it's unpopular bc it's around a holiday and it's not wedding season)
  - very little to do in terms of actual planning (full-service venue)
  
  I planned in 3 months, like I said. BUT, I had a full-service venue. Once I booked that, I only had to find a photographer, music (I was open to either a live band or a DJ), a cake (my venue served dessert, but I wanted cake too), and a florist. We had an officiant since it was a priest we know. I was actually lucky that my first choice photographer was available, and that the first band I liked and called was availble too. For ceremony musicians, I had to call like 8 different groups and pay more than the reception band for just the ceremony music, because no one was available. I had to call like 4 different florists, too, and spent way more than I wanted to on flowers.
  
  Oh and my dress was also a nightmare, because most places don't do dresses that fast. My options were either off the rack or really, really expensive boutique that didn't have time restrictions. I was able to go with the latter, but that goes back to the generous budget bullet.

  

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• Tiddlywinkles member

  

  January 2012

  I kind of know where you're coming from here. My FI and I got engaged in October and were planning for a June wedding because that is in the block leave period, but now as it turns out he more than likely won't even be able to come back for that date because of field ops and the like so we've come to the decision that rather than wait another 6 months if not longer for him to be able to come home for an extended period and me be able to actually plan a real wedding, we're putting that on hold for now and just going to the justice of the peace. Hopefully when things slow down I'll be able to have my wedding, but it's the marriage and not the wedding that really counts.

  

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