Okay... So yes I deserve to be going through this headache. I told EVERYONE how easy it is to plan a wedding. I wasn't running into any road bumps, I was picking things easily, I wasn't having second thoughts in what I was picking either. My mom and soon to be mother in law know exactly what to look for and are doing a GREAT job hunting down the numerous amount of blue glass we need! It has been amazing and EASY!
Boy was I wrong! I am currently in table runner and wedding invitation HELL! I never realized the amount of choices there are available and the price ranges. Let's talk about the price for a moment... Who in their right mind spends anywhere close to $800.00 for paper that people are going to throw away?? And then to add the price of shipping these invites. The price for invites blows my mind and gives be a headache daily as mom and I search and search hundreds on invites. It's actually kind of fun to dig for that great deal and the perfect item but after about 2 hours of looking I'm completely spent for the day. Good thing my mom can handle the computer longer. It doesn't stress her like it does me and if it does she's doing a wonderful job trying to keep me calm as I throw my hands down and walk away from it.
Then we switch to table runners for awhile to give the invite search a breather... Mom and I started this search out thinking this isn't going to be too expensive. We can find cheap fabric online and she will sew everything. Umm... apparently we missed the memo... this isn't going to be EASY either. I picked my wedding colors partly because I figured we'd find a lot of options in the colors and it really has been pretty easy until you get in your head that you ONLY want dark yellow damsik fabric. Again, mom and I spent many hours laughing, phone calls and sending links back and forth. I even emailed a website and asked if they were going to start caring a runner in yellow soon.. good news... THEY ARE!
I will never say this process is easy again. I'm soo excited for the big day, but it won't be because I found the perfect table runners or invitations. I'm excited to marry the man I love and to start our lives together. I continue to remind myself of this daily so I stay grounded in this 'planning a wedding' battle. We will survive it and I know no matter what it will be perfect, even if I have to email everyone our wedding invites. :)
