Happy New Year and apologies for being MIA on the blog! Truthfully, I had all of these plans of things to write about through December, but became overwhelmed with work, wedding, and illness which meant the only writing I was doing was the writing I do for work, but now that I've decluttered the house which felt like I was decluttering my brain, I have several ideas and am excited to get back to the oversharing!
I've been thinking a lot about the wedding this weekend. Partially because the planning is in fulllllll swing, partially because we booked our honeymoon yesterday, and partially because I JUST CANNOT WAIT TO MARRY COREY! He's just the cutest! I mean, have you seen him? Do you know him? Here's a GIF of me right now thinking about him.
It had been feeling like the wedding was never going to get here, and now... We're almost in double digits! DOUBLE DIGITS! We've moved out of the "you've still got time" comments and onto the "it'll be here before you know it!" comments. That has to be a sign it's time to start sharing about the wedding planning process, right?! Let's start with my side of the wedding party.
Y'all, let me tell you... choosing my bridesmaids was one of the hardest things I've ever done. I'm not kidding. It was far harder than taking Physical Biochemistry at Mizzou (PB was a mix of quantum physics, biochem, chemistry, and calculus--BARF). It was so hard because I am so incredibly lucky to have deep relationships with a baker's dozen worth of friends and not having every single one next to me didn't seem fair. My list started out with 13 women. THIRTEEN! And yes, I know there was the whole 27 Dresses thing, and I know a few women that have had 13 bridesmaids, but when we chose to do an immediate-family only ceremony in a teeny-tiny chapel followed by a large celebration, I knew I had to take that list of 13 and narrow it down... wayyyy down... because you can't fit 13 women across the front of a tiny, nugget church. So, I narrowed it down to three women. These three women are all lifelong sisters. Women that have been with me through the awkward years, through enough tears to fill a swimming pool, through years of slumber parties, nights and days out having fun, falling in love, falling out of love, thinking we were in love when it really wasn't love, growing in our faiths, struggling with our faiths, growing in them again and pulling each other back to God. These women have been through the over-plucking eyebrows years and will probably be there if I ever turn crazy enough to do the "window curtain" eyebrows look in 2029. Don't know what I'm talking about? Click here for a laugh.
So to ask them to stand by my side as I marry the most loving, thoughtful, hilarious, intelligent, hard-working, and playful man, I went to Paper Source, found some boxes, and filled them with goodies they can use on the day of the wedding (except the notecards... but handwritten notes seem so rare these days, I thought they needed a set). I sent them a volcano bath bomb in case they get stressed, some Lolli hand cream for all the hands they'll have to shake on the day of, a tele-tie in case their hair gets crazy on the dance floor, a phone fan in case they feel like they're going to faint (or in case I need one!), some gum for their hot breath, a Kendra Scott necklace to wear with their dress, and a Tennessee painted handwritten note (since we're getting married in Memphis) asking them to stand by me. I also included the dress fabric swatch for bridesmaids' dresses, but forgot to take a picture of it! Honestly, though, they deserve far more than a box of goodies, and I'm so thankful they all said yes!
How did you ask your bridesmaids? Or if you're not married, have you ever thought about who and how you'd choose ? Through the mail? In person? In a gift? I don't think there's a right way to do it, but my #2 love language is gifts, so a fun-filled box with a handwritten note was signature for me. XO - Sara
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