The best advice I got just after I was engaged some 30+ years ago was from a friend/cousin who was married a year before my engagement. She said, "Enjoy this time of planning." Good advice because wedding planning can be all-consuming. You want everything just right-the dresses, the venue, the flowers, photos. And everything just can't be perfect. And brides especially, can get pretty stressed out about that stuff.
Weddings have become a huge industry. The amount of time and money that can be spent on them is outrageous. And I'm worried about the cheap, judgemental, scroogey (is that a word?) side of me coming out today at the wedding show.
But I will remember the advice Joyce gave to me so many years ago. I will enjoy all the lovely things I see. I will enjoy the fact that my daughter actually wants me to join her and her girlfriends at the show. I will learn, I will get some great ideas and I will enjoy this time. I will ooh and aah at the dresses. I will admire the pots and pans and other kitchen gadgets that I don't need but love to look at.
Maybe I'll even write another post, after the show, to let you know how it went. That would be a record. Two back to back posts.
3 comments:
pictures! take pictures!
It will be fun! Enjoy!
The unrelenting pursuit of ease. You raise my game!
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