And the Fun Begins....

Now that the thought of being engaged has set in a little more...hours of gazing at the sparkly on my left hand have faded into long minutes now; it is time to get down to business. The business of planning a wedding.

I'm excited to start this process, I mean it's the day EVERY little girl dreams about. I have visions of what I would like the sanctuary to look like, the flowers, the bridesmaid dresses, my dress, the cake, the music....everything has been thought of. Now it's time to make it happen.

I actually bought a wedding planner from Target online and can't wait to use it.

It includes:

• Calendar section has blank monthly pages for a year of planning
• Suggestions for timing regarding when to book vendors
• Space for budgeting
• A place for keeping receipts
• Recording attire suggestions
• Honeymoon planning tips
• Tabbed pages for guest list
• Invitation ideas
• Ceremony details to help keep me on task
• Enclosed stickers and flags to mark important dates
• Plastic slide-in pages to hold business cards
• A zip pouch that stashes fabric swatches, receipts and more

Can you tell I'm just a little weird about organizational notebooks? I'm so excited!

This could be a really fun experience, but planning a wedding could also be a dreadful experience as well. I haven't had a wedding before and I only plan on doing this once...I want it to be perfect. In order to do that, it would be wise to listen to other's experiences, how certain things worked for them or what they would have done differently and so on.

I've heard horror stories of people (people who weren't even directly involved in the wedding) just pouring out unsolicited advice and opinions to the point where the bride felt bombarded and her wedding seemingly morphed into something that was not what she envisioned for HER big day. That is my fear. I really want this whole ordeal to be enjoyable for not only me but for everyone and I'm nervous about people unintentionally taking over.

I do welcome advice, don't misunderstand. I do value and take what people say into consideration. But only to an extent. I'm a pretty stubborn person and when I have a vision...I usually don't budge too much. Ben can attest to that. :)

Ben and I are SO blessed to have a great support system and so many people praying for us, I know everything will turn out just fine. After all, it's God who needs to be the focus of on our wedding day.