Yup... this is a personal picture from tonight, Trent snapped this photo while we were registering.- I almost cried in Target while choosing a bedspread- yup... sure did.
I feel so bad for Trent. He knows I am trying so hard, I just need more sleep, more time at home and just chilling! Planning a wedding without your mom in your state is... HARD!!!!!! So sorry people if it does not live up to expectations. Working 60 hours a week is going to put a hold on plans, but money talks... well at least shuts down wedding plans.
So if any of you read this, maybe you all should remind Trent this is not permanent! It has been a weird week, new experiences, doctors, work, caterers, lack of working out, overload of food, too much shopping and stress on looking perfect in engagements ( which will be in the rain... :))
Ok done with the rant... now off to bed to get up for a 8 am meeting at work... perfect ;)
Ps... Trent, I love love love you!
i was just about to go to bed and saw this and HAD to write something. i'll try to make it short. being engaged were by far the worst few months of my ENTIRE life. i was going to school full time and working 20 hours a week during the hours of 10pm and 2am. so i wasn't getting to bed til after 4 and then i was waking up in time for my 8 am class. chris and i also did not have a positive registering experience. i think i cried too. i also cried in a million public places and lost it at the post office on more than one occasion trying to mail announcements to my sister in georgia to address for me. i screamed and THREW BOXES in the post office. don't believe me? sarah brazee walked in about two minutes later and saw me crying hyterically. i'm positive chris almost broke off our engagement on at least one occasion. i cried almost every day. literally. i yelled at chris almost every other day. i planned a wedding single handedly because my sisters were in georgia and my parents were in AFRICA. i remember interrupting my studying for a french final exam because my sister called to tell me i needed to pick out a cake for the caterer by 3pm and it was already noon. i could go on but i'll spare you. i blame it on stress, sleep deprivation, and mostly the crazy birth control i was on (i think it has since been discontinued). just know that it is only temporary and it will be soooo much better when you're married. so read this to trent and let him in on the big secret. fiancees are not nice but wives really are. hang in there!
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you can totally do this lauren. remember when i was taking 18 credit hours a week over the summer? And working? and planning a wedding? I broke down plenty of times too, so don't worry, it'll pass. Just get some sleep and relax. Everything will work out.
ReplyDeleteyou have a blog! so excited for your upcoming marriage! and let me tell you something about wedding planning. it takes a lot for things to bother me. mostly i don't care about stuff. being engaged was seemingly a breeze even though we were in school and wes was working and i had no family to help me. until one day we were sitting doing homework at a car place waiting for my car to get its oil changed. our invitations had been taking forever. wes's family had suggested i use one of their family friends and it was only a few weeks away from our wedding. the printing was taking forever for some reason. anyways wes's mom called while we were there to say the invitations had finally come. she opened them up while they were on the phone and she swore. now that woman does not swore so i knew it was something bad. they had spelled wes's name "westin" onall the invitations. i lost it. i was sure there was no way we could get our invitations out in time because the printing had taken so long the first time. i just cried and cried right there in that car place and i remember wes looking at me and he had this look on his face like "whoa what am i getting myself into" as he tried to tell me it would be okay. long story short his mom got mad at the invitation people, refused to pay, and they worked frantically to make more in a few days. that little experience taught me that no one is immune to wedding planning stress. it just kind of builds up until you explode! that said i also learned on my wedding day that all my plans took a huge back seat the beautiful temple ceremony and after we were sealed i really didn't care about centerpieces and` all that junk i just cared about celebrating this unforgettable day. and the people at your wedding are only there to celebrate you and not look at every detail you add in. i'm not saying wedding planning is dumb. it isn't and it is fun and it is your day you shoiuld make it how you want. i am just saying if you can't get everything to look the way you want on that day you will find it won't be as importnant as it seems right now. wow that was long! good luck with everything! love you!
ReplyDeleteLet your aunt, who loves you, be your Utah mom and help! I have the other perspective in that Ann was at BYU and I had two months to plan the wedding in California. In the interim Bampa died and Scott came home from Australia from his mission. Happy times, sad times but in the end wonderful memories.
ReplyDeleteBreaking down in a public place is a right of passage as much as getting a ring and setting a date. If you haven't had a breakdown yet then you must not be planning correctly. The good news, is once it's over. You're married! It'll go fast. I think that's the real reason Mormons have short engagements.
ReplyDeleteMan. I really like how people shared their stories! It will get better! Registering was really stressful for some weird reason. And the whole time you want the boy to care more, but they really dont and they just want whatever (except for a few key things). We ended up taking back a lot of the stuff we had even registered for once we moved in, so you don't have to look to hard for things right now. Good luck with engagements! They will be super cute:)
ReplyDeleteLauren! I've never planned a wedding, so I can't give you any advice for that, but know that you have (future) family members who are totally willing to help out with anything! FOR REAL! Give me a call if you need me to pick up something or call someone or whatever! And when you have those breakdowns, just take a bit of time for yourself, eat some chocolate, and then start over =] I'm so excited for your wedding!!!
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OH my!! I loved this post because I can totally relate. I also cried while registering. We seriously, seriously considered eloping multiple time. I was having my dress made and the (first) dress maker that I used had gotten the wrong material and was making a mess of it and my mom called me from California in tears, and my aunt that was visiting her was in tears, I was driving with Catherine Guyon in the car and I was sobbing and I had to stop driving. It was a nightmare. It's TOTALLY a rite of passage and completely normal. Don't worry, marriage is that much sweeter when you finally get there.
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