Wedding Tactics

According to the National Association of Wedding Ministers:
Wedding Stats:

* The average American engagement is 16 months.
* June is the most popular month for weddings, then August, followed by September October and May
* Every year an average of 2.4 million weddings are performed in the U.S.
* The Wedding Industry is a 50 billion dollar a year industry
* Average age for first-time brides is 25 years, for grooms it’s 27.5
* 175 guests are invited to an average wedding
* One third of engaged couples retain a Wedding Consultant
* An average honeymoon vacation is one week
* The average household income of a newly married couple is $60,000/year
* Couples are waiting longer to get married
* Tuxedoes are typically purchased 5-6 months after the wedding gown
* Median age for remarriage is 34 for women and 37 for men
* Bridesmaids’ gowns are general purchased 3-4 months in advance of the event
* Average size of wedding party: 12
* Most brides (30%) plan their weddings for 7 to 12 months
* Most (about 75%) first-time brides will receive a diamond engagement ring (67% of repeat brides).
* About 15% of weddings include ethnic customs
* 35% of weddings occur in the summer; 29% in the spring; 23% in the fall; 13% in the winter.
* 11% of winter weddings are Christmas weddings
* $22,000 is the average amount spent on a traditional American wedding
* A total of $72 billion is spent on weddings annually in the U.S.
* $19 billion is spent buying presents at wedding gift registries
* The average amount spent on a bridal gown is $800
* David’s Bridal accounts for 20% of all bridal-gown sales, and that percentage is increasing
* The average ring costs $2,000

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If you have already chosen a date for your wedding you know firsthand what a delicate little woven web it is to avoid offending people, trying to make people happy and manage to get married before the end of the decade. For all you recently engaged couples who are still “thinking it over” and “not yet settled on a date” … here are some tips, pitfalls to look out for and general complaints you can expect to hear.

The wedding over a holiday weekend debate meant that travel would be more expensive but people wouldn’t necessarily have to take as much time off from work. I thought I would feel guilty for taking someone’s intensely coveted three-day weekend. Although, in hindsight, I didn’t think much about it once the date was chosen and the invitations were in the mail. What seems huge today will be a faint memory tomorrow.

I got engaged in July, and I always knew I wanted a Fall wedding. That meant that we either had a wedding in December (yes, I know, not so much autumn anymore and also soon) … or we waited a year and a half.

I was not going to wait a year and a half.

Marc also said NO to December for that whole too soon reason. Men! If you can train for a marathon in four months; you can plan a wedding in four months.

When we finally decided where we wanted to get married, we just looked at the dates they had available and the openings began in early May. I did not want to get married on Mother’s Day or Memorial Day. May 20th was the earliest that our venue was available, so, that’s how we decided on our date.

I had friends beg me not to get married in December because they had another wedding to attend the week before, also in Florida and that would have been a lot of traveling for them.

My brother-in-law-to-be also asked me to move my wedding date, after I had put down a deposit, because his girlfriend’s sister was getting married the weekend before, and that’s just a lot of wedding-time for them. Sorry guys, you’ll get over it.

So much for my Fall wedding, or my December wedding.

We chose our date based on what was available at our venue. This was really just the beginning of the flexibility I would need to extend for wedding planning.

A little over a year ago I wrote this post and it really sums up why it is important to get your plans locked in place and then just enjoy yourself. I really need to spend today with my son, relaxing and recovering from a long weekend of my in-laws visiting. I hope this post finds you well.

ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED: March 28. 2007

I’m getting married in 52 days.

And, yes, I’m totally excited and YES! totally stressed.

What about? You ask.

Everything. I’m worried about leaving my pets with a pet-sitter for two and a half weeks. I can’t decide between having my mail held and having my pet-sitter/house-sitter pick up my mail. I am concerned that I will forget to bring my garter (which is SO cool by the way, of course, pictures AFTER the wedding) with me to Florida. Just this past weekend someone started talking about the rain/inclimate weather alternatives … and after I stopped hyperventilating and sweating I calmly retorted, “Fine. I agree. Have a plan. Don’t tell me what it is or anything about it. If you have to move things because of rain, that’s fine. I don’t want to know until the day of the wedding, because then I won’t care, I’ll just want to be married.”

The being calm? Felt great.
The not caring? Even more great.

It’s a real toss up between freaking-out and not caring but I figure it will all work out in the end.

After the flowers have been chosen and the food options tasted, the dress altered and the tuxedo rentals secured, the plane tickets purchased and the hotel blocks reserved, the ketubah waiting for me in Sarasota and the kippots ordered there is a definite release of stress as you cross these items off of your MUST-DO list. However, you might remember that you still haven’t had a second meeting with the Rabbi, and you still need to arrange for your parents flights to the wedding destination and you want to lose five more pounds and avoid a stress-related break-out, you start to feel that rapid-heartbeat Oh-Shit feeling returning to your every waking step.

Getting married is a huge, life-changing event. Even if you have lived with your partner, there are new levels of shared property and space. At this point, I am really excited. I do waiver between being stressed and being blasé about the details. I think that is normal.

Slowly you become closer to your partner. Slowly the families accept your wedding choices. As the entire event starts to come together, you might even find yourself sitting back and smiling. At least until a distant relative who calls you and wants to know if they can bring their children and babies to the wedding and if the food is kosher and the fish wild-caught.

See? I can still laugh and drive at the same time. In fact, I was on the way to my hair and make-up trial when this was taken. And, I had just saved $500 on my florals. Total score!

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I’ve been writing for Wedding Tactics for a full year now. When I started maintaining this site I didn’t know what it would become and how long I’d be writing. In fact, at the time, 451 Press was still just getting off the ground. In fact, its been pretty amazing watching the network grow along with my site.

My first posting discussed the differences between a marriage and a wedding. The first few months following this entry I used the planning of my own wedding as a guide for what to write about.

A few times I mentioned the issues in gaining a new set of parents and specifically, the mother-in-law.

I wrote a lot about dresses and veils and accessories.
And for a few months I had featured columns on certain days of the week, Trends on Tuesday and Traditions Thursday. I used these headlines as a means to explain traditions like the tossing of the garter.

April was a very popular month on this site. My stats went thru the roof, but that was a very popular wedding time of year. I get asked frequently about the Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed, Something Blue thing. The meaning and its history are detailed here.

One of my all-time favorite posting was about what guests should wear to a wedding. I noticed during the Spring months that several clothing stores were featuring lines of dresses for wedding guests. This is a good guide to style options depending on the wedding venue.

I got married in May. Then, I started a new job in June and my postings got a bit less frequent for awhile. Meanwhile, I did profile some great summer wedding themes.

As the year went on I tried to focus on all the different issues surrounding weddings, including mens clothing, or, tuxedos and a few funny stories too, like this one about a guy who lost his wedding ring.

And, finally, the most recent repeating column, Wedding Tactics: On Location, features vendors and venues in random cities. By featuring actual wedding business providers across the nation, I hope that readers from all states will be attracted to read and follow along and also to ask questions and participate in the Wedding Tactics dialogue. The On-Location feature can be seen here, here and here. And also here.

Thanks to all the readers who made this a successful year for me and 451 Press. I look forward to another even better year here.

Happy New Year!

A recent article in The Washington Post featured a newlywed couple whose wedding gifts were stolen by a well dressed wedding crasher.

Anthony and Jennifer Smith left Garden Grove, California for their honeymoon in Florida thinking they would come home and put their monetary wedding gifts to good use. They returned home to bad news; their wedding money had been stolen. At their wedding!

The wedding crasher was caught on surveillance video but so far there is no news on his capture. He even dressed like the wedding party. Perhaps he knew someone wedding?

Before you start thinking that you need to keep things secret or start suspecting your friends of any mishaps, consider an alternative to protect your gifts.

Most weddings have a gift table with some sort of box in which to deposit cards and checks. If you have a dependable wedding coordinator, family member or friend, ask them to empty the box periodically throughout the night and remove the cards and checks to a locked car. An on-location event coordinator will likely have an office in which to lock valuables. Also, tape your box closed. Be sure it sealed well so that cards can go in, but none can come out.

And, finally, before you head off for your honeymoon, although it does seem a bit mercenary, although it really is just safety insurance for you and your guests, set aside a few minutes when you and your new spouse can open your cards and collect the checks. This is especially important if your wedding is in a destination location and you cannot deposit your checks immediately, or if you are leaving the country. If you are leaving the country, don’t take the checks with you.

Marc and I got married in Florida, honeymooned in Jamaica and live in Maryland. We sent my Aunt home with our checks, and a full list of those checks and the amounts. She held them for us until we got home. And she only stole a few of them!

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I am at a loss for topics right now.

Okay. That’s not true. I have a whole list written down somewhere but I’m in the midst of mounds of work and I cannot think about weddings and dresses and bridesmaids and the crap and all the even larger crap that weddings entail. But! Usually I write about that crap, so be sure to check back soon for entries where I don’t refer to weddings with the word crap in a sentence.

So, for your viewing entertainment today, I’ve decided to show some outtake photos from my wedding, complete with captions that tell a very different story than what really happened, or maybe not. If you really want to know, ask.

At the last minute, Marc and I decided to make a run for it … we could be seen running from the fourth to the seventh holes until we encountered an alligator laying on the green. With no way to pass, we decided to head back to the country club for the ceremony. You know, afterall.

So there is a stain on my tie.

No good can come of three Ochsman cousins talking in such a hushed manner.

It is advised that while signing your ketubah, the Jewish marriage contract, that you show your Rabbi as much cleavage as possible. An possible a nipple too.

Yes! This really was my cake topper. I chose it because I thought it reminded people that I wasn’t taking myself or the wedding too seriously. I mean, come on people, some humor, please! We liked it. And people were talking about it for days.

My brother, Me, my husband, and my brother-in-law. This photo really captures our true personalities and our mood on the day. My brother is annoying me. Marc is getting impatient and wants him to leave me alone. I’m wishing the moment would pass and Adam is just smiling trying to look cute, lest he miss a cameo moment.

Only a brother a sister moment could mean this much.

Can you guess which of these guys anxiously awaiting my garter toss puked all night from way too many tequila shots? Personally, I’m just glad I got my money’s worth on the bar tab.

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Some things about my wedding really surprised me and some things went exactly as I had planned.

I knew what the schedule was for the day and what to expect at certain moments and I knew that at precisely 5:00pm, my coordinator would come get me out of seclusion with my Dad and walk us to the point where I would walk down the aisle.

This happened. I don’t exactly remember anything I was thinking or anything we said to each other, but I know we walked out of the room, someone was holding the back of my dress and it was warm and sunny.

I heard my processional music start playing and it was very different from listening to it on my iPod. But, it meant one thing. Time to walk down the aisle.

I saw my guests, my friends, family and Marc, at the end of the aisle. I know now that I walked too fast - so, note to future brides: WALK SLOWLY. You only do that ONE time.

Then, before I knew it, we were in the midst of our ceremony, rings, wine, more wine, readings, and lots of things in Hebrew that I didn’t understand. Some sweating, mostly of the boob and ass nature. Broken glass, kiss, and DONE! Married! We turned around. The music started. We walked back down the aisle and that was it. Marc and I were married.

No one ever tells you that you will not actually see or really be there at your ceremony. You ARE the ceremony.

Had I known this? I wouldn’t have worried so much about where people were sitting and what they were doing. Also, I sort of missed not seeing it. Luckily, we had a friend who videotaped the ceremony for us. Otherwise, I’d never see it. If you don’t opt for a videographer (because, $$$) consider having someone who know film the ceremony, just so that you can watch it at a later time. You’ll never regret it!

I have spent years being a massive control freak and not allowing others to help me.

Somehow on the morning of May 20th I was as calm and cool as the salami in the refrigerator. I woke up earlier than I had originally planned and my first thought was that I wished my rehearsal dinner had gone longer because I didn’t get to talk to everyone. Then I remembered that holyshitohmygod, today is my wedding day today is all about me and this is my day and ohmygod I’m getting married in eight hours.

In a more perfect world I would have slept until about 10:30 in the morning, had a leisurely breakfast while watching television, my choice of TiVo’d shows, of course, followed by a shower and then a seat in the hair-makeup chair at 12:30 and a quick slipping into my dress at 2pm for my initial photo shoot with Marc at 2:30.

It didn’t go that way.

My two friends were to arrive at 9:15 for their hair styling, followed by my sister in law at 11am and my mother in law at noon. I would be last, as I was, most important and needed to be the “freshest�.

I woke up at 8am.

I had breakfast. Toast, orange juice and a scrambled egg. I had nothing to read and the house with my in-laws and sister-in-law-type (they aren’t married, but I like her) had an eerie buzzing of energy, sort of like the humming of a mosquito near your ear, but it was also mostly relaxed.

My friends showed up on time.

My hair stylist arrived promptly at 9:20am to begin a style at 9:30am.

I had nothing to do but wait.

And be nervously nauseated.

I took a nap. And then waited some more. The waiting was the hard part, can ‘ya tell?

Finally, I took a shower and made my way to the hair and make-up chair. Before I knew it I was putting on my third coating of deodorant, slipping into my dress, holding my bouquet and hugging my parents while I waited to see Marc for the fist time.

The point of this long assvicey entry is that your wedding day is YOUR wedding day. You have to make it what you want it to be, and you can. You don’t have to have a wedding like your friend or like you think your Mom wants to see. Let me explain, if you need calm and quiet, demand that. Be sure to surround yourself with people who will support you in the way you need at that time. If you function better with seven bridesmaids and two mothers bouncing around the room, by all means, invite them ALL in. Make the day, especially the time before the ball really starts rolling, what you need it to be. It’s okay to be a little demanding, most likely people will just think you know what you want.

The day is yours and it will be as great as you make it.

And remember, this? Happens very fast. Try to remember as much as possible.

And also breathe.

My wedding is over.

I have been married for eleven days.

I have honeymooned and returned to the eye-ticking, irritating pace of having to go back to work tomorrow.

My wedding was very totally awesome! All my planning was well worthwhile. I had more fun that I ever expected to have. I ate my entire dinner. I danced a hell of a lot! There were kisses and hugs and dancing and the cake was so damn good - and you know so many times wedding cakes just taste like cardboard.

I am full of positive experiences and lessons learned and assvice from an amateur-turned-pro. No seriously. I’m not going to write about how I have had a wedding therefore I KNOW weddings. I am going to spend the next few weeks writing about my wedding, my planning experiences, my lessons learned, with the hope that it helps someone else. I will tell stories and post pictures and share my emotions of the day, the days before the wedding and the honeymoon - from planning it to what to expect and how much time to allow between international connections on American Airlines when traveling through Miami Airport. GOD.

Before my wedding I used certain days of the week to write certain topics and I wasn’t so thrilled with that. I’ve been feeling too confined and there were times when I wasn’t able to write what I wanted because I couldn’t make it work with a Trend or Tradition or Question-Answer.

I will leave you now with some pictures. If you are getting married before I am able to post of all of my lessons learned, most of all … have fun. I cannot emphasize this enough. And I know you are rolling your eyes at me because! Of course you will have fun at your wedding. In the hours leading up to your wedding, there is not much you can do. The flowers will or will not show up. The cake will or will not be delivered. Most likely, your guests are in town and are getting dressed for the event or taking a much needed nap. I suppose this all works well with careful pre-wedding planning.

I will also talk a lot about what people told me, especially the bold-lettered articles in all the seventeen pound magazines that consist of five hundred pages of advertisements and three articles that say: Make your wedding reflect your personal style and taste. What if you don’t know your personal style? I thought I did, but as time went on I learned a lot more about myself. I will share the details of what worked for me. Scheduling, vendor relationships, travel, timetables, family issues, ohmyholyhell, the family issues!

I am thrilled to be married. I really am. Marc and I spent at least three days calling each other “wife” and “husband”. We were giddy with what we had just done. We still are. Each day still feels sort of new. We have lived together for two years, owned a house together for six months, gotten pregnant a month before the wedding, but, this does feel new. There is a higher level of commitment and authority and respect and a whole new awesome sense of belonging to each other, our new family, and our old respective families. Speaking of the “new” … I will make sure I spend an entire entry on the issue of name changing. I am totally in the middle of changing my name right now. My new social security card is in the mail. My bank knows me as Stacy Kravitz. But, I can still deposit checks made out to Stacy Ochsman. WTF?

Oh! My ceremony. Amazing. Beautiful.

Surprises? Nothing bad I can think of.

Good? One of our best friends made a video of our entire ceremony and reception. We haven’t seen it yet, but we had no idea he was going to do this.

I have many details to share and hopefully, many readers to re-lure.

Pictures? Anyone…?

And finally … some of the fun,

Hiya Loyal Readers.

If you could all address me as Mrs. Kravitz from now on, that would be appreciated.

Haha! Yes! I am married.

Marc and I were married in a small, intimate ceremony last night at 5 o’clock, on a gorgeous serene golf course, overlooking a pond and some big breezy palm trees.

I’m actually composing parts of this entry prior to the wedding because I am just not going to wake up early enough to post for ya’ll the morning after my wedding night. I’m sure ya’ll understand. (wink, wink)

I will upload some pictures as soon as I can and I will have posts scheduled for the remainder of the week as I will be on my honeymoon in Jamaica.

And, just because I am now married does not mean this column will go to heck in a hand basket! Not at all! In fact, I will be sharing all of my experiences, looking back, knowing what worked, evaluating my choices and totally not stressing at all anymore. I will also be keeping up with modern trends to keep all the brides-to-be out there totally informed.

Here are some pictures from the trial of my hair and make-up back in March.

Today I met with my coordinator at the country club where my wedding will be held this Sunday. I gave her total attendee numbers and total meal choice numbers.

Somehow, somewhere, someone cannot add, and it is NOT me. It is actually Microsoft’s Excel. It is Bill Gates’ fault. Alas, one guest asked to have fish instead of vegetarian. That means, PLUS one fish. MINUS one vegetarian. RIGHT!? But for now, we are definitely good enough for government,

I came home and told my mother-in-law asked me how things were going. Our conversation went like this:

MIL: How did it go?

ME: *smiles*

There comes a point in your planning when it is totally time to let go. It is not easy. Dear sweet lord, it is NOT easy. But, I know things will go fine, and if not, they will go fine enough.

Also? I picked up my dress tonight. It is hanging about ten feet away from me. It is pretty. It is FINAL. No more alterations. It is READY. I guess I AM really getting married in three days.

Dear Loyal Readers and not-so-loyal readers (aka: lurkers),

I apologize for the lack of postings and the short postings that I attempted to make into something cohesive. I regret dropping the ball on you and the ongoing themes I discuss here. But, life really got in the way. As I write this I’m reminded how much I enjoy blogging and as soon as my wedding and honeymoon are over, I promise to return full force with total wedding gusto!

However, for now, my wedding day has just about arrived! I traveled from Maryland to Florida this morning, rented a car, drove an hour, had a dress fitting, and then worked on a million and one details and … I’m actually feeling really good about everything and I wanted to mention a few things I have learned, just today!

I have always heard that you should mention to everyone and anyone that you are on your honeymoon, or that something is for your wedding, as you never know when a free upgrade is right around the corner. Well! No kidding! It does work!!

I arrived at the airport this morning at around 8:45am. I reported to Marc that I would carry all of my bags. He laughed and went to get a Smarte Carte. While he was twenty feet away from me, I opened the trunk and said very loudly in open-jawed fashion, I have FOUR BAGS!? And, ya’ll? That’s four CHECKED bags, not counting the purse and backpack as carry-on.

I loaded up the cart and wheeled myself through the line at the Southwest counter. I was smiling from ear to ear, thinking, I’m leaving town for my wedding! The only thing potentially spoiling the mood was the man behind me whose idea of personal space was something akin to the stampede at Best Buy when they open the doors at 3am on Christmas Eve to sell Wii machines for five dollars to the first seven people inside the door.

When I got to the counter, I was very pleasant and friendly, cause, you know, if you didn’t notice yet, I’m going to my wedding! I then decided to make a joke out of myself, there is no way I’m going to get away with checking FOUR damn bags.

I handed the lady my credit card and then told her that I only travel this light when I’m going to my wedding. She laughed and handed me back my credit card and said, “Consider it an early wedding gift, congratulations.” Free. Totally escaped a $50 per bag charge for my extra two bags. SCORE!

At this point I decided that whoring myself for free and discounted wedding items was beyond worthwhile.

I later shamelessly flirted with the car rental attendant and it got me an awesome blue convertible Mustang and some heavy duty pats on the back to my ego - the *dude totally fell all over himself telling me how lucky my finance was and how sad it was that I was going to be off the market. I told him I was sending a sympathy card and that men all over creation would manage somehow now that I’m almost officially “taken”.

Speaking of “taken” … I’m looking forward to it. I had a brief moment today, and I do mean brief, because mainly, I didn’t actually time to think for myself. The passing idea of how did I get here? Am I sure? What am I doing? But it passed and I really am excited and thrilled to be moving forward with my life with Marc. I honestly do not have any cold feet.

*Rich - Wink Wink!!

In exactly two weeks from this MOMENT, I will be dancing at my own wedding.

I will have already cut the cake.

I will be wearing my wedding ring.

I will have danced with my Dad. (Waaaaaa! I’m SO emotional on this one! I can’t wait)

Marc and I will have two more hours of fun and dancing and talking until we head out into the moonlight in out decorated getaway car.

I’m so thrilled I am glowing. I don’t know how I will maintain any composure this week at work. I’m concerned that I won’t be able to think straight.

VICE PRESIDENT OF STACY’s COMPANY: Stacy, can you please summarize this report and email a copy to me the CEO?

ME: I’m getting married in less than 2 weeks!

VICE PRESIDENT: Um, great, can I have that by 3pm?

ME: MARRIED! VEIL! DRESS! THE BRIDE! ME… AM THE BRIDE!

VICE PRESIDENT: noticably concerned and mildy frustrated The sooner you can focus on that the better.

ME: … thinks to self, must call pet sitting service because AM GETTING MARRIED

If you can’t manage to follow this posting you are very much not alone. Very soon you will have postings that might actually HELP YOU! Once I return to this planet and get over my own damn swollen ego about getting married, I will be a better writer and advocate for all.

In the mean time, feel free to check out a new site, Saving for a Wedding.

The bridal emergency kit is the pillar of the wedding day. Chances are that the bride and her bridesmaids will be getting dressed together, away from the house, or already at the country club or church. This is really the last moment in the entire wedding process that anything can go wrong. If it can? It will.

Hence, the Bride’s Emergency Kit.

We recommend that the kit include the following:
Toothbrush and toothpaste
Band-aids
Mouthwash
Mints
Safety pins
Sewing kit
Hand lotion
Emery boards
Neosporin
Tylenol or Advil
A bottle of water
A package of crackers
Kleenex
Spray-on stain remover

… and anything you think your bride or bridal party may need.

This is a great gift idea that one of the bridesmaids can put together for a bride, or, a group of girlfriends can share this from wedding to wedding.

On Monday night I sat up late working on some postings for this week, including a Trends on Tuesday post. Alas! I was so tired and consumed with everything else in the world that I mistyped the date to schedule my posting. Seriously folks, I do apologize.

However, this is now Wednesday and Trends on cross my mind on Tuesdays … so you’ll have a bang up Trends entry next week. Okay?

I spent a lot of time this weekend thinking about what I needed to post about in the coming days and weeks. As we get closer, and I do mean, seriously closer! Like, Holy Hell! I’m getting married in twenty-four days! I’ve spent some time reflecting back over the planning process and I have identified areas and times when I wish I had been stronger and more assertive and many times when I shouldn’t haven’t cared at all because, things really do work out in time.

It wasn’t until last weekend when we met with our Rabbi to discuss the procession of our wedding party and the ceremony. We talked about what traditions we wanted to honor and what we wanted recognized and said. It was the most calm I had been in all nine months of planning. I finally felt free to really not care, not just say I didn’t care about what the flowers looked like. The only thing that matters at the end of May 20th is that I get to marry Marc. I honestly don’t care if the tables are ugly or the food is served cold. It matters not to me. If I have guests to whom it does matter, I don’t want to be friends with them. You don’t go to a wedding to give a wedding, for that matter, to impress other people. Save your money! Buy a home!

But seriously, I felt very good to get to this point. All I really have left to do is choose a photo package, which means choosing between spending $2700 and $3500. Eeek! But, do I want 300 or 400 proof shots? Do I NEED 400? Do I need five 5×7 shots or just one 11×14? Ahhh! Decisions! However there really isn’t a “wrong” one.

I still have to write out the timeline for the day of the wedding so that I can stop telling everyone exactly where they need to be and why they need to be at the damn house, dressed at 2:30 in the afternoon.

Somehow I know it will all come together.

Somehow I know it will all work.

Somehow, it doesn’t matter too much, just take pictures, marry me, and eat cake!