Comments on: The List: The 4-5 Months Out Version http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/ Weddings. Minus the insanity, plus the marriage. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 10:33:01 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 By: Futuremrsreyes http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-3/#comment-57352 Futuremrsreyes Wed, 27 Apr 2011 19:21:13 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-57352 Too funny. I received a free wedding planner and going over the list I see that im supposed to find my ice scuptor and reserve my horse and carriage. Lol. I just cross things off that I dont need and revel in false accomplishment. But getting married is more important to me than having the best most impreasive wedding so I will just have what we feel is important and the people we love will respect that and come celebrate with us :) Too funny. I received a free wedding planner and going over the list I see that im supposed to find my ice scuptor and reserve my horse and carriage. Lol. I just cross things off that I dont need and revel in false accomplishment. But getting married is more important to me than having the best most impreasive wedding so I will just have what we feel is important and the people we love will respect that and come celebrate with us :)

]]> By: channamasala http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-19042 channamasala Mon, 14 Jun 2010 10:46:31 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-19042 Just had to say I am totally with you on the wedding favors. I did temporarily obsess about them until I realized they weren't even something people remembered. I actually own no lists - at all - I made one and never look at it - but the most ridiculous thing people are telling me to do is "find a drawstring purse to put in money that people give you"....um...no. Just had to say I am totally with you on the wedding favors. I did temporarily obsess about them until I realized they weren’t even something people remembered.

I actually own no lists – at all – I made one and never look at it – but the most ridiculous thing people are telling me to do is “find a drawstring purse to put in money that people give you”….um…no.

]]> By: K http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-17783 K Mon, 31 May 2010 13:20:47 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-17783 OMG, this is the reason I have sworn off The Knot in favor of this website. I started reading down their checklist and felt my throat close up as all of these tasks that I HAVE to do, but didn't know I had to do, swirled in my mind. What?! I need to start interviewing calligraphers?? (Of course their advice is just plain awful too...) OMG, this is the reason I have sworn off The Knot in favor of this website. I started reading down their checklist and felt my throat close up as all of these tasks that I HAVE to do, but didn’t know I had to do, swirled in my mind. What?! I need to start interviewing calligraphers?? (Of course their advice is just plain awful too…)

]]> By: Bridette http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-14793 Bridette Fri, 23 Apr 2010 01:33:29 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-14793 Ok - this is the craziest comment section ever. 1st - I completely live by the lists but they make me crazy for another reason. I want to do everything 4 months early. My married friends use the knot.com like a sword...."you can't send out save the dates - its a year away" yeah, I know but its a holiday in a city that books up fast and I'm obsessive and people care...they do. ok I care that it gets off my list. I have the programs ready in Word and I have the little pieces of paper but Im afraid to print them because someone could die before then but damn, I want to get it off the list. I think I just like to cross words off...maybe I should go grocery shopping instead. I have more 60lb stock paper in the house than toilet paper. Ok – this is the craziest comment section ever.

1st – I completely live by the lists but they make me crazy for another reason. I want to do everything 4 months early. My married friends use the knot.com like a sword….”you can’t send out save the dates – its a year away” yeah, I know but its a holiday in a city that books up fast and I’m obsessive and people care…they do. ok I care that it gets off my list.

I have the programs ready in Word and I have the little pieces of paper but Im afraid to print them because someone could die before then but damn, I want to get it off the list. I think I just like to cross words off…maybe I should go grocery shopping instead.

I have more 60lb stock paper in the house than toilet paper.

]]> By: PrintableWedding http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6047 PrintableWedding Thu, 09 Apr 2009 14:29:48 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6047 Wedding planning is important, but doesn't have to take up every waking moment for the next year or so. Plan, stay organized and have a great wedding. Wedding planning is important, but doesn’t have to take up every waking moment for the next year or so. Plan, stay organized and have a great wedding.

]]> By: Heidi http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6048 Heidi Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:28:30 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6048 I'm sure this has already been said, but THANK YOU for the giggle!! I used to look at lists like those when I was 15 and obsessed with bridal magazines (and those chocolate toffee cookies Keebler no longer makes...) and think "wow, those are good ideas." And then I tried to plan a wedding with someone who didn't like any of my ideas and wasn't exactly willing to nail down a date or anything and after he dumped me, I realized how silly most of it was. I read blogs like yours to fill my mental filing cabinet with useful information for the next time I plan a wedding! THANK YOU! I’m sure this has already been said, but THANK YOU for the giggle!! I used to look at lists like those when I was 15 and obsessed with bridal magazines (and those chocolate toffee cookies Keebler no longer makes…) and think “wow, those are good ideas.” And then I tried to plan a wedding with someone who didn’t like any of my ideas and wasn’t exactly willing to nail down a date or anything and after he dumped me, I realized how silly most of it was. I read blogs like yours to fill my mental filing cabinet with useful information for the next time I plan a wedding! THANK YOU!

]]> By: Meg http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6049 Meg Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:11:02 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6049 LsaSpacey-<br />I'd actually be really interested in your take on that. I feel like wedding media in general tends to cater to this really small group of people... and from my (admittedly white) perspective, it seems to skew pretty, well, white. I could be mis-reading this, for sure, but I wonder.<br /><br />I can say that if you are having a not typical American, Christian based wedding, there is very little for you. Jewish weddings? Not much. Indian weddings? Forget it.<br /><br />What do you guys think? This could be a whole other (potentially loaded) topic of discussion.<br /><br />Meg LsaSpacey-
I’d actually be really interested in your take on that. I feel like wedding media in general tends to cater to this really small group of people… and from my (admittedly white) perspective, it seems to skew pretty, well, white. I could be mis-reading this, for sure, but I wonder.

I can say that if you are having a not typical American, Christian based wedding, there is very little for you. Jewish weddings? Not much. Indian weddings? Forget it.

What do you guys think? This could be a whole other (potentially loaded) topic of discussion.

Meg

]]> By: lsaspacey http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6050 lsaspacey Sat, 04 Apr 2009 22:04:21 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6050 Okay, I just have to say this, "try out self-tanners," WHAT? Does this magazine only cater to light-skinned or white people? If not, then I guess they should suggest skin lighteners too, for the rest of us? What a bad editorial move there. Okay, I just have to say this, “try out self-tanners,” WHAT? Does this magazine only cater to light-skinned or white people? If not, then I guess they should suggest skin lighteners too, for the rest of us? What a bad editorial move there.

]]> By: KJ http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6051 KJ Sat, 04 Apr 2009 17:07:27 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6051 I purchased a wedding planning magazine just after we got engaged. On the list of "pre-wedding beauty treatments" to book was BOTOX - Excuse me?????? How the hell is anybody going to know I'm happy on my wedding day if I can't move my face?????? I purchased a wedding planning magazine just after we got engaged. On the list of “pre-wedding beauty treatments” to book was BOTOX – Excuse me?????? How the hell is anybody going to know I’m happy on my wedding day if I can’t move my face??????

]]> By: Emmalinda http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/comment-page-2/#comment-6052 Emmalinda Sat, 04 Apr 2009 14:20:30 +0000 http://apracticalwedding.com/2009/04/list-4-5-months-out-version/#comment-6052 First of all, I love that you said you're planning to be in love with your future husband---and NOT every tiny detail of your wedding. Thank you thank you for the sanity. <br /><br />I find these lists bring out the incredibly sarcastic part of my personality--as in, right, I can experiment with self-tanners b/c I already have one that I use regularly *slight sneer*. <br /><br />Yesterday, I found myself panicking that I need to buy wedding shoes! Now! B/c my dress might be at the bridal store soon! (my cream bridesmaids dress) And we all know that you can't go to a fitting w/o your wedding shoes. Bah. First of all, I love that you said you’re planning to be in love with your future husband—and NOT every tiny detail of your wedding. Thank you thank you for the sanity.

I find these lists bring out the incredibly sarcastic part of my personality–as in, right, I can experiment with self-tanners b/c I already have one that I use regularly *slight sneer*.

Yesterday, I found myself panicking that I need to buy wedding shoes! Now! B/c my dress might be at the bridal store soon! (my cream bridesmaids dress) And we all know that you can’t go to a fitting w/o your wedding shoes. Bah.

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