Questions about your wedding...

Nest Editors · August 2010

For an upcoming article, we want to know: What were some things you nearly forgot about until it was almost too late? (For example, one of our editors nearly forgot to buy a gift for friends who hosted the ceremony in their backyard).

Also, did anyone encounter any honeymoon disasters? What did you do to make it a great trip anyway?

Thanks!
The Nest Editors

ms nobody · August 2010

I almost forgot to stop listening to The Knot and the Wedding Industry and define for myself what's important about our wedding and how it reflects our marriage. Knot Annie coming to our board and asking us if any of us were "splurging" with a 50k+ wedding (in a recession) snapped me out of it; how absolutely absurd.

l0v3 · August 2010

I almost forgot my dress! I was getting in the car heading to the church when I saw my maid of honor carrying it out of the house. Thank goodness for my girls that day!

MissySue20 · August 2010

What were some things you nearly forgot about until it was almost too late? packing my HM bag since we went to the hotel right after the wedding - that would not have been cool. Thankfully I had lists everywhere and they helped me accomplish everything I needed to before hand.

did anyone encounter any honeymoon disasters? We thought our camera was a fried bc they told us to take camera everywhere we went and one of the excursions was a waterfall. The tour guide told us he would carry it. I was a little hesitant, but thought he knew what he was doing. Well, we got back in the bus and turned it on to look at the pics and it wouldn't read the sd card. I started freaking. We took everything apart, let it dry out for a whole day, and by some small miracle, it read the sd card again & we had our pics back. I would have been so sick if it ruined our pics.

andyandhillary · August 2010

I didn't forget anything really.

Honeymoon disaster: On our second day at Disney World we were at the Magic Kingdom and getting onto the first ride of the day, Space Mountain. Just as my husband stepped into the ride his shorts ripped in the middle of his left side from top to bottom. He had to wait in an arcade in a massage chair looking like some sicko while I went around the Magic Kingdom and had to buy him a pair of blue, plaid, Mickey Mouse shorts.

schumakr · August 2010

I had 2 rows of seats, and 4 reserved tables set aside for the ushers, hosts, and family. Well, I forgot to tell everyone to use them! Our rows and tables looked so bare because no one was there. I felt pretty silly.

BellaSposa223 · August 2010

Almost forgot my something blue ring that DH had bought for me for the wedding day. I was at the hotel the day before and my mom called to tell me. Thank goodness my cousin was coming up to the hotel and brought it to me!

tiffbabey · August 2010

Honeymoon Disaster- My husband was having stomach issues so we made the HUGE mistake of going to the cruise ship's medical facilities. They ended up confining my husband to our room for 24 hours. We were just about to dock in Curacao and my husband was stuck in his room

We were really upset at first because we had an excursion planned and really wanted to see the island, but we made the best of it by renting free movies, ordering as much room service as possible, and playing a lot of card games not to mention other things

KabFrr · August 2010

Things I almost forgot:

I almost forgot to put a penny from the year I was born in my shoe, so my bridesmaids were frantically searching throughout the house for a penny from 1986! My sister actually did forget her surprise MOH speech, and realized it on the way to the church in the limo. Luckily, my BIL made a pitstop to the house right after the ceremony, so crisis was averted.

Honeymoon disasters:

It POURED for the first two days in Niagara Falls, so it made sightseeing not as enjoyable. I also cried for the first day and a half because I was so sad that the wedding was over, and...I'll admit it...I missed my mom and dad! Every time I thought of their special songs we had at the wedding, I'd bawl my eyes out! It was sad to think that I wasn't "their little girl" anymore.

KSTURGIS · August 2010

What were some things you nearly forgot about until it was almost too late?

I nearly forgot my aisle runner. I had been losing my mind looking for a monogramed aisle runner a month before the wedding. And of course because I procrastinated, I couldnt find anyone who had time to make it. And Im completely untalented in that area. So I reached out to my fellow knotties on the AAW board. And one amazing knottie volunteered to make me one for free, with only three weeks to go til our wedding. And what made her even more of a blessing was that we were both getting married on the same day ! Well I forgot it at home. I called my then fi, and he said that he was already on the way to the hotel to get ready. So I just chalked it up. But I felt so bad. Because my new friend had taken the time out to make and ship it. Fast forward to the ceremony. I get out of the limo and my dad is walking me up the aisle and I see it. My aisle runner. I almost cried. I found out later that my hubby had had his best man turn around and go back to get it. He knew that it was important to me.

jujubee455 · August 2010

Nearly forgot? Welll I did forget about a few things. lol. Including a card for my husband. Definitely didn't send the must play list to the DJ, forgot about using our toasting flutes (which were gorgeous), ALMOST forgot vase fillers for our tall centerpieces, forgot about our shephard hooks... yeah there was a lot.

As for honeymoon disasters: Well my Debit card number was compromised the week before the wedding, so i had to cancel it... my bank had told me they would rush one to my mother's house (i was OOT bride). Well it never showed up... so the day after the wedding, we had to do a drop box with all of our wedding checks to deposit into my account (because H's bank wasn't local to where our wedding was)... well I figured we could transfer money to his account from mine once we got to St. Lucia. Boy were we wrong. We couldn't transfer money to his account without my debit card, which I obviously didn't have. And then after 3 promises from my bank that they would fed ex my debit card, by the day before check out it never came!!! So we almost missed our flight home because we were trying to figure out how to pay our room balance. Luckily H's uncle came to the rescue and somehow we got it figured out and made flight. What a horrible, scary experience though!!!

eruthora · August 2010

We didn't do a full-fledged honeymoon, but stayed at a B&B in the same town as our DW for a few days after the wedding. DH got horrible food poisoning two days after the wedding. I almost had to drive him to the hospital an hour away. Thankfully he started to recover and we stayed an extra day so he didn't have to spend 6 hours in the car the next morning.

JBs_Bride · August 2010

I left a bunch of stuff at my condo, but my BMs were awesome and walked over and got everything! It ended up being a blessing picking a venue within a 5 minutes walk of my home. )

No big HM disasters, thank goodness!

brookev11 · August 2010

Forgot to fill out and give my DH his card...it is still sitting in my house. I had many, many lists so I did not forget anything. I did forget to get our ladder and have someone take it to the ceremony as well as extension cords so we could use our paper lanterns...so they did not get used. Oh well! I had forgotten to tell my family that I had a list of where everything went - I showed them that after they had been decorating about 90 minutes. It helped to be very organized and have everything done ahead of time and a binder to keep it all organized.

Our best man was in an accident going to get our bouquets and totaled out his car - so my DH was really stressed - so I rushed to get outside to calm him down - I wish, really really wish I had a moment with my Mom and Dad before. My Mom was glad she didn't because she was crying already, as was my Dad.

kthame · August 2010

I didn't forget anything. I understand the idea of this question, however...I was there and my husband was there and we said our vows...that's the only thing that mattered, IMO.

MiniMin20 · August 2010

We forgot to put out the cake serving set my parents gave us, and didn't realize it until we got up there to cut the cake! My husband asked the DJ to play some filler music while he ran to go find it, while at the same time my mom was asking the caterer for something to cut the cake with. In the meantime, I had all eyes on me! My father-in-law handed me his Swiss Army knife, and I pretended to cut the cake with it, and everyone laughed. I was happy it was really the only thing to go wrong, and really, it only made the day more memorable and fun.

No honeymoon disasters for us!

JennandCollin · August 2010

We almost forgot our slideshow of pics from us growing up! Luckily, my husband brought it with him and it was in the hotel room upstairs from the reception, so the best man ran up to get it before anyone noticed!

kmt_cas · August 2010

ms nobody:
I almost forgot to stop listening to The Knot and the Wedding Industry and define for myself what's important about our wedding and how it reflects our marriage. Knot Annie coming to our board and asking us if any of us were "splurging" with a 50k+ wedding (in a recession) snapped me out of it; how absolutely absurd.

Yup, yup. Agreed.

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