KMS
02-01-2008, 05:43 PM
Finally...I know! We started moving the day after we got home from our honeymoon. Busy, busy! I'm going to try to break this up into a few posts so it's not so crazy long.
I don't have any pictures yet! :gurn: Don't throw rocks at me please! :grinhappy: I won't be able to post any until we have a few hundred dollars to purchase the cd.
Well, the day started early! I woke up at 5:30 to take a shower, shave, all that good stuff. I spent the night with a few of my bridesmaids. It was nice to wake up with my girls around me. The second I awoke, I felt like I had rocks in my stomach though. Oh the nerves! We all got up to go get our hair done. One of my bridesmaids took a picture or two there. I need to get them from her. First mishap was that our videographer didn't show up at the salon for the getting ready footage. There was some confusion and he is throwing in a photo montage and giving us a small refund. I was kind of upset about that, but I let it slide because I just didn't want to get really upset so early.
After the hair & makeup, we went to get my e-ring all shined up and grabbed a bite to eat at Panera Bread. I had a whole wheat bagel with cream cheese, BTW!! I had no appetite, but they made me eat. I gotta say it was fun to get all of that attention there though! Haha. Walking around all prettied up in a veil and having strangers telling you congrats is not a bad way to start the day! My girls and I had fun sitting there and chatting. I felt so fortunate for all of them. I just felt so loved. It was a great experience. I kept getting waves of nerves and excitement. The emotions alone were quite exhausting.
We were actually running on time which was a surprise. I'm always late! As soon as we got to the venue it was a whirlwind. The people in this venue were the pushiest hectic people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. As beautiful as the wedding ended up being, I would never recommend their services to another happy couple. The wedding coordinator kept on coming to me with problems instead of handling it. I was so stressed and I think that you can tell in my pictures. For example, the chocolate fountain people didn't have everything that they needed to set up. The lady came running to me yelling at me about it and wanted to know what I wanted her to do about the situation. Um, fix it maybe?? My MOH stormed off with her and took care of it for me.
The cake wasn't exactly what I wanted and neither were the flowers. Incompetent people, I swear! I'll have to explain what exactly wasn't right about it when I get pictures and can show y'all. Nothing too drastic, but enough to bother this bride. Chad was bothered by the cake too. When you pay this much and it's such a special day you just want it to be what you wanted. Not perfect, but atleast what you want.
We were all led into the dressing room. It was not the beautiful room that I thought it was going to be. They forgot to tell me that the other room wasn't part of our lower priced package. Gee, thanks. I was kind of disappointed in that, but again I tried not to let it bother me. My bridesmaids had a hard time getting the dress tight enough so all during pictures I had the straps tucked in, but it kept falling. I kept doing the strapless dress pull so I had to use the straps the rest of the time. Pre-wedding pictures went well, but this guy was moving so fast that I had a forced smile on my face. All of the pictures felt so posed too. I'm sure that we did end up getting some good pictures though.
Pre wedding was so crazy. It felt like my girls and I were up in the waiting room forever. We got in a circle, held hands, and my MOH said a prayer for Chad & I. Everybody cried. It was so sweet and I wish that the videographer would have gotten it, but oh well. One of my bm kept rubbing my neck. Haha. I felt so well taken care of and special. I just couldn't sit still and I get really cold because I was so nervous. When I heard the first note of piano music played everything was so real. It was about to happen! The seating of the parents song nearly made me lose it. I was trying not to think about the absence of my mom all day, but I couldn't deny it at that moment.
I don't have any pictures yet! :gurn: Don't throw rocks at me please! :grinhappy: I won't be able to post any until we have a few hundred dollars to purchase the cd.
Well, the day started early! I woke up at 5:30 to take a shower, shave, all that good stuff. I spent the night with a few of my bridesmaids. It was nice to wake up with my girls around me. The second I awoke, I felt like I had rocks in my stomach though. Oh the nerves! We all got up to go get our hair done. One of my bridesmaids took a picture or two there. I need to get them from her. First mishap was that our videographer didn't show up at the salon for the getting ready footage. There was some confusion and he is throwing in a photo montage and giving us a small refund. I was kind of upset about that, but I let it slide because I just didn't want to get really upset so early.
After the hair & makeup, we went to get my e-ring all shined up and grabbed a bite to eat at Panera Bread. I had a whole wheat bagel with cream cheese, BTW!! I had no appetite, but they made me eat. I gotta say it was fun to get all of that attention there though! Haha. Walking around all prettied up in a veil and having strangers telling you congrats is not a bad way to start the day! My girls and I had fun sitting there and chatting. I felt so fortunate for all of them. I just felt so loved. It was a great experience. I kept getting waves of nerves and excitement. The emotions alone were quite exhausting.
We were actually running on time which was a surprise. I'm always late! As soon as we got to the venue it was a whirlwind. The people in this venue were the pushiest hectic people I have ever had the misfortune to meet. As beautiful as the wedding ended up being, I would never recommend their services to another happy couple. The wedding coordinator kept on coming to me with problems instead of handling it. I was so stressed and I think that you can tell in my pictures. For example, the chocolate fountain people didn't have everything that they needed to set up. The lady came running to me yelling at me about it and wanted to know what I wanted her to do about the situation. Um, fix it maybe?? My MOH stormed off with her and took care of it for me.
The cake wasn't exactly what I wanted and neither were the flowers. Incompetent people, I swear! I'll have to explain what exactly wasn't right about it when I get pictures and can show y'all. Nothing too drastic, but enough to bother this bride. Chad was bothered by the cake too. When you pay this much and it's such a special day you just want it to be what you wanted. Not perfect, but atleast what you want.
We were all led into the dressing room. It was not the beautiful room that I thought it was going to be. They forgot to tell me that the other room wasn't part of our lower priced package. Gee, thanks. I was kind of disappointed in that, but again I tried not to let it bother me. My bridesmaids had a hard time getting the dress tight enough so all during pictures I had the straps tucked in, but it kept falling. I kept doing the strapless dress pull so I had to use the straps the rest of the time. Pre-wedding pictures went well, but this guy was moving so fast that I had a forced smile on my face. All of the pictures felt so posed too. I'm sure that we did end up getting some good pictures though.
Pre wedding was so crazy. It felt like my girls and I were up in the waiting room forever. We got in a circle, held hands, and my MOH said a prayer for Chad & I. Everybody cried. It was so sweet and I wish that the videographer would have gotten it, but oh well. One of my bm kept rubbing my neck. Haha. I felt so well taken care of and special. I just couldn't sit still and I get really cold because I was so nervous. When I heard the first note of piano music played everything was so real. It was about to happen! The seating of the parents song nearly made me lose it. I was trying not to think about the absence of my mom all day, but I couldn't deny it at that moment.