However - rather than bore you all with my professional procrastination skills - I would like to talk about priorities in a different light. Last night - after having a minor freak out (not just because of wedding plans) that prevented my coveted sleep until 3am - I realized that I needed to get my wedding priorities straight.
Until last night (at 3am) the fiance and I had been planning on a Fairy Tale Wedding at Walt Disney World in Florida. We love Disney. It was going to be magical and I was going to be a princess for a day, and it was going to be a good excuse to have a small wedding.
The drawbacks? A minimum expenditure of $12,000 (more than 1 semester of my tuition), limited options for decor and food, and the financial burdens on our family and friends.
Until last night, I was all set to ignore all of the drawbacks and get to be a princess (is that really so much to ask for?).
I realized that I didn't have my priorities straight.
The things that really matter to me aren't being a princess for a day, or making my wedding an exclusive VIP family/friends only event.
In reality, my priorities are:
1. Marrying the love of my life
2. Being surrounded by people we love
3. Great pictures
4. Doing this all in a way that doesn't bury us up to our earlobes in debt.
A Disney FairyTale Wedding (although it would be a dream) does not align with my priorities.
So those of you hoping for wedding updates....
Preliminary Wedding Plan #2: Anderson Japanese Gardens in Rockford, IL on June 16, 2012. Still an intimate ceremony, but with my whole family rather than just a few of them. Honeymoon in Disney.
And here is my tip to fellow Brides-to-be early in the planning process:
GET YOUR PRIORITIES STRAIGHT
Once you do this, everything else will start to fall into place.
Oh, the irony of this post....
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