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Your wedding
What was your favorite thing about your wedding (other than getting married to your sweetheart)? What is one thing, if any, that you wish you could have changed?
Re: Your wedding
I guess my favorite thing about the wedding was the location - on a beach in Oahu, and the fact that those who came got at least a little bit of a vacation out of it.
My biggest regret is not hiring a professional photographer. I've been married before, and the last time, I spent around $5k on the photography (extra costs because of parent albums and because photogs had to stay a couple extra hours). I just didn't want to spend any more money on photography than what I'd already spent in my life. DH's good friend is an aspiring photog and was our official photographer; he took some good pics, but I also missed lots of pics I wanted.
My favorite was the fireworks. It was one thing I really insisted on and they turned out fantastic! I was really happy with that. I also loved the candy buffet (though I'm sure, looking back, it will date me) and the hairstylist. My hair has never looked so good.
My biggest regrets were almost everything else. The original place we booked was sold six months before the wedding. They sent back our deposit check and we had to start from square one (since they had also been our source for catering, rentals and the wedding coordinator). We had already sent out STD's so the date and location couldn't change too much. We ended up finding a new place that was beautiful but ended up being super expensive and didn't include rentals or have their own catering, and made us buy our alcohol through them (though it was actually cheaper than other places in the area, that's Vermont for you).
The catering was tasty but he screwed up our order so my sister, the vegan, had nothing to eat.
The florist was BSC and came to me freaking out the morning of the wedding, which made me freak out.
The wedding coordinator was a total biatch and demanded payment from me while I was getting my hair done, then took credit for everything I'd planned. The on-site coordinator ended up being more helpful than the outside coordinator we'd hired (if I knew then, I wouldn't have hired another coordinator). She charged us for it, too, even though we told her we'd be bringing our own coordinator.
I also hated my dress by the time the wedding rolled around. I'd ordered it really early, like you're supposed to, and I guess my tastes had just changed by the time of the wedding.
The photographer also wasn't great. She missed some of the photos I'd specifically asked her to take and we only ended up with about 350 shots from the entire 8 hours we paid her for. I would have liked more posed shots, too, but she sort of rushed us through that. It also took four months to get our CDs.
Wow, sorry if I sound like a whiner. I'm glad I'm married so something great came out of all that disaster. But I would never plan one of those again.
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favorite: the ceremony. it was beautiful. it looked so pretty and was so personal and wonderful and i bawled. love it.
least favorite-photographer. thinking about it upsets me. they were terrible x1,000.
LarkNow, sorry to hear that so many things fell short of what you wanted. That sucks. It must have been draining and disappointing. But I think you looked beautiful in your dress!
and yeah, meldot & LarkNow, doesn't it suck when the photography is not what you dreamed of? That's like the main thing you have to remember the event by. Oh well, we can vent about it here and go on with our married lives, which I hope are awesome for you both.
Favorite thing: There were so many great moments... I especially liked the first dance, knowing that all of our friends and family were there, cheering us on. I also loved the very tail end of the night, after all of the "obligations" were over, and my mom pulled me onto the dance floor as my MOH brought me a martini - I could finally let my hair down.
I also really loved the morning after. DH and I woke up early and went over all our favorite parts of the night, telling each other what we missed, what one friend said or did, and laughing about it.
Least favorite: Hmmmm. My photographer really delivered with our pictures, but he was so focused on sticking to a schedule that he started to stress me out when we were running behind. Other least favorite part: when my (male) BF turned into an angry drunk and stormed out because I wasn't paying him enough attention. Diva.
Yes! I like to think we got all the crap out in the wedding and the actual marriage will be smooth sailing in comparison. Shouldn't there be a proverb to that effect somewhere?
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My favorite part was the reception. We got to dance and relax and celebrate with our friends and family and just enjoy ourselves. The first dance was great too because it was one of the few moments we were alone at the reception.
My least favorite was "the incident". Suffice it to say that DH's uncle almost started a fight with my cousin but it was stopped right on time.