2009-08-13 - 7:10 p.m.
Wow, it's been a very long time. Blogs get neglected when I'm trying to plan a wedding and buy a house at the same time. Here are some things I have learned about the whole wedding planning process.
1. Everyone wants to know when we are having kids. I think they expect me to get pregnant the day of the wedding. When I say things like, "Maybe, IF we have kids in like 10 years..." people are shocked. We'll probably have kids and it will probably be before ten years have passed, but c'mon I want to spend some time with my husband before kids take over.
2. The wedding business is designed to take all your money. To get my wedding dress hemmed and pressed cost more than what my Mom spent to buy her mother of the bride dress and get it altered and pressed. A racket I tell you.
3. No matter what Clare tries to tell you getting an IUD is not "no big deal". She does not tell you that you will have to take ibprophen everyday for weeks and weeks.
4. Recently my fiance looked at me and said, "What the hell is duck confit anyway? Did we ever find that out?" It's basically duck cooked for a long time in a sauce made of duck fat.
5. Wherever you have a wedding reception they will charge you a "cake cutting fee", basically $2.50 per person just to cut the cake, even if the venue and the caterers are the same. That's why we're having cupcakes.
6. If the resort tries to screw your parents out of the special hotel wedding rate they will yell at people on the phone and say, "There wouldn't even be a wedding if we hadn't already emptied out our wallets so give us the damn special rate!" Haha.
7. Even though you will be on pins and needles waiting for the RSVPs beacause the number of guests actually coming is very important to determine if you will fit in the venue and if you can maybe invite a few of the people who are mortally offended they didn't get invited people will not RSVP because a. they think they don't need to because obviously they are coming. b. the invitation is buried under a pile of stuff. c. they forgot. d. they're not coming but haven't bothered to tell you that.
