Dream wedding...?

For inquiring minds, I bailed on the detox. And by that I mean I CHOSE to end it early. Life needed to relax and I needed to cut ties with the strict rules. I'd be lying if I said I had not/am not struggling a tinge to stay on the yellow brick road of Paleoness. Life happens, right?

Moving right along...

I'm going to change the tone a bit and talk about WEDDINGS!!!

For those of you not aware, I am going to be a MRS. in just 5 months minus 1 day. I can't freaking believe it!!! Where has time went?!?!?!

In preparation for an afternoon of coffee consumption and laziness, I was pulling out some magazines to entertain me.  In the same area were two wedding magazines and The Bride's Essential Wedding Planner Deluxe Edition (aka - Giant Binder that would supposedly instruct one on how to plan a wedding).

FACT: I've paged through each, but I haven't read or taken away squat from either.

I haven't been to many weddings, nor have I been directly involved in a wedding in any way shape or form. Against the cliche of "every little girl dreams of what her wedding will be like", I didn't spend any of my free time dreaming about dresses, centerpieces and 16 piece invitations with a dove that flew out into your face when you opened it.

But, here I am, 5 months out from my wedding and I still don't have those specific visions. All I see is Mr. Soul Mate with me on that day and nothing else really matters. I'm marrying him. I am going to marry my Mr. and be his Mrs. Does anything else really matter?

Maybe if money was infinite for us, I'd feel differently, but even when I think outside our budget, all the glitz and glamor and excessive spending doesn't appeal to me. Well, except for maybe some fancy uplighting. That stuff is super sweet and looks amazing in pictures.

But on October 19th, and the day after, and the week after that and the years after that.... what will matter? The save the dates and invitations that we spent hundreds of dollars on that just got thrown away? The 20 vases we had to buy for the 20 centerpieces that we spent four figures on? The draping that we spent four figures on? The favors that we spent a a couple hundred dollars on that our guests will either throw away, misplace or just plain leave at the venue?

All that stuff won't make our day any more amazing.

I don't know how to plan a wedding the 'right' way and neither does Nate, but we are excited to be planning OUR wedding. OUR celebration. I could care less about the traditional rules and regulations for Wedding game play. I just want to marry this guy!

For 'not knowing' what we are doing, I think our day is going to be pretty kick ass! We spent our money on the important things - venue, photographer, DJ and honeymoon - and we're pinching pennies in all the other areas. We did a lot of work in planning the big pieces early on and have a lot done, we're just patiently waiting for the gates to open and all the small details to trickle in.

I can't freaking wait though!

What is one thing you wish you had done differently with your wedding?
What's one MUST that you have in mind for yours?