GTKY - Wedding planning

[rayofsunshine99]

The other day I recalled the last 6 months leading up to my wedding. And I thought about how glad I am that my wedding planning days are over. The stress, the chaos, the time constraint etc. I don't miss any of it.

So I was wondering, Did you enjoy planning your wedding?

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks?

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated?

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot?

Would you do it again, the same, or differently?

Did anything go wrong on the big day?

[rayofsunshine99]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? In the beginning, yes. Toward the end, fuck no.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Traditional wedding/local. Medium size - About 100 guests.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite - dress shopping. Least Favorite - GUEST LIST and RSVPs!!! Ugh hell.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Mostly just getting people's unwanted opinions during the planning on things they didn't like about the wedding. I got flack for having a kid-free reception, the entree we chose (even though we offered two choices), two of my aunts told me they didn't like my dress, the month we had it in etc. I just wanted everyone to STFU already.
Also, this is trivial but making a card box was a lot harder than it seemed!

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My MOH and PA helped a bit but I still felt like I was burdening them. DH kind of helped but I envy people who had moms who did as much work for the wedding as the bride herself.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Differently. I would have done a destination wedding.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nothing huge, just small minor details like the DJ sucking during the ceremony & reception, not having enough time to get all the important photo shots etc.

[citybee]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? HELL NO.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Very small. 12 people including me and H. We each only had 1 person stand up with us.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Picking my dress was probably my favorite part. I hated trying to figure things out like music and flowers. Ugh.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Finding the venue and then planning such a small wedding at said venue proved to be kind of difficult.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My mom and my maid of honor were amazing. I would have had a JOP wedding if it hadn't been for their help.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Absolutely the same. It was exactly the perfect, quaint, sweet wedding that I always dreamed of.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nope! Everything went just as planned and we had a great time. I still was so happy to be done with it, though.

[reyka]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Loved it! My wedding was published in The Knot New Jersey magazine ;D

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Catholic ceremony in a chapel, ballroom reception. Just under 200 guests.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite - all the DIY! Least favorite - dealing with bridesmaid drama and dress fitting drama

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? dealing with bridesmaids. If I could do it all over I would have just a MOH and Best Man, that's it.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? No, I did it almost entirely by myself

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I loved my wedding but I would definitely not do the bridesmaid thing again if I could go back. DH and I are planning to renew our vows every 5 years with just us and our children, but do it in a different wedding "style" every time. So one time we might do it on the beach, another we might do a drive-thru Vegas wedding and get remarried by Elvis ;D There are way too many fun wedding ideas to only go through it once!

Did anything go wrong on the big day? The only thing that went wrong was our photobooth not printing the custom logo I created at the bottom of the prints. Oh well!

[tinamorgan]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding?
It wasn't too bad.
What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?
It was medium, I guess, about 75 people.
What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks?
My favorite part was making my own invitations, I am not really to creative, and this was a different side of me. I didn't like making all the party favors, we made at least 150 of them and my fingers were so sore at the end.
Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated?
No not really.
Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot?
My mom and sisters helped a lot. I didn't have a wedding party so I was pretty much on my own for a lot of it. But, when I needed help, they were there to help me.
Would you do it again, the same, or differently?
I would do it the same way, the same dress, the same shoes, the same everything.
Did anything go wrong on the big day?
If anything went wrong, I didn't know about it. Everyone that was there to help knew that if there was a problem they needed to find someone other then me and DH to tell.

[raeyn]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? I enjoyed most parts of it, but I wasn't working full time so that helped a lot.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? We had to get married in the winter, and we decided to have it in a hotel so our guests wouldn't need to travel between locations in case there was a blizzard. It was small-medium, I guess. We had 45 people. We originally invited about 90, but knew that a ton of them would not be able to make it since they were out of the country.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite would probably be the food tasting. It was glorious. Least favorite was picking a wedding dress and the guest list.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Alterations and cleaning of my wedding dress. It was terrible.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Not really. My sister flew in for a weekend during the summer and helped with invitations, and a local friend helped pick out my dress. My mom made a bunch of paper cranes. DH helped with whatever I told him to do.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would probably have hired the photographer for longer, as I wish we had more photos of the reception. I kind of wish we had a videographer, too, as the speeches were incredible and I wish I could remember them better. And I would have included different people in the wedding party.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nothing major, but that was due to my day-of coordinator. She did a stellar job of fixing things before they became problems. She tracked down the MIA limo driver, and she ran to the hotel room to get my checkbook when I screwed up and forgot to put the harpist's check in her envelope.

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[schuebja]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding?I did up until the last few weeks. Then, it just stressed me out.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?We had a Catholic ceremony with a big reception at a banquet hall. It was large, about 250-300 guests.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks?I loved dress shopping! My least favorite was making 200 wedding invitations (I did a lot of DIY projects)

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? The priest who was originally marry us was a giant ass. He was just plain rude and had at one point suggested that we get married elsewhere. We had actually started looking when he was replaced with a decent new priest.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My mom, sister (who was my MOH), my aunt.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently?I think if we did it again, I would have done a destination wedding. I think that would have been a lot less stressful

Did anything go wrong on the big day?There was a little family drama and some stuff between 2 of my bridesmaids, but nothing too big

[kestock120]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? NO!

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Somewhat traditional (outdoor ceremony) with 100 people

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite was probably dress shopping. Least favorite was dealing with DH's crazyass extended family. I resent his aunt to this day.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Guest list. We paid for the wedding ourselves so whittling down the list was stressful.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My sister/MOH

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would suggest we elope to Hawaii

Did anything go wrong on the big day? His aunt and cousin caused drama (as usual) and my MIL was in tears. I didn't know what was going on until after the ceremony when I noticed her eyes were all red. His aunt thinks everything is about her and tried to make our wedding revolve around her family. I can't stand that woman.

[cynthiar2003]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Ugh. No.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Catholic ceremony with 180 people. Too big, in hindsight. DH used to take it personally when I would tell him I would do it WAY different. Now he gets that I'm still glad I married him, it was just too stressful of an ordeal.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite: We wrote individual thank you's for everyone's place setting. It was DH's idea and at first I thought he was crazy but it ended up being my favorite thing - and people loved it. Least favorite: Looking for a reception venue was really hard.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? I was too much of a control freak on the flowers. I didn't like my bouquet because I couldn't just let go and let the florist go with her instincts. And she was an amazing florist.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Hm. DH helped TOO much. He had strong opinions on EVERYTHING. It was super fun. All you ladies who wished you had a fiancee who cared more, I had the opposite. Do not wish for it.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? If there is a next time, I am going to City Hall or eloping in Hawaii. Seriously.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? My grandma was 30 minutes late and we almost had to start without her. Therefore, we were running behind the entire day.

[Shayliz]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding?: Yes! We had a long engagement so I had time to plan everything. This might be flameful, but the only stressful part of planning was 2 weeks before my wedding when finances fell through and we had to run and get a loan. It was paid off within a year but it was so stressful.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?: Medium? We invited 235 and had about 180 show up. There were 7 attendants on each side (bride/groom)

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks?: Least favorite - paying for it, lol. Making the invitations. Most favorite: Buying my dress

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated?: Figuring out who we wanted to marry us was a hard task. We ended up with an awesome celebrant who customized our wedding completely for us.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot?: My parents were incredibly helpful. I got married in Chicago, but we lived in MN.. so my parents, who lived in Chicago, scouted out venues, went to appointments, etc for us.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently?: There isn't much I would change, if anything!

Did anything go wrong on the big day?: I decided I wanted a photobooth like 5 days before the wedding and didn't do a bunch of research.. the booth attendant kept not telling people to put a copy of the strip in our memory book - so I only have like 1/3rd of the guests photos/messages in the photo memory book. Also, my MIL took a really long time getting one group photo and I didn't get a chance to take pictures with my aunts or anything. I wasn't too broken up over it though, I have photos with immediate family.

Things that went awesomely right.. (yes, adding my own)

I paid for a plain coach bus to take my bridal party to and from taking pictures before the wedding - and the company upgraded me to a sweet party bus for free (It was like a $400 difference!).

My DJ was HOT and did an awesome job. The dance floor was never empty.

Everyone loved the food - people still tell me about how awesome the wedding was when we get together.

[brookelynpaisley]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Love it. We made everything very personal

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? It was small, just under 70 guests. We got married in the courtyard of our hotel and had the reception in the nearby ballroom

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite: making everything myself. Least favorite: table assignments, I guess. I didn't really not enjoy anything except for the waiting

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Guests RSVP'd for people who weren't invited. I'd read on TK about it happening, but thought "no way!" And sure enough, MIL's friend RSVP'd for 8 extra people

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? We really did everything ourselves, which is what we wanted. My parents contributed financially, though

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I'd do the day again, but have no real desire to do all the planning and lead-up again. I loved our wedding day. Most everything would be the same, except I'd have gotten a different photographer

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Not the day of, but at the RD the night before, DH's grandma passed out and was taken to the hospital and missed the wedding. Everything else went off without a hitch. The key is being open minded and realizing that something could go wrong, but the result at the end of the day will be your marriage.

[wolfette]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? I loved it! I had a while to plan it so I budgeted my time really well. The only pain was the guest list fights with the ILs.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Jewish ceremony outdoors with the boys in kilts and big reception following. It was large with about 180 people.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite was designing and making the centerpieces. Least favorite was paring down the 200+ person guest list the ILs handed us.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Nope, everything went really well and everyone had a great time.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My MOH and maids were really helpful, but I did a lot of the stuff on my own since I had so much time.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Pretty much the same, maybe spend a little more time dress shopping and hiring a videographer for the wedding.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nothing went wrong, just wish DH and I could have eaten more. The food at our place was amazing, but between spending time with guests and all the adrenaline we barely touched our plates.

[kicius56]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Not at all. I was the most stressed I've ever been the last month of planning.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?100 people, Catholic.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite was looking for the dress because I found it the first day shopping. Least favorite was seeing the priest who was all high and mighty and being difficult.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? The favors were partly DYI so it was painstakingly monotonous and tedious work. They looked great, though. Also, we took dance lessons because DH is not a dancer.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My mom helped. :heart:

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would have done seat arrangements. Yeah, I didn't do that so I ended up with people running to claim seats. Tbh, in my culture, seat placing is a modern thing to do and I didn't think it was necessary. I was wrong. I didn't like my hairdo. I like that I had just one MOH and one best man, so no bridesmaid drama!

Did anything go wrong on the big day? My photographer/videograoher sucked. My wedding DVD has the wrong wedding date and he wouldn't fix it.

What went right? I didn't really see the flower, decor, or cake designs until the day of and I was happy with them all. The food was amazing! Everyone talked about it and my cousin who is a chef, commended it as well.

[winecheery]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding?
Yes and no. I liked how I was able to create a cohesive and personal vision for the look and feel of the event, (I literally got everything I wanted) but I hated how tricky it all was due to budget (we paid for it).

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?
Um, I consider it small but I guess by some others' responses I'll say medium, 100 guests. Contemporary look and feel, outdoor ceremony and cocktails, indoor reception, very "summery" I'd say, and happy. I'll brag obnoxiously and tell you our wedding is now used in the brochure of the venue, our photogs website gallery, and on the wedding channel's Real California Wedding section. I'm quite proud!

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks?
Fav: Dress shopping with my mom. So fun. Least: Guest list... Ughhh so hard to make those choices.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated?
Just keeping myself from over stressing was the hardest part, since I'm such a perfectionist/detail oriented, and I worried too much about things


Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot?
My mom, and my MOH (one of my sisters) and I had lots of help from people the day of in terms of set-up, etc.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently?
I kind of loved everything about my wedding. I STILL think about the food, oh my gosh amaaaazing! If I could have though, I would have loved to invite a few more people. But otherwise nope.

Did anything go wrong on the big day?
Sure! But I was married, and really, what else mattered then??

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[tamma254]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding?

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large?I'd say medium, we wanted small, but MIL kept adding people.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? It was mostly DIY, and I loved it all. My favorite project was my Mother's Memorial Stem.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? We had a dry reception due to some alcohol dependence on my side. DH grandfather did NOT like that at all.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Just DH and I.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would make sure the music was ready to go. DH had to run to our DJ because my entrance song wouldn't play. His best man chased after him yelling "No, don't go!" At least everyone laughed.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? See above.

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[nyc7781]

So I was wondering, Did you enjoy planning your wedding? it was ok, nothing crazy, I'm not really the party planning kinda girl. Its nice and all, but I think people go crazy and spend too much money that they dont have on large weddings

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? small..45 guests. I didn't even want that much. I seriously considered getting married at city hall.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? favorite was picking wedding rings and my dress.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? yes, dealing with my MIL who i met for the first time and who slept at our place for a week before the wedding. She's from another continent (thank god) and doesn't speak a word of English.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? my parents.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently?. Same, or elope!

Did anything go wrong on the big day?[/quote]. Yes....my MIL acted like a biotch...refused to wear flower wrist corsage, refused to sit with my family. She sat at her own small table with my BIL. she sucks.

[sparty]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Every second, minus the part where I couldn't bring myself to eat.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Medium

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? I really can't think of what I hated, but picking my dress was the best part.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Finding a photographer. Our top 3 were booked

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My mom, sisters and DH

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Exactly the same

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Besides our photographer being a douche and people sneaking booze in? No

[harleyquinn7161]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? I loved the planning.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? We had a medium wedding, about 120

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? I loved my makeup trial and finding our band. Least favorite was making our programs. I was much more of a pain in the ass than expected.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? We made our own invitations and everything that could go wrong did. It all worked out in the end, but what a nightmare.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Both sets of parents were very supportive. My bridesmaids were awesome. When we finally got our invitations printed, they all came over to help assemble them.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would do almost everything the same. What I would change are two main things. 1. same dress but from a different shop with a different seamstress to do alterations. My dress fit well enough but not the right way. 2. I would make a list of pictures I wanted. I got lazy about making a list and feel like I missed a few pictures I would like to have.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nothing major. We still get great feedback about music and food and how great a setting we had!

[emma61210]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? It was fun.. My mom helped.. A LOT, so I am thankful for that! The last week or so was mega stressful though... so many loose ends that couldn't be done until right up until the wedding.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? we had a large wedding... invited around 600 people.. had about 350 there.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? picking out everything was my favorite. Decorating the reception hall was my least favorite.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? the caterer and the wedding cake.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? my mom did EVERYTHING! And she enlisted her best friends who helped a ton as well. Her house was packed with stuff for the wedding.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Exactly the same. But I'd love to be a guest, just to experience it from that point of view.. it was magical!

Did anything go wrong on the big day? ha! My SIL tried to ruin the day.. but other than that..

[sweetc80]

So I was wondering, Did you enjoy planning your wedding? We eloped, no planning...it was awesome. We did have a reception for family when we got back, but since it wasn't my wedding day I had very little stress related to it.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Small/short beach ceremony, it was us, a reverend, 2 close friends and a photographer.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite part was not planning a wedding.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? My mom was a pain while planning the reception.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Not really, but after my mom was being a jerk planning the reception my step-mom stepped up and helped.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I did miss having my dad walk me down the isle, so I might do a beach wedding closer and invite the parents.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nope

[scsmith2011]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? For the most part yes.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? It was a second wedding for both of us so we had a small wedding.What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite: The tasting at the venue - Yum! Least favorite: We did the invites ourselves so that was time consuming.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? At the time it was the flowers. We didn't budget a lot but I wanted some flowers. Some florists were insanely high priced, one was just hard to deal with. We almost decided to DIY it but at the last minute DH suggested we try one other recommended vendor and they were able to work within our budget.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Not really. Mostly me and DH.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? For the most part the same. I'd hire a professional photographer though.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? For a short period of time the guys' flowers were MIA. And my brother was the photographer and he was an ass and frankly didn't do as good a job as he could have done.

[siple1am]

So I was wondering, Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Yes! I wanted to do it for a living, then realized I wouldn't give a shit because it wouldn't be my wedding lol

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? We only had like 10 actual people in the bridal party, but we invited like 350 and had around 275 there.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Least favorite, the stupid little small details. Like seating, place cards.. favorite was picking out the flowers, doing invites, and other things that brought people together

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? yes, picking the food.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? My mother in law was my saving grace, surprisingly. Anything I didn't have time for or said I was having trouble with, she did it.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? the same!!! I loved my wedding.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? My DJ quit but we found a new one!! I was so relieved.

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[kmac]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? For the most part, yes.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? It was small, as it was on the beach down south. 30 people flew down with us for an entire week, it was kind of perfect and amazing.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? I loved most aspects of it, especially the dress and flowers, and the music. The only thing I disliked was seating."

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? We got a lot of flack from people about the fact that we were getting married out of the country. A LOT of flack. That kind of sucked. But in the end the people that mattered were there, and it was perfect.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? I did pretty much all of it myself.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Absolutely, 100% the same.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? It poured halfway through our reception, for 5 minutes - it was honestly kind of awesome. Everyone got drenched, and then we just kept dancing and drinking for hours. We have some amazing pictures, and everyone still talks about how that was their favorite part.

[Rainy Night in Soho]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Yes- despite working 12 hour days, living 6 hours apart from each other & living 2.5 hours away from where we were getting married! I do wish I had more time & wish I would have quit work a week or two before I actually did (was changing jobs & moving, too).

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Large (300+), big Catholic wedding with awesome music (live bands at both church & reception)

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Most favorite- all the DIY stuff we did & dance lessons! Least favorite- seating chart & invitations. I have to say- I don't miss stressing about tiny little details no one notice (except my sister mentioned below). Like the fact that the fonts for the invitations, place cards, program, table names, favors, were all the same.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Seating chart was crazy. I had a friend who told me that there would be one or two people who would cause 99% of the problems- and she was completely right!

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? YES- we planned the wedding in six months. My family was awesome, in particular my Martha Stewart-esque sister. My dad was in charge of RSVPs and would call me daily with the updates. He also planned our next day picnic (in lieu of a brunch). We got married on a Friday- and from the Saturday before until Thursday night- my parents dining room was DIY central- and there were usually 5-6 friends/aunts/cousins/siblings/nieces/nephews helping out with something. It was really fun!

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? I would do it the same- except hire a videographer for the Mass & at least record the audio of the reception (we met at a concert of a band that actually tours- and 3/4 of the band played at our wedding!)

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Nothing major- a few minor things: The music person at the church left the month before the wedding- and the replacement played the organ (which I hate) even though I began every communication with him by saying "we really only need a piano player, not an organist, for the "mass" parts" and he played the organ 2-3 times instead.

That and when we walked into the reception venue- I saw these posters on the doors. And I thought "wow, that is unbelievably tacky! They weren't there yesterday! I can't believe they are advertising something!!" Turns out- my brother had a concert poster made for us- and the poster was of US!

Oh- and our 16 year old limo bus driver (he was honestly no more than 21)... got LOST on the way to the venue!! And the A/C didn't work.

[biogirl21]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Not really. If I, God forbid, get divorced, I won't do it again.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? Mediumish. We invited 180 but ended up with 110

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? I loved picking out the cake and doing the flowers were easy. I hated having to write all the final checks

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? I had major issues with the invites. I went the buy then and print them yourself route and that was a bitch! Lining everything up in the printer and getting them to print correctly was a pain in the ass and I wasted a whole bunch of them.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? no, not really. H help with all the vendors and picking them out but I did most everything else. My mom and a bunch of her friends helped set up the reception site and I couldn't have done it without them.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? Mostly the same I think. I would definitely get a different photographer. He was the worst.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? We just had some timing issues.

ETA: I also hated my dress. I had gained about 20 pounds from stress in the couple months before the wedding and had to order a cheap dress off the internet a month before the wedding. So if I could go back I would try to not gain that fucking weight! Luckily my orginal dress was cheap so I didn't mind having to by another one but I wish I had gotten a better one.

[sarack]

So I was wondering, Did you enjoy planning your wedding? at first.

What kind of wedding did you have? And small, medium or large? medium

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? diy projects and trying to accommodate everybodys demands.

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? getting people to rsvp

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? nope

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? totally different

Did anything go wrong on the big day?[/quote] a lot of people didn't show our planners messed up. Caterers put blue layovers on the tables... too much.

[beaglechon2012]

Did you enjoy planning your wedding? Yes, overall. Until it got to the guest list.

What kind of wedding did you have? At a botanical garden, in the rose garden. Reception was inside. And small, medium or large? Medium.

What was your most favorite and least favorite tasks? Favorite - cake tasting, yummmm! Least favorite - guest list!

Were there any details that gave you trouble or were harder than you anticipated? Probably the guest list..DH's family is huge and mine is tiny and it was hard to figure out who to invite.

Did you have any main supporters or people who helped a lot? Parents, friends, DH.

Would you do it again, the same, or differently? The same, but I'd use a different invitation lady..and maybe a different photographer even though I love him (less $$) and there's no way I'd use my videographer.

Did anything go wrong on the big day? Not really. ETA: I forgot about the fact that DH's family decided to bring 2-3 extra people and crash the wedding. That was awkward.