It’s Wedding Wednesday again, so let’s chat about picking a date.
In my opinion, picking a date was one of the hardest decisions we had made in terms of our wedding. We decided about 3 weeks after we got engaged < see post here >, even though people started asking the second I said yes & put the ring on. My fiancé and I both have pretty large extended families so making a date work for EVERYone was definitely going to be a challenge. We asked ourselves who we couldn’t get married without and started playing with some dates.
We knew we wanted to get married in the Dominican Republic, so a few things helped narrow down some dates. For example, June – November is hurricane season, & we also wanted to be engaged for at least 9/10 months, and not much longer than a year so that got us to April-June. Since the wedding was going to be destination, we decided a long weekend would help with traveling so we decided Memorial Day Weekend 2016 worked best. Another thing to keep in mind when picking a date is the bigger picture. Ask yourselves, what time of year would you rather celebrate your anniversary for the rest of your lives?
So now let’s chat about keeping your cool when things don’t go as planned. Unfortunately, due to the growing concern of Zika Virus in the Carribbean, we have now moved the wedding to Palm Beach. I touched on this subject in my last Wedding Wednesday post < here > I was crushed, to say the least. Lots of people might say I was being dramatic but when your dream wedding is pretty much planned and 4 months out, you have to change it because of something totally out of your control, you get a little emotional…
When the decision was finally made to change locations & keep the same weekend (we thought about postponing) we had to figure out a new venue. Luckily, being the end of May, several venues were available for us (phew). We also couldn’t keep the same exact date because the Catholic Church in Palm Beach doesn’t allow weddings on Sundays. Saturday, May 28 is my Dad’s birthday so I really didn’t want to get married on his birthday (and share our anniversary with his day). However, at this point, 4 months out & needing to order invitations a decision had to be made and I didn’t really have a choice, dad’s birthday it is!
How am I feeling now? I am getting re-excited. Even though, a Palm Beach wedding isn’t what my fiancé and I had originally planned & envisioned for our big day, we are accepting & moving forward. At the end of the day the most important thing is we are getting married & starting the rest of our lives together. It will be beautiful anywhere, and let’s be real Palm Beach is a beautiful place.
Planning your own wedding? Remember…
– When picking a date, things to consider:
1) weather in the location at certain times of year, 2) who MUST be there, 3) how long do you want to be engaged for? Also, when do you want to honeymoon? 4) when do you want to celebrate your anniversary each year? 5) budget – for some locations time of year can be high season & be pricier
– When things don’t always go as planned, things to remember:
1) look at your fiancé & remember that you are marrying your best friend & at the end of the day, that is all that matters 2) cry.. just let it out, then regroup and deal with it head on and then maybe cry again (hey, it helps sometimes!) 3) everything happens for a reason
