Uh, so it's wedding week around here! How the heck did that happen?!

Here's a quick round-up of tips I've figured out to get through that last month:

Tip #1: Get so busy at work you don't have time to even think about the wedding.
The work stress I had the past few weeks was actually a blessing in disguise. It gave me a much needed break from wedding planning. Seriously, it eventually gets to the point where you just create things to think about if you're not careful, and I just had zero brain space left to think about anything wedding related while this work craziness was going on. The culmination of my work insanity was last Thursday, at which point I jumped right back on the wedding train, but with only a week left there was no time to worry, just time to actually execute our final tasks and check things off our lists. Other than bringing several boxes of centerpieces and other decor over to the venue, we're pretty much all done! Starting today, we no longer have work to do on this wedding, we just get to start spending time with our friends and family. (Bachelorette party tonight! Woohoo!)

Tip #2: Buy several umbrellas in advance.
The weatherman just said this morning that the weather through this weekend is "Chamber of Commerce weather" -- so perfect, it's as if it was specially ordered. Starting several weeks ago, I stalked the Target umbrella section for large umbrellas in our colors as insurance against the rain. It totally worked!

Tip #3: Hire a day-of coordinator.
Ours is a godsend. They actually go well above and beyond being just "day-of" - we've met with them 3-4 times already. They are SO amazing. Without them, this week would be a flurry of phone calls; now, we just email or call them as our one point of contact. Plus, they are just awesome girls and we love them.

Tip #4: Ignore the internet's advice.
So... I've decided to go with the silver shoes. I know, I know... the whole internet chose the blue over silver. I would have too! I wanted blue shoes so badly. The thing is, these blue shoes just aren't the right ones. Of the several pairs I bought and returned, they were the closest but (a) they were just so BRIGHT, (b) one of our wedding colors is blue and the two blues just don't really go together, and (c) they weren't uncomfortable, but they just weren't as comfortable as the silver ones, no matter how much I wore them around the house. I then ended up buying a clutch that pretty much matched the silver shoes exactly, and that was that.

So, if anyone wants a pair of 8.5 electric blue shoes, just let me know. They aren't uncomfortable... if I was only wearing them for 5 hours or so, I'd feel much more confident wearing them. But it'll be more like 10 hours and I'm just not so sure about that. (Also, I don't wear heels all that often, so there's that.) Sorry internet! I tried. :-)

Posted by: Tracy | November 14, 2010 10:07 PM