De-stressing

greystreet18 · August 2013

Since lots people have been posting about stressing out lately, let's take another break

How many people are invited to your wedding?

How many do you hope actually come?

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in?

Favorite thing that you registered for?

Number of people in your bridal party?

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?

What color is your dress?

What color are your shoes?

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?

greystreet18 · August 2013

I'll start:

How many people are invited to your wedding? 70

How many do you hope actually come? I'd be fine with everyone we invited coming

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Bora Bora in one of those huts standing in beautiful blue water

Favorite thing that you registered for? A Ninja Blender and a slow cooker with a timer

Number of people in your bridal party? Four total. Just our siblings.

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? The old will be my grandma's rosary, new will be my dress, borrowed will be a bracelet, and blue will be my garter.

What color is your dress? Off white/ivory

What color are your shoes? Navy blue

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I think once the day gets here I will be happy with it, but at this point I am so wishing we eloped...

jessyk1065 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 207

How many do you hope actually come? Around 175

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Italy! The one time I was lucky enough to go I was still a picky eater, so I'd love to go back and eat everything, especially without having a dress to fit into!

Favorite thing that you registered for? featherbed. it's been AMAZING!

Number of people in your bridal party? 8 bridesmaids, 10 groomsmen, includes all our siblings

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? old=grandma's bracelet, new=dress/shoes, borrowed=my best friend/MOH's veil, blue=underthings/garter

What color is your dress? ivory

What color are your shoes? sparkly silver

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I really feel so lucky that things are working out the way they are! I kind of wish we would have had more customization with our cake (it comes with our banquet hall package), because I am obsessed with all sweets, but that's really it.

simplykayla · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 52

How many do you hope actually come? No preference

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Ditto with greystreet, Bora Bora for sure

Favorite thing that you registered for? We didn't register for anything

Number of people in your bridal party? 3 BMs, 3 GM

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?
Old- Idk yet
New - Dress, jewelry, shoes
Borrowed - Our venue actually has a cute little chest full of things in the bride's room for the bride to use as her borrowed, so I'll pick something from there
Blue - garter

What color is your dress? Ivory with silver/grey lace

What color are your shoes? Ivory

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?
There have been so many times that FI and I wish we had just eloped instead of go through all this stress. For every piece that falls into place, something else falls out of place and its been a constant struggle keeping up. If I had to do it over again, I would have simplified everything from the very beginning to save myself a lot of headaches. Oh, and I would've come to TK waaaay sooner

Clpapke83 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? Originally 100, but now @110

How many do you hope actually come? 95 FI invited a few I don't want to come

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Never really thought about it... a beach somewhere

Favorite thing that you registered for? Power tools

Number of people in your bridal party? 1 bridesmaid,1 bestman

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Didn't plan on doing this tradition, but old..nothing. new..my dress. borrowed..nothing. blue.. earrings and necklace

What color is your dress? White with blue belt/sash

What color are your shoes? White

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I would have chose a bigger venue so we could invite more friends and family. We easily could have invited 300 people. Found that out too late tho. Whoops.

fearlessbrideMI · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 161 adults 38 kids

How many do you hope actually come? 150 total

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Fiji

Favorite thing that you registered for? Tie between our ninja blender and the new pots/pans

Number of people in your bridal party? Just MOH & BM

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Still deciding but I probably will. I think my jewelry will be my new and that's all I've got for now.

What color is your dress? Ivory

What color are your shoes? Red

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?
No I would stand my ground on the guest list and have less then 100 and I would also stand my ground and just have a cake/punch reception and use the money on our honeymoon.

schellzinator · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 134

How many do you hope actually come? I'd be fine if all 134 came

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? We are going on it!!! Three weeks in Europe - cost will be high - but it will be fantastic to eat/drink our way through Europe.

Favorite thing that you registered for? Trivets and Refrigerator Wine Holders

Number of people in your bridal party? 8 - 2 sisters, 2 best friends for me. 1 brother and three best friends for him.

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Umm...I'll have borrowed - my sister is letting me use her pearls - so that is borrowed. New is the dress. Old is most likely my shoes (just recycling a pair of flip flop sandals if I don't like the one's from David's I'm trying on) and blue...I don't know - maybe my undies?

What color is your dress? Ivory! and COMFY

What color are your shoes? Either rose gold with rhinestones or Ivory with a bow from the Loft.

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I would go to Vegas and invite my close friends and family.

[Deleted User] · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 157

How many do you hope actually come? 157

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? DisneyWorld. Oh wait! We're going there.

Favorite thing that you registered for? The vacuum.

Number of people in your bridal party? 4 (not including us).

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Yes. Old: my shoes, oddly enough New: my dress and veil Borrowed: the purse Blue: a few of the pins on my bouquet

What color is your dress? Ivory

What color are your shoes? glitter. (blue)

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? Yup.

schellzinator · August 2013

@lplions - I know I've said it before - but YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE DISNEY WORLD.

Which resort are you staying at again? Also - don't forget to pick up your pin that says you were Just Married! We ate at Be Our Guest (Beast's Castle) in Magic Kingdom and LOVED it!

jerseychic24 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 127

How many do you hope actually come? I would be happy if every one came, but originally the list was 100...soooo 100

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in?14 day european cruise

But i am thrilled about goign to itaily in 2014

Favorite thing that you registered for? stovetop smoker

Number of people in your bridal party?

3

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? old/new/blue is technically my dress. Its new to me but I got it from a brides against breast cancer event and it has blue on the top of the dress but you cant really tell from bc its light blue and has lots of sparkles around it. Shoes and jewlry are new. borrowed still working on that maybe a bracelet or something from a family member

What color is your dress?

white (with sparkles and some lgiht blue)

What color are your shoes?

white

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I def would FI has been so helpful through out the entire process

SewInLoveWithDMB · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 284

How many do you hope actually come? I think the PC answer is that I hope 284 would come. We have already received approximately 50 declines, and have a feeling that others who have not responded yet will also be declines. I think we will really come in around 200 - 220, plus children (15 or so of them)

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? I think Bermuda, but we went there last summer just as a trip. I just love it there, and I think it's romantic. I'd love to visit Saint Martin some day.

Favorite thing that you registered for? Crate and Barrel dining room table, which we received at my shower from the bridal party. Dyson vacuum, which my coworkers purchased!

Number of people in your bridal party? 5 bridesmaids, 2 maids/matrons of honor, 1 best man, 6 groomsmen, 5 flower girls, 2 ring bearers. Total: 21, plus bride and groom (23).

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Old: Tiffany pearl bracelet my great aunt bought me a few years ago (it isn't that old, but it counts). New: Dress Borrowed: My sister's veil Blue: Garter

What color is your dress? Ivory

What color are your shoes? Ivory peep toe with a low heel and a jeweled top

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? Probably. I think I would do almost everything exactly the same. We weren't exactly a budget wedding, but not a total splurge either. The splurges are where I would always splurge (photography, my dress) and the more budget end of things are where I would always budget (Dj vs $10,000 band, cute affordable favors). Our venue/alcohol/food is neither a splurge nor budget: for NJ terms, it is average. The food tastes good and I have been there many times, and there is a large cocktail hour, 4 course dinner and open bar throughout.

I might have put the girls in different color dresses (either all of them or just MOHs), but we found the dress and we each LOVED the sample color (Tiffany blue.) No other colors blended with that well, and each girl looked really great in that color. My original plan was different shades of pinks or purples, but then we all fell in love with the blue. I think we made a great choice, but it sorta happened rather than what I had imagined. But, I really do love it and think it's a pretty choice.

FLDiver · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 80

How many do you hope actually come? All of them

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Belize, Ambergris Caye; we're planning to go next year once we recover from wedding expenses.

Favorite thing that you registered for? Kate Spade series plates.....so cute I couldn't resist.

Number of people in your bridal party? One....keeping it simple.

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Haven't really thought about it, actually.

What color is your dress? Ivory

What color are your shoes? Which pair? I currently have ivory, coral, navy, and white flip flops.

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? The biggest letdown overall is that many of the family members I assumed would come, aren't, and they were the reason we went with a lot of decisions (location, venue, formality). Now that they aren't coming, I find that I would have been perfectly happy with an extremely informal hop down to the Keys, get married on the docks of our favorite dive charter, and go diving immediately after. Would have been much simpler and cheaper. [Only a little bitter, party of one, over here].

Stina51286 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 372 (well I think we added a few since we had room).

How many do you hope actually come? 280ish?

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Tour of Europe. Austrailia

Favorite thing that you registered for? KitchenAide Mixer

Number of people in your bridal party? Bridal party or wedding party? 4 on each side plus a FG and RB

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? New: my MOH got me a garter, old: my pearls from my mom gave me for standing up in her wedding with my stepdad, borrowed/blue: who knows.

What color is your dress? Champaigne

What color are your shoes? Ceremony shoes are the same color as my dress. Comfortable shoes for the reception are ivory lace flats.

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? Nope, I wanted a destination wedding, but FI only has one grandma alive (95) and he wanted her there.

[Deleted User] · August 2013

schellzinator said:

@lplions - I know I've said it before - but YOU ARE GOING TO HAVE SO MUCH FUN! I LOVE DISNEY WORLD.

Which resort are you staying at again? Also - don't forget to pick up your pin that says you were Just Married! We ate at Be Our Guest (Beast's Castle) in Magic Kingdom and LOVED it!

I haven't been since 2006, and FH hasn't been since 2007. We've both been itching to get back there.

We're staying at the French Quarter. I've told every single person I've talked to at Disney that we'll be on our honeymoon, so hopefully they've gotten the hint. ;-) I've made dinner reservations at: Nine Dragons (EPCOT), Wolfgang Puck Grand Cafe (Downtown Disney), Raglan Road Irish Pub (DD), Cinderella's Royal Table, & Be Our Guest. I am excited for every single one of them. We're also planning on going to the Food & Wine Festival in EPCOT one of the evenings, and then one day we'll at HP World, so we'll either eat there or back at the resort.

shaylagirl · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding?

We're currently at about 80.

How many do you hope actually come?

All of them; although my "other parents" (my best friend's mom and dad) aren't coming. SUPER sad about that, but they'll be in Africa on a SAFARI!! SO COOL!!!!

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in?

Ireland. I want to stay in a castle and ride a horse on the beach.

Favorite thing that you registered for?
New Air-Bake cookie sheets and cooling racks.

Number of people in your bridal party?
4; MOH-Best Friend, BM-Big Sister
His BM-His son and his 2nd(Adult)BM-One of his dude best friends
(My son and my dad are walking me down the aisle; SUPER excited about that!)

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?
Something old; my mom's loaning me a pearl necklace, or I'm wearing the heirloom ivory my grandmother gave me as an infant (don't judge; I love elephants too)
Something new; my dress
Something borrowed; no clue. I have people throwing things at me, so I'm sure I'll find something.
Something blue; my mom used blue thread to stitch the top of my crinoline.
The sixpence in my shoe will either be the one my mom used when she married my dad, or will be one from Ireland from FI's birth year. I'm still waffling.

What color is your dress?
White with viola (purple) down the back. Mine's from the Dream in Color collection by Alfred Angelo.

What color are your shoes?
Silver with rhinestones!

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?

I'd still want my wedding, but, I'd want a larger budget JUST so I could pay for stuff IMMEDIATELY rather than deposit and final payment. I just want it all PAID FOR and OVER WITH. Like, yesterday!!
(Okay, I'd probably bump my budget and buy some super luxe invitations. I hate invites.)

rustytammy · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 84

How many do you hope actually come? 80 - this is the limit we were given and it looks like we will be at 71

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? Ireland or Italy

Favorite thing that you registered for? The everyday dishes!!! Love them!

Number of people in your bridal party? 3 BM'S, 3 GM's, Jr. BM and 2 RB

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?

Old - My grandmother's mother-of-pearl dove earrings

New - Dress and the necklace my mom made me

Borrowed - Was going to borrow a cake serving set but my boss bought me a new one. So now I have to figure out the borrowed.

Blue - Bow on my shoes

What color is your dress? Off White

What color are your shoes? White and Blue

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?

I'm not sure about this one. I love that we are getting married at a winery but the only drawback is that it is 2.5 hours away from where we live. So that makes it a PITA. Sometimes I think we should have done what both our parents suggested and just gone to Vegas. I just don't think it would have been as special.

Sgreen19 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding?

Around 220

How many do you hope actually come?

All of them

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in?

Bora Bora the resort off couples retreat, Costa Rica( we were going to go here but then we got our own place and well a home comes first over a honeymoon) and Paris France

Favorite thing that you registered for?

Kitchen Aid Stand Mixer with the Accessories I love to cook.

Number of people in your bridal party?

6 Bridesmaids and 8 Groomsmen ( but 2 months away and 2 may not be able to attend)

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?

Trying.

Old- ?

New- My dress, veil, shoes, Accessories

Borrowed-?

Blue- Undergarments

What color is your dress?

White

What color are your shoes?

Apple Red

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?

I love the idea of my whole family and friends being here but I think I would probably go away between his parents divorce and my mother trying to plan my wedding how she wants its and arguing with me I would have rather just went away and celebrated with a whoever could come.

shannie11 · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 165

How many do you hope actually come? 135

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? a month long vacation anywhere in Europe

Favorite thing that you registered for? my pots and pans. I love them!

Number of people in your bridal party? 14

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be?

not really going for it but I do have a new dress and my undies are blue.

What color is your dress? its called natural but more like an ivory

What color are your shoes? ivory

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it?

prob not I think I would have eloped and been married a year ago! However, I am still looking forward to celebrating in 48 days with my friends and family!

thejucheidea · August 2013

How many people are invited to your wedding? 144

How many do you hope actually come? 80-100

What is your dream honeymoon location, if cost did not factor in? I'd just want a more extensive honeymoon than the one we have planned. It would be nice to add in Greenland and Lapland to our Iceland and possibly Sweden/Norway/Denmark trip.

Favorite thing that you registered for? The Nest learning thermostat.

Number of people in your bridal party? 7 on my side, 6 on his, but I think that one of mine may be dropping out because we've become so distant since she went all bridezilla with me at her wedding

Are you going to have something old/new/borrowed/blue? If so, what will they be? Old is my mom's veil, new is my dress, borrowed are the pearl/diamond earrings I'm borrowing from my mom and blue are my shoes.

What color is your dress? White. I wanted something more creamy, but there wasn't one available at the dress sale that I attended.

What color are your shoes? Blue.

Now that you are seeing the light at the end of the tunnel, would you plan the same type of wedding that you are now? If not, how would you change it? I'd prefer having a tiny destination wedding with just our parents and closest friends instead of a large wedding, but that's just not possible with his family.

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