Comments on: Wedding Graduate: Prom To Altar

By: Mollie

Mollie — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 19:46:33 +0000

thanks for this! it is definitely important to hear this advice over and over again. I recently got engaged in a not so romantic way and I was really bumming…it reminds me that the thing that matters is that we love each other, not the little details…even though they are fun to plan/dream about :)

By: Meg

Meg — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:36:12 +0000

And, as I’ve pointed out time and time again, this is not a blog about budget weddings. If you want that, you’ll need to find it elsewhere. This is a blog about having a simple wedding that’s meaningful for you and practical for your situation, whatever that is. I happen to feature a lot of weddings that were done on what is widely considered to be a smaller budget, but that is not the point of this site. If you want that, blogger is ready and waiting, and you can start that blog at any time.

By: Nicole

Nicole — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 10:40:31 +0000

Well then, Anonymous, we did a good job having a budget wedding that didn’t LOOK like a budget wedding! If you read my blog you’ll see how we cut costs, how we decided where to spend our money, and how careful we were with sticking to our carefully planned budget. Every decision was made with our budget in mind.

And, like Meg has pointed out, budget is a very subjective term.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Sat, 01 Nov 2008 08:29:35 +0000

Actually this didn’t look like a budget wedding to me.

By: jennifer

jennifer — Fri, 31 Oct 2008 08:46:38 +0000

Every bride should have that same attitude throughout the wedding process. Planning a stress free wedding is exciting and worth while and makes you more and more elated to become a bride. I love reading stories about brides that aren’t worried about mishaps!

By: Krista

Krista — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 09:40:52 +0000

I enjoyed the humour in this post, and the sage advice. And it’s a good story to laugh at.

Speaking of good stories, I love blind-irish pirate’s story! A boat was burned?! That’s insane.

By: nicole

nicole — Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:11:23 +0000

Thanks for the comments, everyone! I'm glad our cake story could be of help in taking some of the stress out of the whole thing!

I'm recapping and telling some more stories over on my blog, if anyone is interested.

Thanks again, Meg, this was a blast!

By: Jersey Girl & Mom to One Very Special Baby Girl in Maryland

Jersey Girl & Mom to One Very Special Baby Girl in Maryland — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 21:59:22 +0000

This is such a great story! And a nice reminder that when it comes down to it on the day of, nothing matters but two people coming together out of love for one another.

On our wedding day, it rained (good luck they say) and we had some guests who had rsvped for our reception not show up (we found out later, one couple had fought in the car and decided they didn’t want to come together after the argument, another person’s car had broken down days before and couldn’t make the trip, one couple came to the church and then didn’t come to the reception, another couple had a “change in their plans,” etc.) and then an uninvited guest showed up for dinner. While this was more annoying from a financial aspect (budgeting/paying for guests that didn’t show up), it didn’t even matter. It all worked out and we were so happy, we enjoyed every moment :)

By: Sarah

Sarah — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 14:56:11 +0000

This cake discussion reminds me of a wedding cake photo I saw posted at Cake Wrecks. Some things you have to see to believe.

By: jen

jen — Tue, 28 Oct 2008 10:46:22 +0000

I love this post! Thanks for sharing your stories with us.