to love, laughter, and happily ever after

I'm sure it's pretty clear that the overwhelming theme of this blog is that you should reach out to everyone you know for favors and support in order to plan an affordable and special wedding. It also helps if you have the most supportive and loving future husband to help you through it.

Being engaged is actually not that fun. This fantasy idea that it's a magical time where you have tons of fun planning all the details of your special day is horribly inaccurate. You will fight over conflicting ideas (round tables vs. rectangular tables... I never knew I cared now much!). You will be stressed about money. You will never be able to please everyone. Your family and friends will be angry with you, whether passive aggressively or aggressively aggressively, about something.

Hopefully you will have an amazing partner to go through it all with. Before David, I didn't even think I wanted to get married. I didn't realize you could find a man who really did feel like a partner. Someone who was there for you, challenged you, supported you, surprised you, stood up for you, and understood you.

He was by my side the entire time and I have to tell you, I know there will come a time when you want to just say screw it and elope, but hang in there - there is something about sharing a dance with the guy you love in front of all the people who are important to you that might make you cry a little bit. In a good way. In the end, it's all worth it.