Planning

My grandmother's wedding rings
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I guess I expected my wedding to be different.

I'm not a bridezilla. I haven't been thinking about this since I was seven.

I thought: we have a small budget, surely there must come a lower number of silly details that can go wrong.

No chance. Smaller budgets mean that people work harder to figure out how they can get a piece of it and loosen that budget up. I guess there are those women who will shrug and lay down the cash. I'm not one of them.



Several emails, phone calls, negotiations and yelling matches later, it's worked out. Mostly. A few small details and we're good to go. With compromise.

And now I start looking at officiants that we can both be happy with. Wedding bands that look fine and won't break the bank. Ordering THE dress. I know which one it is by now. And shoes. Where to look for those special shoes?

Oh. I guess I should invite some people. Huh. And I thought the tough stuff was over.